Project Description Region: Asia Country: Nepal Location: Lumbini Total Budget: $305,000 Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment PTuberculosis (TB) is the biggest infectious disease killer in the world, resulting in 1.5 million deaths annually and almost 10 million new cases each year. One of four people in the world is infected with TB. Tuberculosis is preventable and curable and yet, 46 Nepali people die of TB unnecessarily every single day. One of the major challenges for TB programs is the lack of qualified radiologists in remote communities who can read chest X-rays to diagnose TB. Solution: New AI-enabled ultra-portable chest X-rays can bring TB screening to poor, vulnerable communities in Nepal. This project, in collaboration with the Birat Nepal Medical Trust, will provide this equipment which will make TB screening programs more effective and feasible in remote vulnerable communities in Nepal. Currently, only 50% of active TB cases in Nepal are being found and treated.roblem: Primary Host Partner District: 3292 Rotary Club of: Kathmandu Mid-Town Primary Contact: Buddha Basnyat Email: buddhabasnyat@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5420 Rotary Club of: Salt Lake City Primary Contact: Scott Leckman Email: scottleckmanmd@gmail.com Project Status Need $241,920 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 2025-26 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #2691037.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Kathmandu Mid-Town (3292) 15-Jun-26 $1,000 $1,000 $2,000 Salt Lake City (5420) 15-Jun-26 $15,000 $25,000 $40,000 Las Vegas WON (5300) 15-Jun-26 $100 $100 $200 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $241,920 - $241,920 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $20,880 $20,880 Total $305,000 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 15-Jun-26 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 15-Jun-26 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $100 with $100 DDF by chehab elawar of the Rotary Club of Las Vegas WON, District 5300.