Project Description Region: North America Country: Mexico Location: La Paz, B.C.S. Total Budget: $38,999 Areas of Focus: Basic education and literacy, Community economic development Benefit over 15,000 kids Needs have been identified: •There is an Agricultural Technical Secondary School where their tractor no longer works because they have more than 45 years of service •The students of agronomy of the level of Basic Education work the land with their hands and their mentality is limited by not having access to modern technology and they depend totally on external help. •They are exposed daily to accidents, animal bites, and intense heat, without the possibility of progress Objective: •Is to achieve a more active education aimed at strengthening, combining theoretical knowledge, familiarizing students with methods of production, and fostering a sense of belonging practices, adding a practical and theoretical dimension. •provide a high level of technical education, through a theoretical-practical teaching-learning process •Influence education and training in the knowledge and application of techniques that allow students to join immediately in productive activity •Guide students in the knowledge of business practices by selling products generated by school production units •Develop in the student the ability to actively participate in their own training, considering it as an ongoing process throughout their lives •Provide the student with general training to enable them to enter work or for immediate access to the next level of education •Intensify training of the student, as to the importance of protecting and conserving natural resources and the need to help maintain the ecological balance •Promote cooperation links and working between teachers and students through the school and the community to which they belong •That through the School units of production, they obtain additional economic returns, for the benefit of the educational work, tractor maintenance, and improvement of technological laboratories How the project will meet those needs: (For more information, please see the complete document that can be attached) •Integrating School Production Units will be run by a Management Committee, composed of: oA Secretary: who will be the teacher imparting the subject of appropriate technology emphasis. -treasurer: who will be the Comptroller of the school. -spokesperson: student will be the voice representative and surveillance. -spokesperson: who will be part of the staff working in the school. The timeline for your project. 1.Find Rotary Clubs and Districts Sponsors 2.Filling out the Global Grant forms on My Rotary 3.Obtain signatures from officials of the participating Districts and Clubs 4.Review and approval by The Rotary Foundation 5.Send Contributions to The Rotary Foundation 6.Processing of payment by The Rotary Foundation 7.Payment to suppliers 8.We receive equipment in the City of La Paz 9.Transfer of agricultural equipment from the city of La Paz to the community of Ciudad Insurgentes, Baja California Sur. 10.Event de Donation of agricultural equipment and signing of commitments 11.Prepare the progress report to the Rotary Foundation 12.Visit the school periodically to monitor educational results Specify what the project funds will be used for 1.- A "NEW" AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR, Massey Ferguson brand, Model MF285 Classic 2WD AWNING, Perkins 4 Cylinder Engine (Naturally Aspirated) and power at 2,100 RPM of 80 hp and 68 hp at the Power take-off. Engine Crankcase Capacity 7.0 L, Cooling System 14.5 L, Engine Capacity 60 L Hydraulic System and Hydrostatic Steering. Equipped with the following arrangements: •Category II 3-point hitch (2,145 kg lifting capacity) 8 Forward and 2 Reverse Speed Transmission •Independent power take-off at 540 rpm •Oscillating Drawbar Category II •100 L Fuel Tank •Front tires 10.00-16 •Rear tires 15.5-38 •Front weights  Price FOB LA PAZ B.C.S .: $ 25,400 USD 2.- A lifting harrow brand: KELLY, model: RT-18D, equipped with two sections of 9 toothed discs each one with a 9 "spacing from disc to disc, with reinforced steel chassis, hydraulic lifting system with tires and piston.  Price FOB LA PAZ B.C.S .: $ 5,150 USD  Total Amount $ 30,550 USD How club members will be involved: During the school year, visits will be scheduled, attended by the School Zone Supervisor, accompanied by the Technology Coordinator, as well as by a group of Rotary members in order to verify that they timely comply with the educational results report Primary Host Partner District: 4100 Rotary Club of: La Paz Balandra Primary Contact: Victor Hugo Caballero Salas Email: ximdie@hotmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: San Diego Coastal Primary Contact: Fernanda Torres Email: fernandatorresg@msn.com Project Status Approved This project is "Approved". This means the application has been approved by The Rotary Foundation, and the project is ready for implementation. Project listed for the 2021-22 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #2229852.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total La Paz Balandra (4100) 18-Feb-20 $6,848 $7,862 $14,710 San Diego Coastal (5340) 15-Apr-21 $1,500 $1,500 $3,000 Escondido (5340) 12-Jul-21 $4,750 $4,750 $9,500 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $11,289 $11,289 Additional Contribution (not matched by The Rotary Foundation) $500 Total $38,999 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 [29-Feb-20] MOU [29-Feb-20] MOU [18-Feb-20] Self-Sustaining School Presentation [18-Feb-20] Self-Sustaining Schools Budget

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History Log Entries 18-Feb-20 by Carlos Carrillo System Entry: Creation of project page. 15-Apr-21 by Victor Hugo Caballero Salas System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 12-Jul-21 by Robert Dziubla System Entry: Pledge of $4,750 with $4,750 DDF by Robert Dziubla of the Rotary Club of Escondido, District 5340. 12-Jul-21 by Robert Dziubla System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 12-Jul-21 by Victor Hugo Caballero Salas System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 2-Jun-22 by Victor Hugo Caballero Salas The CADRES are currently reviewing it, we hope that in a few weeks the project will be ready to send it to the Rotary Foundation 2-Jul-22 by Victor Hugo Caballero Salas System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 2-Jan-23 by Victor Hugo Caballero Salas The project is in the hands of the Rotary Foundation with some observations to review, we hope that this month it will be approved, since we have already sent the response to each observation that they sent us 30-Jan-23 by Victor Hugo Caballero Salas This Global Grant has already been submitted to the Rotary Foundation and is under review. 16-May-23 by Victor Hugo Caballero Salas The status of this grant is that The Rotary Foundation asked us one last requirement to sign a memorandum of agreement with the farmers' association where the grant will be carried out. We are already trying to schedule this meeting to sign the memorandum of understanding and with that, we believe that the Subsidy will be finally approved. 2-Oct-23 by Victor Hugo Caballero Salas I inform you that a few days ago we still received some observations from the Rotary Foundation, and on September 28 the responses were sent to the Rotary Foundation. We are waiting for them to confirm that everything is fine and to finally approve the grant. kind regards 18-Dec-23 by Victor Hugo Caballero Salas I inform you that once again they made observations to us on behalf of the Rotary Foundation and they gave us a deadline of December 31, 2023 to comply with those observations, however they also inform us that the project is on the right track, so we are working hard on it in order to comply in a timely manner so that it is approved shortly. 29-Jan-24 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.