The District Global Grant for Ecuador addresses two of the six priorities established by The Rotary Foundation under the Future Vision Pilot Program, Priority #4 Maternal/Child Health and Priority #5 Basic Education and Literacy. The proposal is to establish pilot projects in five Community Schools for preschool, K-8 students involving parents. Two of the schools will be in Quito (Juan Carlos Peralta and Juan Diego), two in Guayaquil (Los Lojas and Daular), one in Cuenca (Guardian de la Fes). Four are government schools and one private (Los Lojas). All are situated in low-income neighborhoods.
The intent of the Community Schools is to provide sound educational practices addressing intellectual and motor skills to stimulate the brain. An example will be the "Brain Gym" program which uses a unique body movement exercise to assist children in reading and math. Other interventions such as "Odyssey of the Mind" may also be used to foment group work and cooperative problem solving. Additionally, creative activities such as drama and music will enhance self-esteem. A nutritious diet, such as soy milk from Mechanical Cows which is high in protein will produce more alert students for more successful academic achievement. Parents and community members will be afforded the opportunity to be participants in the experience of their offspring. To make this work, it will take in-service training for teachers and staff to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Community School program.
Considering the unique location of the five pilot schools-Coast and Andes-and with some linguistic and cultural differences, each school will have an overall plan that will provide a stimulating curriculum using critical thinking and motor skills, integrated services-medical, nutrition, recreational-and wide participation of parents and community members.
The Primary Host Club for District 4400 will be Quito Equinoccio Rotary with the primary contact person being Dr. Rosalia Arteaga who is the former Minister of Education and Social Services for Ecuador. In that capacity she has obtained a broad understanding of the needs of the country. She will be working closely with the five Rotary Club Coordinators (Quito, Quito Equinoccio, Guayaquil La Puntilla, Guayaquil Cerro Azul, and Cuenca Tomebamba. The Cooperating Organization for the Project will be Fundación Educando at Ecuador. The Primary International Club will be La Mesa Sunrise Rotary, District 5340 with the key contact Dr. David Ballesteros who has a vast experience with schools and universities both in the United States and Latin America.
Completed
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Project listed for the 2010-11 Rotary Year.
The TRF Grant application number is #25036.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
District 4400 DDF
17-Mar-10
-
$12,000
$12,000
District 5340 DDF
17-Mar-10
-
$25,000
$25,000
Encinitas Coastal (5340)
7-Apr-10
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Rancho Bernardo Sunrise (San Diego) (5340)
21-Apr-10
$2,000
$0
$2,000
Lemon Grove (5340)
22-Apr-10
$500
$0
$500
Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) (5340)
25-Apr-10
$2,000
$0
$2,000
Escondido (5340)
25-Apr-10
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Chula Vista (5340)
29-Apr-10
$1,500
$0
$1,500
Point Loma (San Diego) (5340)
29-Apr-10
$1,000
$0
$1,000
La Mesa Sunrise (5340)
14-Aug-10
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Quito Equinoccio (4400)
14-Aug-10
$6,500
$0
$6,500
Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation
$8,250
$37,000
$45,250
Total
$98,750
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History Log Entries
17-Mar-10
System Entry
Creation of project page.
7-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 by Chuck DuVivier of the Rotary Club of Encinitas Coastal, District 5340.
21-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $2,000 by Mark Evans Kirkpatrick of the Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo Sunrise (San Diego), District 5340.
22-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $2,000 by David Ballesteros of the Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise, District 5340.
22-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $500 by Mike Irving of the Rotary Club of Lemon Grove, District 5340.
22-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 by Marta Knight of the Rotary Club of Chula Vista Sunrise, District 5340.
25-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $2,000 by Ed Knight of the Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), District 5340.
25-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $500 by Daniel Johnston of the Rotary Club of Point Loma (San Diego), District 5340.
25-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 by Daniel Sundquist of the Rotary Club of Escondido, District 5340.
25-Apr-10
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
28-Apr-10
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
28-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $2,000 by David Ballesteros of the Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise, District 5340.
28-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $6,000 by Rosalia Arteaga of the Rotary Club of Quito Equinoccio, District 4400.
