Rotary Club of Fort Collins
World Community Service Committee
Projects: 2004-2005 - Final Report to the Club

Completed Projects (3)         (Total cost: $48,100; Rotary Club of Fort Collins share: $8,200)

1. Dengue Fever in Argentina (MG #12426)          Started 8/04
   A project underway in a suburban area near Buenos Aires, in partnership with the RC of Jose Maaria Ezeiza. A major outbreak of Dengue Fever in the area has alarmed health authorities in Argentina.
   (Cost: $20,000; FC share(see def. at end): $3,000)
   
   
2. Dengue Fever in Bali (MG #19658)          Started 2/03
   A project to reduce the incidence of Dengue Fever in Denpasar, Dali, a city of 475,000 persons. The program will provide organized inspection and elimination of mosquito breeding sites in and around homes, education of adults and children, and training of medical personnel in diagnosing and treating the disease.
   (Cost: $20,000; FC share: $3,200)
   
   
3. Dental Project in Mexico (MG #53113)          Started 11/04
   Providing portable dental equipment for use by volunteer dintists and assistants in furnishing badly needed dental care to poor residents in villages around Torreon, Mexico, in partnership with the RCof Torreon.
   
   (Cost: $8,100; FC share: $2,000)
   
   

Continuing Projects (3)         (Total cost: $36,515; Rotary Club of Fort Collins: $10,325)

1. Avoidable Blindness in Indonesia (MG #22367)          Started 7/02
   The project will provide training of personnel in detection and prevention of eye diseases in Cirebon, Purbalingga, and Purwokertom Central Java. Included is a pilot program to provide improved nutrition with Vitamin A for children, and checking vision of elementary school students, with glasses provided where needed.
   (Cost: $14,920; FC share: $4,480)
   
   
2. Coconut Fiber Processing in the Philippines (MG # 51528)          Started 11/03
   The Ibajay Small Coconut Farmers Development Cooperative is a 2000 member village coop on the island of Panay in the Philippines that grows coconuts as a rural enterprise. The coconut husks are processed into coconut fiber, converted into twines by a spinning wheel, and woven into nets using a loom. The grant was used to build twiners, looms and a roof for the weavers at the coop.
   (Cost: 6,345; FC share: $2,345)
   
   
3. Dengue Fever in Guatemala (MG #50673)          Started 2/03
   A project with the RC of Gualan, Guatemala, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and local officials to provide health education materials and training for a medical personnel, volunteers, and teachers in identification and treatment of Dengue Fever.
   (Cost: $15,250; FC share: $3,500)
   
   

Pending Projects (6)         (Total Cost: $93,223; Rotary Club of Fort Collins: $11,200)

1. Microcredit Bank of Indonesia (MG #55521)          Started 10/04
   A project to provide small loans to families for business enterprises which enable the families to become self-sufficient. The loans are to be repaid, with interest, and the money leaned out to other families.
   (Cost: $12,500; FC share: $2,000)
   
   
2. Santa Maria Orphanage Water Reuse in Mexico          Started 8/05
   A project to provide a wastewater treatment plant for an orphanage in Santa Maria, Mexico and to reuse the water for crops and rabbit raising.
   (Cost: $29,000; FC share: $3,000)
   
   
3. Water Supply to Villages in Colombia          Started 2/05
   A project to provide water to three villages in Colombia, from the slow sand-filter water treatment plant previously completed in San Isidro, Colombia by matching grants from our club.
   (Cost: $15,000; FC share: $2,000)
   
   
4. School Vans for Mexico (MG #56246)          Started 11/04
   A project with the RCs of Fort Collins Breakfast and Tepic-Nadir, Mexico to provide vans for service to rural children in Tepic-Nadir, Mexico.
   
   (Cost: $21,000; FC share: $2,000)
   
   
5. School Project near Torreon, Mexico (MG #55840)          Started 8/05
   A project to provide funds to purchase school equipment (like desks, blackboards, etc.) for a school of 460 students that attend in two shifts in a small community near Torreon, Mexico. In cooperation with the Rotary Club of Torreon.
   (Cost: $11,200; FC share: $1,600)
   
   
6. Water & Sanitary Facilities - Nallur, South India (MG #53086)          Started 8/05
   A project in partnership with the Rotary Club of Fort Collins, Breakfast to provide clean water and good sanitation for a small community in India. In partnership with the Rotary Club of Mandarthi-Kokarne
   (Cost: $4,523; FC share: $600)
   
   

New Projects(2)         (Total Cost: $29,775; Rotary Club of Fort Collins: $4,300)

1. Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia (MG #54354)          Started 8/04
   A project with the RC of Addis Ababa Bole to provide beds, furniture, and equipment for a hostel for young indigent women seeking treatment at the fistula hospital in Addis Ababa. The women suffer from fistula problems incurred during child delivery which causes them to be outcasts from their own families.
   (Cost: $17,775; FC share(see def. at end): $2,500)
   
   
2. School Equipment for Children in Salatiga, Indonesia (MG #51925)           Started 11/03
   A project to provide school uniforms and supplies for children at four elementary schools, and equipment for vocational training at a school for handicapped children.
   (Cost: $12,000; FC share: $1,800)
   
   

Grand Total: 14 Projects Cost: $207,613 Rotary Club of Fort Collins Rotary: $34,025

For additional information about any of these projects, please ask. Webmaster,  Alan Ashbaugh; phone: 970-226-4432).