Project Description Region: Africa Country: Uganda Location: Jinja, Uganda Total Budget: $30,500 Area of Focus: Community economic development Global Scholarship for a Master of Public Administration - International Development. The curribulum is related to the economic and community development area of focus. A related project component will be carried out in conjunction with the Akola Project, a women's empowerment organization with whom Lauren is currently employed in Uganda. The curriculum through the University of York in the UK, is designed to be delivered online so that as the student is receiving the academic training, the knowledge can be applied and reinforces in the field in a real world application. Primary Host Partner District: 9211 Rotary Club of: Jinja Primary Contact: John Kirkwood Email: johnkirkwood52@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5790 Rotary Club of: Hurst-Euless-Bedford Primary Contact: J Paul Lucas Email: jplucas5790@gmail.com Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by The Rotary Foundation. 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. The TRF Grant application number is #1744387.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Hurst-Euless-Bedford (5790) 27-Oct-15 $1,000 $14,500 $15,500 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $500 $14,500 $15,000 Total $30,500 Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [7-May-17] 4-18-2017 Check Report 1 [7-May-17] 4-18-2017 Estimated budget May [7-May-17] 4-18-2017 Expense Report #1 [7-May-17] 4-18-2017 Required Receipts 1 [7-May-17] 4-18-2017 Supporting Docs 1 [3-Nov-15] Akola Academy Brief [4-Nov-15] Employ Recomm - Signed [4-Nov-15] Employ Recommendation [27-Oct-15] Endorsement: Rotary Club of Hurst-Euless-Bedford [3-Nov-15] Funding Scenarios [17-Oct-16] HEB Rotary MOU signed 17 July 2016 [27-Oct-15] Lauren Baldwin Application + Supporting Documents [30-Nov-18] Lauren's Akola Project [30-Nov-18] Laurens Akola Project [29-Oct-15] Offer Letter from University of York [3-Nov-16] Orientation Certificate [3-Nov-16] Orientation Certificate [28-Oct-15] Recap of Initial Interview - Oct 20, 2015 [5-Nov-15] Reference fr: Prof Schaffer

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History Log Entries 27-Oct-15 by J Paul Lucas Application Endorsed by Rotary Club of Hurst-Euless-Bedford 27-Oct-15 System Entry Creation of project page. 16-Jun-16 System Entry Project dropped by Philippe Lamoise. Reason for dropping: Per Paul Lucas this scholar was not selected. 24-Jul-16 by Philippe Lamoise System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 3-Aug-16 by J Paul Lucas 23 Jul 2016 DDF Approved by D5790 26 Jul 2016 Support Reconfirmed by HEBRotary 2-Nov-16 by J Paul Lucas Project has been approved by TRF Grant Committee 2-Nov-16 by J Paul Lucas System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 2-Nov-16 by J Paul Lucas System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation. 20-Jan-17 by J Paul Lucas System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation. 16-Aug-17 by J Paul Lucas Aug 1, 2017 - Scholar Lauren - visited HEB Rotary and provided an update on her Studies and her non-Profit work with Akola. She also spoke recently at the Jinja Rotary Club in Uganda. 4-Nov-17 by J Paul Lucas Approved: Lauren's proposal to use $3,000 of her scholarship funds to provide computers to Akola and improving worker productivity and skill. 20-Mar-18 by J Paul Lucas After four years of humanitarian service in Uganda, Lauren returned to the US in December 2017. Over the last year, she was the first Global Scholar to complete course work via internet from her remote assignment in Africa. She has now ended her scholarship and taken a position in Washington DC with an agency dealing with Human Trafficking. All unused scholarship funds have been returned to the Rotary Foundation. 16-Oct-18 by J Paul Lucas System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation. 16-Oct-18 by J Paul Lucas System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.