Project Description Region: Western Europe Country: UK Location: Oxford Total Budget: $30,500 Area of Focus: Community economic development Marcelo Ostria has been interviewed by the D-5790's Global Ambassadorial Scholarship Committee on 6 April 2013 and has been awarded one of D-5790's Scholarships in the amount of $30,250, subject to the approval of a Global Grant application. Marcelo has been accepted by Oxford University for studies to begin in October, 2013. Marcelo Ostria would pursue a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Comparative Social Policy within the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI). In harmony with the Future Vision goal of establishing goodwill and peace through poverty alleviation, this program will facilitate the opportunity to study and compare global policy models related to child labor, poverty, and development. The curriculum will lead him to develope a practical thesis addressing the limitations of relative and absolute measurements of child-based poverty, with the goal of providing non-for-profits and governments in the region precise indicators to help establish more effective programs to reduce child poverty and improve well-being. Moreover, a new perspective on more effective indicators would provide insight not just on quantitative measures of poverty, but on qualitative measures as well. That will allow him to identify and plan a pragmatic and sustainable poverty-alleviation project. Primary Host Partner District: 1090 Rotary Club of: Banbury Cherwell Primary Contact: Dorothy Cantrell Email: dpcantrell@btinternet.com Primary International Partner District: 5790 Rotary Club of: Grapevine Primary Contact: conrad heede Email: ccheede@aol.com Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by The Rotary Foundation. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2013-14 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #14131.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Grapevine (5790) 24-Apr-13 $1,000 $14,500 $15,500 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $500 $14,500 $15,000 Total $30,500

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History Log Entries 24-Apr-13 System Entry Creation of project page. 24-Jul-13 by conrad heede GG approved by TRF per Kenneth Newbury, Regional Grant Officer for Zones 21B, 27 and 31. All club funding ($500 from the Grapevine RC and $500 from the Flower Mound RC) mailed to TRF. 29-Jul-13 by conrad heede Final "Legal Agreement" authorization completed; Grant now ready for funding by TRF. 2-Aug-13 by conrad heede TRF Funds received. 2-Aug-13 System Entry Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 2-Aug-13 System Entry Application approved by The Rotary Foundation. 3-Aug-13 System Entry Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation. 1-Sep-13 by conrad heede Marcelo Ostria left for Oxford. His reports since then have been very positive - he did very well in his first fall semester and we are waiting to hear about his spring semester. 16-Nov-14 by Sharron Miles Waiting for paperwork to be done by Scholar 3-May-15 by conrad heede The Final Report was submitted to TRF, it was accepted and the grant has been closed out. 17-Jul-15 System Entry Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation. 17-Jul-15 System Entry Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.