Project Description Country: USA Location: San Diego, California Total Budget: $4,500 Areas of Focus: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution, Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: Model UN Program to train local and international HS students to be effective Peace Makers Rotary District 5340's Model United Nations Program trains high school students to be effective peace makers, negotiators and diplomats by debating current-day international issues. Our 2017 Model UN Conference will be held at the University of San Diego, Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice and School of Peace Studies on April 8-9, 2017. We are the only Rotary District in the entire United States that sponsors and holds a Model UN Conference for students/youth. Del Mar Solana Beach Rotary is initiating this project with contributions of two other clubs within the district. Funds from this project will be used to pay the registration fees of 3 Central American/Mexican teams and the project will be completed in May 2017. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Del Mar-Solana Beach Primary Contact: Venky Venkatesh Email: venkat@gat.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 Del Mar-Solana Beach Sunrise (5340) 12-Jul-16 $750 $750 $1,500 La Jolla Golden Triangle (5340) 12-Jul-16 $750 $750 $1,500 San Diego Downtown Breakfast (5340) 12-Jul-16 $750 $750 $1,500 Total $2,250 $2,250 $4,500

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [15-Apr-17] Final Report Attachment [2-Apr-17] P-1413 2017 Model UN Program

Project Photos There are no photos yet for this project. Go to the administration page to upload photos.

History Log Entries 12-Jul-16 by Venky Venkatesh New Model UN project initiated and fully pledged. 12-Jul-16 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Creation of project page. 12-Jul-16 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Pledge of $750 with $750 DDF by Eric Mjoen of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, District 5340. 12-Jul-16 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Pledge of $750 with $750 DDF by Sandra Schrift of the Rotary Club of San Diego Downtown Breakfast, District 5340. 28-Jul-16 by Marta Knight In order for your project to be considered for DDF approval,it must be electronically signed by your Club President and your Primary Contact person. Detailed instructions are on the matching grants website> Help tab> Signature process. 28-Jul-16 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 28-Jul-16 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Project signed by Venky Venkatesh. 28-Jul-16 by Sandra Schrift System Entry: Project signed by Sandra Schrift. 28-Jul-16 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Ken Barrett. 28-Jul-16 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Liam Murphy. 28-Jul-16 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user. 28-Jul-16 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 28-Jul-16 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Project signed by Venky Venkatesh. 29-Jul-16 by Liam Murphy System Entry: Project signed by Liam Murphy. 29-Jul-16 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Ken Barrett. 29-Jul-16 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Kevin Cahill added to the list of signatories. 29-Jul-16 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Kevin Cahill. 27-Aug-16 by Marta Knight District 5340 Rotary Foundation Committee approved $750 + $750 +$750 DDF match for the Grant at the 8-22-16, meeting. Approval contingent on 1 person from San Diego Downtown Breakfast attend District Grant Webinar. Date to be announced. Primary Contact is strongly encouraged to attend. Funds will be sent after approval from The Rotary Foundation. 27-Aug-16 by Marta Knight System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 20-Sep-16 by Marta Knight District Grant Training Webinar has been scheduled for either Monday 9-26-16 at noon or Tuesday 9-27-16 at 9:00 AM. Link to registration for the webinar has been emailed. 30-Sep-16 by Marta Knight The approval contingency to attend District Grant Training Webinar has been satisfied and is removed. 5-Oct-16 by Judy Gallegos System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 8-Mar-17 by Marta Knight District Grant Final Report and supporting paid expenses documentation need to be uploaded by April 1st. Email sent with detailed instructions. 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. 2-Apr-17 by Venky Venkatesh 2017 Model UN Program Final report uploaded 3-Apr-17 by Marta Knight Received your Grant Final Report. Need copy of payment documentation, to complete the grant. 18-Apr-17 by Venky Venkatesh Documentation showing payment information uploaded. Project is complete. 19-Apr-17 by Marta Knight System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 19-Apr-17 by Marta Knight System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.