Project Description Region: South America Country: Brazil Location: Estrela Total Budget: $35,000 Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment The project will be implemented at Hospital Estrela located in the city of Estrela, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This hospital is a philanthropic institution that has 140 beds, 10 of them in the neonatal ICU, serving a region with a population of 325,142 (IBGE-2010) inhabitants and being a reference for the state in intensive care units. Of the 10 ventilators that the Neonatal sector has, 4 are already 15 years old (already obsolete), and all appliances need maintenance, which when it occurs, the beds are left unattended. There is already a need for more advanced technologies to ventilate premature lungs and the equipment to be purchased has the sensitivity to adjust the parameters to perform an effective and safe treatment, considering that newborns in serious or at risk of death of any kind. gestational age, requires mechanical ventilation. The entity that will use and maintain the equipment is Hospital Estrela itself, which has a reference in the region in quality, including being accredited by ONA (National Accreditation Organization). Primary Host Partner District: 4700 Rotary Club of: Estrela Primary Contact: Claudia Diehl Email: engenheiraclaudia@bewnet.com.br Primary International Partner We are looking for a Club partner. Click here to pledge support for this project. Recording a pledge will make you the Primary International Partner for this project. Project Status Need $35,000 This project needs to receive some pledges to go to the next level. Please check the "Financing" tab to see the list of current pledges. Once the amount pledged is equal to the project budget, the status of the project will be automatically changed to "Fully Pledged". Click here to pledge support for this project. Project listed for the 2020-21 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total There are no contributions yet for this project. Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $35,000 - $35,000 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $0 $0 Total $35,000 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%.

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History Log Entries 17-Nov-20 by Claudia Diehl System Entry: Creation of project page.