Project Description Region: South-East Asia Country: India Location: Dombivli Total Budget: $31,976 Area of Focus: Water, sanitation and hygiene Murbad and Kalyan are the Talukas located in Thane district of Maharashtra state of India. Since Rotary Year (RY) 2018-19, the Rotary Club of Dombivli East has been actively engaged in community development initiatives in the region, including the construction of toilet blocks, installation of scholastic infrastructure, and distribution of bicycles to school children. For RY 2025-26, the club aims to complete infrastructure improvements at the two schools: ZP School Khutal in rural area of Murbad Taluka and ZP School Aptichon Kalyan Taluka. This proposal outlines the plan for constructing toilet blocks at both locations. Objective is to improve the sanitation facilities in school. Smyrna Rotary Club Georgia, from RID6900 has pledged USD 170. RID 5710 has pledged DDF of USD 5000 and RID 6840 has pledged USD 500. RC Escondido is our international partner. RC Escondido [RID5340] has pledged Cash Contribution of USD 4500 [=1000+3500], and RID 3141 has pledged DDF of USD 1000. Project budget is USD 31976 Primary Host Partner District: 3142 Rotary Club of: Dombivli East Primary Contact: Arun Ashtikar Email: arun.ashtikar@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Escondido Primary Contact: Kirk Holmes Email: kirk@holmesandholmesllc.com Project Status Your project is "Fully Pledged". This means the amount of the pledges is equal to the total budget of the project. Now the project needs to be finalized and go through the approval process with The Rotary Foundation. This process gets started on the administration page. Project listed for the 2025-26 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Dombivli East (3142) 18-Nov-25 $4,806 $6,000 $10,806 Smyrna (6900) 20-Nov-25 $170 $0 $170 District 6840 DDF 30-Nov-25 - $500 $500 Escondido (5340) 10-Jan-26 $4,500 $0 $4,500 District 5710 DDF 10-Jan-26 - $5,000 $5,000 District 3141 DDF 23-Jan-26 - $1,000 $1,000 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $10,000 $10,000 Total $31,976 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 18-Nov-25 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Faron Barr of District 5810. 18-Nov-25 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Pledge of $500 DDF by Randall Deldman of District 6840. 26-Nov-25 by Arun Ashtikar The Host district 3142 revised its contribution to USD 6000 from 9000nand hence the grant is open for donations again. 30-Nov-25 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 30-Nov-25 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Pledge of $500 DDF by Bob Vaughn of District 6840. 9-Dec-25 by Arun Ashtikar Proposal is revised for the new schools in the rural regions. 9-Dec-25 by Arun Ashtikar Proposal revises for Locations. Proposal file uploaded. 10-Jan-26 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 10-Jan-26 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 10-Jan-26 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Chuck Udel of the Rotary Club of Leawood, District 5710. 10-Jan-26 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 23-Jan-26 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 23-Jan-26 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 23-Jan-26 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 DDF by Akkshay Mehta of the Rotary Club of Mumbai, District 3141. 23-Jan-26 by Arun Ashtikar System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".