Project Description Region: North America Country: Mexico Location: San Vicenta Total Budget: $35,500 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy View Online Proposal Form This project will provide 250 students at the Rancho Santa Marta Orphanage & School in Baja California Mexico with a new Computer Lab to include 30 workstations. The Ranch, located 60 miles south of Ensenada, is a home for 50 abandoned youth and a school for kindergarten through 9th graders with plans for a high school in the coming year. The existing computer lab is outdated and ineffective. A new lab with 30 new computer workstations will provide the students with the opportunity to learn technical and computer skills that are critical to prepare them for further education and/or a career in today's highly technology centered world. There is a need for students, especially in disadvantaged communities like San Vicente Mexico where Rancho Santa Marta is located, to have access to education and training in the areas of technology and computer literacy. A new computer lab will enable the school staff/personnel to teach students the latest computer programs and skills, like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, they will need as they continue their education and into their careers. The school has an excellent reputation and is home to the only "special education" programs in the region. The school's computer teachers are already trained in the software/applications/programs that will be used on the new computers. The have experience and understanding in the updated operating systems and programs. The Rancho Santa Marta School Computer staff will be responsible for the maintenance of the new workstations as well. Each new computer workstation consists of a Dell Precision T3620 Mini Tower plus a Dell Monitor - E2016H. This equipment was selected with the assistance and input from the school computer staff and administrators along with I.T. professionals here in the United States. Ranch Santa Marta is a well established operation and is supported by a network of donors and organizations from around the United States and Mexico. They have a solid donor base however the work they do is completely reliant on contributions and they simply cant afford new computers on their own. The Ranch has been operating successfully since 1980. The success they've experienced since 1980 indicates they are a self-sustaining operation which will safeguard this grants investment. Primary Host Partner District: 4100 Rotary Club of: Ensenada Primary Contact: Octavio Sanchez de Lara Email: octavioosprecision@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Santee-Lakeside Primary Contact: Allen Carlisle Email: allenbec@cox.net 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 2017-18 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #1862473.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Ensenada (4100) 27-Jul-17 $1,000 $0 $1,000 Santee-Lakeside (5340) 27-Jul-17 $10,000 $9,500 $19,500 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $5,500 $9,500 $15,000 Total $35,500 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 [31-Jul-17] Budget [31-Jul-17] Flyer [27-Jul-17] Quote- Dell Computers

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History Log Entries 27-Jul-17 by Allen Carlisle System Entry: Creation of project page. 28-Jul-17 by Allen Carlisle System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 31-Jul-17 by Allen Carlisle System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Allen Carlisle through the Matching Grants Website DAF. 7-Aug-17 by Allen Carlisle System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 14-Aug-17 by Allen Carlisle System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 20-Nov-17 by Allen Carlisle System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 20-Nov-17 by Allen Carlisle System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation. 5-Mar-18 by Allen Carlisle System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation. 21-Oct-18 by Allen Carlisle Status Completed Completion Date 23/03/2018 All of the 30 computers (20 Dell Workstations; 10 Apple Laptops) have been purchased and transported to Rancho Santa Marta. They have been set up in the computer lab and started being used in early April. On April 20th representatives from both the Ensenada and the Santee-Lakeside Rotary Club visited The Ranch and observed the new computers in use. The equipment has been well received. The computer teacher was in tears describing how thankful they are to have new equipment. All of the schools students now have access to the computers and are receiving training/education from the staff. 17-Jun-19 by Allen Carlisle System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation. 17-Jun-19 by Allen Carlisle System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.