P-504

Malawi Scholarship - AIDS

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Project Description

Country: Malawi

Location: Malawi

Total Budget: $2,500

Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Basic education and literacy

Activity Type: Education: Scholarships

Summary: This Project will fund scholarships for students that participate in an AIDS Awareness program in rural Malawi


Currently, there is a program that occurs in rural Malawi that explains the dangers of AIDS and tests individuals for AIDS/HIV. They perform an adaption of Charles Dickens' play, A Christmas Carol, translated into the local dialect, Chichewa. The play focuses on the three aspects of AIDS: testing, prevention, and medication. The players (20) are orphans who lost their parents to AIDS. This program has tested more than 1000 people and educated over 15,000 about AIDS. The program has many cast members who have high school grades but don't have the money to go to university or, in some cases, money for high school. The actors currently receive food, clothing, and transport. This grant will provide funds for their education, either at the high school or university levels. These scholarships will be paid from an Education Fund managed by a board of directors (an entity called Together Act Now!) It costs $170 for a year's education at high school and $470 at university.

There will be a substantial involvement of both the the Biantry RC in Malawi and AER. The Malawi RC will provide guidance to this program and will request the assistance of Malawi's President in this effort. AER will solicit funds for the acquisition of condoms to be sent to Malawi, put on a dessert fund raiser/AIDS awareness program, attend and provide a speaker on the global AIDS problem to the West High Interact club, and will make presentations to the AER Board/Club. The Interact club will put on a fundraiser for this effort, which will involve AER Rotarians in this effort.

Project Contact Person

District: 5010

Rotary Club of: Anchorage East

Primary Contact: Bruce Phelps

Email: bgpanch@aol.com

Project Status

Completed
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Project listed for the 2014-15 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Anchorage East (5010)

30-Mar-14

$1,250

$1,250

$2,500

Total

$1,250

$1,250

$2,500

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History Log Entries

30-Mar-14

System Entry

Creation of project page.

7-Jul-14

by Bruce Phelps

The project is still current.

31-Jul-14

System Entry

Project sent for club signatures.

31-Jul-14

System Entry

Project signed by Bruce Phelps.

31-Jul-14

System Entry

Project signed by Bruce Phelps.

31-Jul-14

System Entry

Project signed by Gideon Garcia.

10-Aug-14

System Entry

Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

27-Aug-14

System Entry

Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

3-Apr-15

by Bruce Phelps

The following is provided (April 3, 2015)from Kyle Norne, the founder and executive director of ACT Now: they are receiving applications from the Malawian volunteers and will be selecting them shortly. Part of the requirements of accepting the tuition is to write an initial letter of thanks to Rotary and West High School Interact Club explaining what they will be studying. Once they complete their program, they will write another letter explaining how it went and what they plan to do with their future. They also intend to have several members who have completed the program provide a talk to a Malawian Rotary Club on the results of the project and future collaboration possibilities.

24-Jul-15

System Entry

Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.

24-Jul-15

System Entry

Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.

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