Project Description Region: Africa Country: Burundi Location: Bujumbura Total Budget: $90,000 Area of Focus: Maternal and child health PRIORITZING LIFE WHERE LIFE BEGINS Newborn babies are at risk at the Hôpital Prince Régent Charles (HPRC) in Bujumbura, the economic capital of Burundi in East Africa. The hospital has gravely insufficient capacity and is not only struggling to meet a long-standing excess demand for the care of preterm babies, but its facilities are dilapidated and at best, sub-standard. Faced with a constant rotation of newborns, basic equipment is lacking for infant care. HPRC was built in 1949 and hasn't been renovated much since that time. An exception is the maternity ward which was recently renovated through a Rotary global grant conducted by four Rotary and six Rotaractor clubs. The facilities are in great need of rehabilitation. Equipment is scarce and patients suffer as a result. HPRC is a government funded public hospital that offers free medical services to local low-income communities of Bujumbura and within 100 km. of the city. In addition, the hospital receives referrals from other public hospitals that do not have a neonatal unit. Its patients are illiterate or semi-literate and do not have resources to pay for medical care. This global grant will focus on improving the environment of the neonatal ward so that all infants have a better chance of survival and hospital staff have access to needed equipment to carry out adequate care of newborns. The work includes general repairs to walls, floors, ceiling, windows and doors as well as repairs and some replacement to plumbing, drainage and electrical systems. Also included in the grant is necessary, basic equipment including incubators and photo therapy units to expand capacity to meet demand. The hospital team who will utilize the equipment will be trained in its use. A technical and equipment maintenance team of two hospital staff will undergo a formal course conducted by Medical Aid International to receive their Biomedical Engineering Certifications. Key to note is that as a government owned hospital, governmental funds, while meager, will be available for equipment maintenance. Final budgeting is in progress as some quotations are outstanding. Medical Aid International is the planned equipment supplier for a majority of the equipment. The preliminary budget is $90,000. The project will be implemented by the Rotary Club of Bujumbura Great Lakes and the Rotaract Club Bujumbura Great Lakes (D9150) as the Host Clubs in partnership with Rotary Club of Del Mar (D5340) acting as International Partner. Primary Host Partner District: 9150 Rotary Club of: Bujumbura Great Lakes Primary Contact: Micheal Bogere Email: bogeremicheal@hotmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Del Mar Primary Contact: Dugan Lamoise Email: duganlamoise@gmail.com Project Status Your project is "Fully Pledged". This means the amount of the pledges is equal to the total budget of the project. Now the project needs to be finalized and go through the approval process with The Rotary Foundation. This process gets started on the administration page. Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #2567602.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total District 5340 DDF 8-Jul-24 - $20,000 $20,000 Del Mar (5340) 8-Jul-24 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 Del Mar (5340) 8-Jul-24 $31,000 $0 $31,000 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $24,000 $24,000 Total $90,000 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee. Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries 8-Jul-24 by Dugan Lamoise System Entry: Creation of project page. 8-Jul-24 by Dugan Lamoise System Entry: Pledge of $20,000 DDF by Dugan Lamoise of the Rotary Club of Del Mar, District 5340. 8-Jul-24 by Dugan Lamoise System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 with $10,000 DDF by Dugan Lamoise of the Rotary Club of Del Mar, District 5340. 8-Jul-24 by Dugan Lamoise System Entry: Pledge of $31,000 by Dugan Lamoise of the Rotary Club of Del Mar, District 5340. 8-Jul-24 by Dugan Lamoise System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".