P-1840

Gamru Village School Support

Description

Financing

Documents

Photos

History Logs

Project Description

Country: India

Location: Dharamsala, HP

Total Budget: $4,000

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 15,000 INR, which is 180,000 INR for one year, which is $2,800 USD at an exchange rate of 64 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. The rest of the money will be used for food. 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: Dugan Moore

Email: dugan_moore@yahoo.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 2017-18 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Del Mar (5340)

30-Jul-17

$2,000

$2,000

$4,000

Total

$2,000

$2,000

$4,000

Project Supporting Documents


[29-Mar-18]
Final Report


[14-Sep-17]
Deposit Info


[27-Aug-19]
FCRA Registration Info.


[29-Mar-18]
Project Receipts


[3-Nov-17]
Wire Trsf -Gamru School

 

Project Photos

History Log Entries

30-Jul-17

by Philippe Lamoise

System Entry: Creation of project page.

30-Jul-17

by Philippe Lamoise

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

30-Jul-17

by Dugan Moore

System Entry: Project signed by Dugan Moore.

31-Jul-17

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Klaus Gubernator.

22-Aug-17

by Marta Knight

District 5340 Rotary Foundation Committee approved $2,000 DDF match for the Grant at the 8-14-17, meeting . Funds will be deposited to Club Bank Account after approval from The Rotary Foundation. Email sent with form requesting Club Bank Account Deposit Information

22-Aug-17

by Marta Knight

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

14-Sep-17

by Dugan Moore

Deposit Info. uploaded

9-Oct-17

by Judy Gallegos

System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

2-Nov-17

by Dugan Moore

Wire transfer of USD4,000 sent from Del Mar Rotary

28-Feb-18

by Marta Knight

Received copy of wire transfer and pictures. We need the Final Report completed. This can be found in Description page after clicking Administration.

12-Mar-18

by Marta Knight

Received copy of wire transfer and pictures. We need the Final Report completed. This can be found in Description page after clicking Administration.

29-Mar-18

by Dugan Moore

System Entry: Final Report signed by Dugan Moore.

30-Mar-18

System Entry

System Entry: Final Report signed by Klaus Gubernator.

31-Mar-18

by Marta Knight

System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.

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