28-Apr-10
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
28-Apr-10
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
28-Apr-10
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
29-Apr-10
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
29-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $500 by David Ballesteros of the Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise, District 5340.
29-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 by Carmen Sandoval of the Rotary Club of Chula Vista, District 5340.
29-Apr-10
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 by Daniel Johnson of the Rotary Club of Point Loma (San Diego), District 5340.
29-Apr-10
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
10-May-10
by David Ballesteros
Global Grant G3 proposal was posted today to rotary.org, Future Vision Pilot Project and confirmed.
31-May-10
by David Ballesteros
Global Grant Community Schools for five pilot schools in Ecuador has been granted APPLICATION status after PROPOSAL was approved by The Rotary Foundation. Some issues regarding sustainability raised by TRF will be addressed in the application phase which both the Host Club and International clubs are working on now and expect to complete by the end of June 2010.
14-Aug-10
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
14-Aug-10
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 by David Ballesteros of the Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise, District 5340.
14-Aug-10
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
14-Aug-10
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
14-Aug-10
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 by David Ballesteros of the Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise, District 5340.
14-Aug-10
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 with $25,000 DDF by David Ballesteros of the Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise, District 5340.
14-Aug-10
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 with $25,000 DDF by David Ballesteros of the Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise, District 5340.
14-Aug-10
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
14-Aug-10
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
14-Aug-10
System Entry
Pledge of $6,500 by Alberto Reyes of the Rotary Club of Quito Equinoccio, District 4400.
19-Aug-10
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
25-Oct-10
System Entry
Proposal Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
25-Oct-10
System Entry
Proposal approved by The Rotary Foundation.
25-Oct-10
System Entry
Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
26-Oct-10
by Edward Knight
A group of Rotarians from District 5340 will be travelling to Ecuador for the Rotary Faire in Quito on November 12- 14. they will be visiting three of the sites for this project during the time they are in Ecuador.
14-Mar-11
System Entry
Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.
16-Jun-11
System Entry
Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.
4-Mar-12
by David Ballesteros
Global Grant# #25036, Community Schools is an on-going project. Primary International contact David Ballesteros visited each of the five schools in November 2011 visiting with Directors of the schools and representative of the respective Rotary clubs. Each of the five schools received a large heavy duty refrigerator to keep food items and medical supplies for the program, courtesy of La Mesa Sunrise Rotary.
19-Sep-12
by David Ballesteros
An Interim Report was submitted to The Rotary Foundation on August 1, 2012, Global Grant 25036 (G-3), Community Schools in five school sites in Ecuador, District 4400. A Final Report is scheduled within the next six months. All school sites are progressing nicely with a strong academic and nutrition program and strong parental and community support.
16-Apr-13
by David Ballesteros
The Community Schools Global Grant G3 (TRF#25036) is still on-going and expect to be finalized by August 1l, 2013.
16-Mar-14
by David Ballesteros
G-3, Community Schools Global Grant 1125036, Ecuador, was submitted as an Interim Report To TRF and Accepted on February 28, 2014.
16-Oct-14
by David Ballesteros
This Global Grant, G-3, TRF#25036, funded in 2010-2011, involving five Community Schools and Basic Education/Literacy is still on-going and destined to file its Final Report by the end of Rotary year 2014-2015. Both Primary Contacts of Quito Equinoccio Rotary, District 4400 and La Mesa Sunrise Rotary, District 5340, are monitoring the final stages of this Global Grant.
16-Jun-15
by David Ballesteros
G-3 Community Schools Global Grant is awaiting arrival of a Mechanical Cow soy milk machine to complete one of its project objectives of providing a nutrition program in one of the five target schools. It is expected that within the next six months this Global Grant will submit its Final Report to The Rotary Foundation with all the appropriate receipts and accomplishments.
17-Feb-16
by David Ballesteros
This Global Grant which was funded during the 2010-2011 Rotary Year involving five community schools in various locations in Ecuador is still in operation and the last mechanical cow (soy milk nutrition machine)recently installed. Progress report accepted in January 2016 by TRF and the next progress or final report will be submitted by January 2017.
18-Sep-17
by Alberto Reyes
System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.
18-Sep-17
by Alberto Reyes
System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.
