Project Description Country: Guatemala Location: Various sites, Guatemala Total Budget: $13,000 Area of Focus: Economic and community development Activity Type: Health: General Summary: This project will fund 43 personal energy transportation vehicles for handicapped persons in urban and rural Guatemala. PETs are sturdy three-wheeled carts with a wooden box for a seat and hauling space. They are moved by a hand-cranked bicycle chain. PET recipients are people without legs, or without the use of their legs, due to injuries, amputations, birth defects, polio, etc. This project would fund the purchase and distribution of 43 PET vehicles for handicapped persons in urban and rural areas of Guatemala. PET recipients are selected by social service agencies (municipalities) in the target communities within local communities and receive their PETs at distribution centers where they are taught how to use and repair their PETs. AER will provide $6,500 and the District is requested to provide $6,500 for this project. This is a continuation of previous efforts by Anchorage East Rotary (AER) to assist in providing mobility to handicapped and poor people in this country. AER received a $4,500 District grant for PET facilities in the previous year (2015-2016). The benefits of such a program are significant. PET recipients become much more independent and can often have small businesses so they can support their families, rather than be a burden on them. In short, receipt of a PET revolutionizes the life of the PET recipient and that person's family. Rotary clubs have partnered with different PET distribution centers and PET International to provide the funding for PETs ($300 each), and they have participated in the distributions of PET vehicles in Guatemala. In 2013, without a district grant, Anchorage East Rotary provided funding for 28 PETs that were distributed in three locations in Guatemala in partnership with Hope Haven International and PET-Columbia and PET-Kansas. Two of the workshops that produced the PET kits were assembled by volunteers in Guatemala,and members of AER participated in that process. A more recent distribution was just completed (March, 2016), with 30 PETS acquired and distributed. In all of these distributions, AER members actively participated in the distribution process. The acquisition and distribution of these vehicles will occur within one year. Effectuation is expedited by a production capability in the US (at no cost) and by the presence of an existing organization (Hope Haven International)that ships the material to the country and assembles/distributes the vehicles there. AER members will be actively involved in administering the project and, almost certainly, will be in country for vehicle distribution. Addendum to Project Description (added after the project was signed) This project is well underway. The matching funds from AER have been secured and an order has been placed with the non profit entity (Hope International) that administers the Personal Energy Transportation program on a worldwide basis for the number of vehicles that are identified in this grant. The distribution of these vehicles is scheduled for this spring in Guatemala. Project Contact Person District: 5010 Rotary Club of: Anchorage East Primary Contact: Bruce Phelps Email: bgpanch@aol.com Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2016-17 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Anchorage East (5010) 19-Apr-16 $6,500 $6,500 $13,000 Total $6,500 $6,500 $13,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [15-Mar-17] Check to PET-Kansas [3-Jun-17] Gabriela Bio [3-Jun-17] Gerardo Bio p. 1 [3-Jun-17] Gerardo Bio p. 2 [3-Jun-17] Joel Bio p. 1 [3-Jun-17] Joel Bio p. 2 [3-Jun-17] Juan Bio [27-Jul-17] June PET register P.1 [27-Jul-17] June PET register P.2 [27-Jul-17] June PET register P.3 [27-Jul-17] June PET register P.4 [3-Jun-17] Maribel Bio [3-Jun-17] Mario Bio [3-Jun-17] Miguel Bio [7-Aug-17] P-1213 Final Report P. 1 [7-Aug-17] P-1213 Final Report P. 2 [3-Jun-17] PET arrival June 2

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History Log Entries 19-Apr-16 System Entry Creation of project page. 14-Jun-16 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 14-Jun-16 System Entry Project signed by Bruce Phelps. 15-Jul-16 by Denise Ringhand System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 23-Jul-16 by Charlotte Tharp System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 9-Nov-16 by Bruce Phelps Project well underway. Funds secured and vehicles ordered from supplier. Distribution scheduled for spring. See more under project description. 15-Mar-17 by Bruce Phelps A check for $13,000 ($6500 of district funds and $6500 of club funds) has been sent to PET-Kansas, the workshop that produced the 37 PET carts that will be distributed in Guatemala beginning April 29. A Rotarian from the club will participate in the distribution. 3-Jun-17 by Bruce Phelps On May 4 and 5, 2017, a member of Anchorage East Rotary (AER)participated, with a team from PET-Kansas, the workshop that produced the 43 PET (personal energy transportation) mobility carts paid for with grant P-1213, in a distribution of 7 of the PET carts in the Department of Suchitepequez, Guatemala. The balance of the PET carts were in a container stuck in Guatemala customs so weren't available for distribution by the team. Individual biographies with pictures were produced for each of the 7 PET cart recipients and will be uploaded to this website. 3-Jun-17 by Bruce Phelps On June 2, 2017, the container holding the balance of the PET carts was finally delivered to Hope Haven Guatemala, a pediatric wheelchair factory that is the distribution partner for PET carts in Guatemala. A copy of the e-mail exchange confirming the arrival of the PETs to Hope Haven Guatemala will also be uploaded to this website. A team from PET-Columbia is scheduled to be at Hope Haven Guatemala later in June and has agreed to distribute the balance of the PET carts for AER. 27-Jul-17 by Bruce Phelps In June, a PET distribution team from PET-Columbia was in Guatemala and, as earlier agreed, on two days distributed the balance of the PET carts ordered by Anchorage East Rotary from the PET-Kansas workshop. These were the PET carts held up in customs when the PET-Kansas team and a member of Anchorage East Rotary were in Guatemala for the distribution the end of April. Along with the history log, the register of PET recipients and the few available photos will be uploaded to the website. 7-Aug-17 by Denise Ringhand System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 7-Aug-17 by Denise Ringhand System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.