Project Description Country: India Location: Dharamsala, HP Total Budget: $4,500 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: One year of rent and food supply for the Gamru Village School, Dharamsala, India Note that the school is a registered charity in India (#182450068), and had an FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) account. An FCRA account is required to send funds to India. TRF has approved doing District Grants in India, provided the recipient of the District Grant has an FCRA account. The Gamru Village School provides free education to poor disfavored children in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. This school was started in 2004 to serve the children of the local poor community and the children of the migrant laborers. Many of these families cannot afford to send their children to the government schools because they have to pay some fees, and they have to buy the books and uniforms. There is no cost to attend the Gamru school. Only the children from the poorest families are accepted at the school. The school currently serves 186 children, and has 8 teachers and 2 staff. The school survives only from donations from local and international sponsors. A Matching Grant project was done in 2009 to give a great boost to the school by supplying some key equipment and support, like kitchen equipment, bookcases, uniform, books, school supplies, computers, water filtration system, etc. See project D-1311. Now, the school is in desperate need of operating funds to pay the rent on the building. The rent for one month is 17,000 INR, which is 204,000 INR for one year, which is $3,000 USD at an exchange rate of 68 INR per USD. This project will provide the rent funding for the school for 1 year, which would give them the necessary boost and reprieve to keep going for the long term. Click here to see the estimated running costs of the school. We will be working locally with the Rotarians from The Dharamsala Rotary Club in District 3070. They have done many projects with District 5340 in the past. Click here to see a story by Philippe Lamoise when he first visited the school in 2004. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Del Mar Primary Contact: Philippe Lamoise Email: philippe@lamoise.net 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 Del Mar (5340) 11-Jul-16 $3,000 $1,500 $4,500 Total $3,000 $1,500 $4,500

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [27-Apr-17] Final Report [11-Jul-16] Gamru Village School Magazine [26-Apr-17] Project Receipts

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History Log Entries 11-Jul-16 by Philippe Lamoise System Entry: Creation of project page. 20-Jul-16 by Philippe Lamoise System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 20-Jul-16 by Philippe Lamoise System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 20-Jul-16 by Philippe Lamoise System Entry: Project signed by Philippe Lamoise. 23-Jul-16 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Tom Ryan. 22-Aug-16 by Marta Knight System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 27-Aug-16 by Marta Knight District 5340 Rotary Foundation Committee approved $1,500 DDF match for the Grant at the 8-22-16, meeting. Funds will be sent after approval from The Rotary Foundation. 5-Oct-16 by Judy Gallegos System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 8-Nov-16 by Philippe Lamoise The funds have been received in the school account in India. 8-Mar-17 by Marta Knight District Foundation Final Report and supporting paid expenses documentation need to be uploaded by April 1st. Email sent with copy of Final Report. 23-Mar-17 by Marta Knight Update History Log with your anticipated date of Grant Completion. We will need payment documentation and Grant Final Report. 4-Apr-17 by Philippe Lamoise Uploaded photos of our April 1, 2017 visit to the school. 19-Apr-17 by Marta Knight Grant needs to be finalized and closed. Payment documentation and Grant Final Report need to be completed and uploaded by the end of April. 27-Apr-17 by Philippe Lamoise System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 27-Apr-17 by Marta Knight System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.