Project Description Region: Africa Country: South Africa Location: Cape Town Total Budget: $36,400 Areas of Focus: Basic education and literacy, Community economic development ILoveCoffee currently train kitchen staff and baristas in their own kitchen. 80% of their staff are from the Deaf Community. If they had a training kitchen they could train up to 100 members of the Deaf Community a year to be placed into industry. This would include teaching the new employers to communicate with the deaf staff they take on. The communication barrier is one of the biggest factors why the deaf community are not currently employed. The other factor is the low education standards during schooling. ILoveCoffee have managed to clinch the national Barista title twice in the last three years. Due to this they are being approached by major international hotel chains to train baristas for them. They are also being noticed by the major food chain stores and there are currently negotiations to supply their food items to the food chain stores. There is a desperate need to train up more of the deaf community to be in a position to take up formal employment. Primary Host Partner District: 9350 Rotary Club of: Claremont Primary Contact: Elizabeth Email: biffy.danckwerts@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5300 Rotary Club of: Claremont Primary Contact: Buff Wright Email: rotarybuff@gmail.com Project Status Need $15,100 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 2021-22 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #2234389.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Claremont (9350) 17-Feb-22 $2,500 $2,500 $5,000 Claremont (5300) 5-May-22 $1,000 $1,000 $2,000 Fort Collins (5440) 5-May-22 $2,500 $5,000 $7,500 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $15,100 - $15,100 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $6,800 $6,800 Total $36,400 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee. 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-Feb-22 by Elizabeth System Entry: Creation of project page. 5-May-22 by Elizabeth System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Buff Wright of the Rotary Club of Claremont, District 5300. 5-May-22 by Elizabeth System Entry: Pledge of $2,500 with $5,000 DDF by Robin Steele of the Rotary Club of Fort Collins, District 5440.