Project Description Country: Nicaragua Location: El Transito, Nicaragua Total Budget: $9,000 Areas of Focus: Water and sanitation, Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy, Economic and community development Activity Type: Water: Supply/Access Summary: Restoring a dried well at school in Nicaragua for children who do not have clean water. This past May, I went with a group of my friends on a trip to Nicaragua to explore, learn and give back to the local community through art and education. What we found was more than a need for school supplies and repairs, but a need for the most important resource, clean water. We met Stu, a local engineer with over 12 years of experience building clean water systems and wells for rural areas of Central America. Stu is working to help fix the dried well at El Tamborcito school where we went to volunteer, but he needs our help. The well will provide water to the children to drink as well as the community of El Transito who now walk 2 miles to the closest river for contaminated water. When we realized this we all decided we would make it our mission to get the funds necessary to bring clean water to the small village. We created a GoFundMe Acct with a goal of raising $1,000 so they can start Phase 1 before the rainy season begins and we have already raised $601.00 by 18 people in 21 days! We also created a YouTube video with photos and videos of our trip with an interview from Stu so you can e-meet him yourself. He's a wonderful person. Please see the links below. Stu has done the research and has the tools and team ready to start digging. Phase 1 - We need to hand dig deeper and that will take the most time. Phase 2- Once its deep enough we are going to clean everything inside and put some gravel, pump dirty water out and treat the new water so it is drinkable. Phase 3 - Make a sealed concrete base on top, set the rope pump for easy water access. Phase 4 - Health and hygiene education by meeting with the kids and personnel of the school to teach them about hand washing and how to take care of the well. We will need a total of $3,500 for the water project explained above. But my group of friends has a total fundraising goal of $9,000. The other funds will be for restoring the swing set, soccer goals, balls, painting the school, getting books, installing a flag pole and getting them a flag to help instill more pride in their community. Givebackpackers & Fortune421 are the companies my friends, Lindsay Hawley and Jason Herrick, own and represent. Their companies will each be selling apparel on their respective websites inspired by our trip with the majority of the proceeds going toward our project. We also plan to host a fundraising fashion show sometime in Mid-August. We hope to plan our trip back to Nicaragua for September or October 2015. We expect to complete the project including the training and maintenance phase within 4 months from start. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or would like additional information. With gratitude, Haylea Minks - Rotarian of Del Mar Lindsay Hawley - GiveBackPackers & LMH Promotions Jason Herrick - Fortune 421 YouTube:https://youtu.be/iDNOkKdiwKs GoFundMe: http://www.gofundme.com/xpjxrk Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Del Mar Primary Contact: Haylea Minks Email: hayleaspice@gmail.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 2015-16 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Del Mar (5340) 14-Jul-15 $3,000 $3,000 $6,000 Del Mar (5340) 27-Jul-15 $3,000 - $3,000 Total $6,000 $3,000 $9,000

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History Log Entries 14-Jul-15 System Entry Creation of project page. 24-Jul-15 by Haylea Minks I have privately raised $1,000 through a GoFundMe campaign and that money was successfully sent to our engineer, Stu, on Wednesday and the digging started yesterday. I have added a photo that shows they are starting the work! 24-Jul-15 by Marge Cole DO NOT START WORK ON THIS PROJECT BEFORE IT IS CONSIDERED BY THE DISTRICT ROTARY FOUNDATION COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 3, 2015. THE CLUB CANNOT BE REIMBURSED FOR MONEY SPENT ON PROJECTS ALREADY BEGUN BEFORE THE APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT. 27-Jul-15 System Entry Pledge of $6,000 by Haylea Minks of the Rotary Club of Del Mar, District 5340. 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 27-Jul-15 System Entry Pledge of $3,000 by Haylea Minks of the Rotary Club of Del Mar, District 5340. 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project signed by William Rawlings. 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project signed by Haylea Minks. 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project signed by Peggy Martin. 28-Jul-15 System Entry Project reverted to "Submitted" - Janice Kurth added to the list of signatories. 28-Jul-15 System Entry Project signed by Janice Kurth. 5-Aug-15 by Marge Cole District Grant application P-997 was approved by the D5340 Rotary Foundation Committee at its August 2015 meeting. The Committee approved a match of $3000. in DDF to match Club funds for this project 6-Aug-15 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 12-Sep-15 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 18-Mar-16 by Haylea Minks Project going well and nearing completion. 1-Apr-16 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 1-Apr-16 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.