Rotary
Club of Fort Collins, Colorado
World Community Service Committee
Projects: 1996-2003 - A Report to the Club
Dengue
Fever Projects (Project Contact, Dengue Fever Projects: Dutch
Gubler; phone: 970-221-6428)
- Dengue Fever Prevention
in the Philippines and Colombia: 3-H Grant 97-6: A major educational
effort in Colombia and the Philippines to reduce the incidence of Dengue
Fever, begun in 1996, completed in 2001, but continuing in the Philippines
. . (Cost: $675,000; FC: $3,500)
- Dengue Fever in Indonesia:
3-H Grant #00-114: A project targeting 14 major urban areas in Indonesia,
begun in 2001, highlighting educational programs for the public, and
training of medical personnel. (Cost: $295,000; FC share: $3,000)
- Dengue Fever in Argentina:
MG #12426: A project in a suburban area near Buenos Aires, in cooperation
with the Rotary Club of Jose Maria Ezeiza. A major outbreak of Dengue
Fever in this area for irst time in decades has alarmed health authorities
in Argentina. (Cost: $20,000; FC share: $3,500)
- Dengue Fever in Denpasar,
Bali: MG#19658: A project to reduce the incidence of Dengue Fever in
Denpasar, Bali, a city of 475,000 persons, 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)
- Dengue Fever in Purwokerto,
Indonesia: MG #7365: During 1999 when this project was underway, there
were no reported cases of Dengue in the targeted areas of the City of
Purwokerto (pop.400, 000). (Cost: $30,000; FC share: $5,000)
- Other Projects in Sri Lanka
and Australia
Clean
Water Projects:
- Water Treatment Plant in
San Isidro, Colombia: MG #6976: A slow sand-filter water treatment plant
to provide pure water to the residents of San Isisdro Pueblo, Colombia.
(Cost $100,000; FC share: $5,000)
- Electric Power for Water
Treatment Plant in Colombia: MG #19142: Electric power to operate the
pumps for the plant constructed under MG #6976. (Cost: $17,500; FC share:
$1,669)
- "Save Water, Save Lives":
Clean Water in Indonesia: MG #19660: A project with eight miles of piping,
plus storage/distribution reservoirs,to bring clean water from a reservoir
by gravity flow to 5200 residents of Karang Tengah, a village in Central
Java. (Cost: $32,740; FC share: $4,000)
- Clean Water for Kalisak
and Kalisari Villages in Indonesia: MG #12047: A project to provide
clean water to residents of Kalisak and Kalisari villages in Central
Java. (Cost: $9,370; FC share: $2,485)
- Clean Water for Ciberung
and Krajan Villages in Indonesia: MG #7023: A project approved in 1997
to provide clean water to the residents of Ciberung and Krajan villages
in Central Java. (Cost: $9,700; FC share: $1,050)
PROJECTS
IN INDIA (Project Contact, Projects in India: P. K. Vedanthan;
phone: 970-221-2370)
- Equipment for School for
Disabled Children: MG #21911: A project to provide hearing aids, furniture,
kitchen equipment, and sanitary waste system for a residential school
at Moodubage, India serving deaf, dumb, and physically disabled children.
(Cost: $10,000; FC share: $2,170)
- Project Deaf 2000: MG #19838:
A project to provide equipment for diagnosis, and treatment of hearing
problems among poor residents of Chitradurga, India. Volunteers help
educate patients and train local medical personnel. (Cost: $8,000; FC
share: $2,000)
- Desks, Benches, and Clean
Water for Schools: MG #15398: Benches and desks for five poor rural
village schools in India, and a clean water system for one of the schools.
Previously, the children sat on the ground. (Cost: $3,610; FC share:
$902)
- Project Deaf India: MG
#12024 (with FC Breakfast Club): A project to provide audiovisual equipment
for training mothers to work with their deaf children. (Cost: $10,000;FC
share: $1,000)
- Health Care for Young Women:
MG #8884: A pilot program to provide training and information on nutrition,
health care, and birth control for young women of child-bearing age
in Sringeri, India. (Cost: $10,000; FC share: $2,500)
- Health Care for Young Women:
MG #13444: Expansion of the health education program for young women
of Sringeri. (Cost: $5,000; FC share: $1,250)
- ASsthma Camps: MG #9914:
Funding for camps in India in which volunteers provide care and treatment
for asthma patients. (Note:Dr. Vedanthan helps establish and operate
these camps as a Rotary Volunteer.) (Cost: $8,000; FC share: $2,000)
Projects
In Indonesia: (Project Contact, Projects in Indonesia: Joe
Looper; phone: 970-416-9579)
- Microcredit Bank: MG #16373:
Small loans (typically $100 or less) to poor women to begin or expand
small home enterprises which provide support for their families. The
loans must be repaid with interest and the proceeds made available for
additional loans. (Cost: $10,000; FC share: $3,000)
- Foreign Lanuage Training:
MG#13977: Computers and audio/visual equipment were provided for foreign
language instruction for junior/senior high students in Nusaputera School
for poor children in Semarang. (Cost: $26,560; FC share: $4,635)
- School Supplies and Uniforms:
MG#19659: School bags, uniforms, shoes, books, and supplies were supplied
1,000 refugee children in Cilicap. (Cost: $10,000; FC share: $3,300)
- Beef Cattle Feeding: MG#21178:
A project to procure beef calves for fattening, with proceeds from sale
to be used for improved health and education of children of village
near Salatiga, Central Java. (Project contact: Claude Piche) (Cost:
$7,080; FC share: $2,000)
- Cataract Surgery: MG#12046:
Cataract surgery to restore the sight of 120 poor, elderly persons in
Purwokerto, with surgery donated by Indonesian doctors (Cost: $11,400;FC
share: $4,450)
- Cataract Surgery: MG#9946:
Cataract surgery for 100 poor elderly persons in Purwokerto, Central
Java. (Cost: $11,000; FC share: $4,300)
Other
Projects:
- PolioPlus Partners: Funds
donated by members to fund National Immunization Days (NIDs) in countries
where polio still exists; part of the major effort by Rotary to eliminate
polio worldwide by 2005, its 100th birthday.
- Medical Library: MG #18509:
A project with CAMO (Central American Medical Outreach) to provide a
medical library in a hospital in Santa Rosa de Copan, with bookshelves,
computers, visual aid equipment, and furniture. (Project contact: Norm
Illsley; phone: 970-225-2306.) Cost: $16,000;
FC share: $5,500)
- Marine Education for Conservation
in the Solomon Islands: MG#21917: A project with Nature Conservancy
and Rotary Club of Honiara to educate natives in conservation/utilization
of marine resources and development of local enterprises. (Project contact:
John Roberts;
phone: 970-223-9317.) (Cost: $30,000: FC share: $3,870)
- Surplus Medical Equipment
for Europe: MGs #10114 and #10115: A project to collect surplus hospital
equipment and supplies and ship them to Ukraine, Hungary, and Rumania.
(Project Contact: Jean
Griswold; phone: 970-484-5954) (Cost: $7,700;
FC share: $2,000)
- Russian Farm Youth Program:
A project with District 5440 to bring Russian youths to our area for
on-hands training in good farming techniques and practices. (Project
Contact: C. J. Streit;
phone: 970-493-2310.)
- Russian CCI Program: Participation
with other Clubs in Fort Collins in a 3-week program to host and provide
training for 11 Russian business men and women involved in various aspects
of construction. (Project Contact: Dick
Dunn; phone: 970-484-0974.)
Total
Projects Cost: $1,394,660; Rotary Club of Fort Collins Share:
$71,781
For additional
information about any of these projects, please ask the "project
contact" or Committee Chair, Joe
Looper; phone: 970-416-9579).
The project contact names are e-mail links, where the project contacts
have e-mail addresses.

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