Project Description Region: Asia Country: Turkey Location: Ankara Total Budget: $38,337 Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Basic education and literacy, Community economic development The main goal of this project is to provide at least 25 hearing aides to the poor and deserving high school students of Kemal Yurtbilir Vocational School located in the suburbs of Ankara, Turkey, who have varying levels of hearing impairment. The long term intent of this project is for the school to eventually test their students and provide hearing aides accessible to all needed students to improve their lives. It is known that the hearing impairment results in decline in both academics and quality of life for these students and this project will greatly help on this score and enhance their social skills and provide vast improvement in their quality of life. The outcome of these efforts will result in more self-confident students who will be productive members of society. The host club Ankara Rotary will work with the school administration and teachers to accomplish the following. - Conduct hearing testing of students and select a group of at least 25 student for this project that are in need of hearing aides - Review test results with school administration and student families to determine the best course of intervention and also monitor results after the intervention. - Educate students, their families, and school staff on hearing impairment, effects on learning, and related subjects - Handover to the school authorities with a promise to continue the project at school's own expense after the project is complete to ensure continued sustainability. The timeline for the completion of this project is estimated to be one year from the date all funds are received by the host Rotary. Primary Host Partner District: 2430 Rotary Club of: Ankara Primary Contact: Aykut Cinaroglu Email: aykut_cinaroglu@hotmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Del Mar-Solana Beach Primary Contact: Venky Venkatesh Email: mandyamvenkatesh@gmail.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 #1413543.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Del Mar-Solana Beach Sunrise (5340) 12-May-13 $5,000 $5,000 $10,000 Mission Valley-Sunset, San Diego (5340) 7-Jun-13 $325 $325 $650 Coronado (5340) 22-Jun-13 $1,142 $0 $1,142 Ankara (2430) 11-Sep-13 $9,000 $2,000 $11,000 Ankara-Or-an (2430) 11-Sep-13 $325 $0 $325 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $7,896 $7,325 $15,220 Total $38,337

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [24-Aug-13] Ankara Rotary and Hearing Aids Project [6-Aug-14] GG1413543 List of Students_Hearing aides [6-Aug-14] GG1413543 Photos_Hearing aides to students

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History Log Entries 12-May-13 by Venky Venkatesh New Global Grant Project Uploaded. 12-May-13 System Entry Creation of project page. 7-Jun-13 by Venky Venkatesh Mission Valley Sunset (D5340) and Ankara Or-an Rotary (D2430) have each contributed $325 and their respective DDF. 7-Jun-13 System Entry Pledge of $325 with $325 DDF by Sinan Debre of the Rotary Club of Ankara-Or-an, District 2430. 7-Jun-13 System Entry Pledge of $325 with $325 DDF by Sinan Debre of the Rotary Club of Mission Valley-Sunset, San Diego, District 5340. 22-Jun-13 System Entry Pledge of $1,142 by Mary Griffin of the Rotary Club of Coronado, District 5340. 22-Jun-13 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 8-Jul-13 by Marge Cole The Rotary District 5340 Foundation Committee voted to allot $5,325. in District Designated Funds (DDF) to this project at its meeting today. 24-Aug-13 by Aykut Cinaroglu An Introduction.pdf file describing the project and 4 photos taken during training of the students have been uploaded. 11-Sep-13 by Venky Venkatesh Ankara Host Rotary increased the club cash contribution to $9000 and reduced the DDF from District 2430 to 2000 max and adjusted the project cost to $38,337. There are no changes to Club and DDF contributions in our District 5340. The completed application authorized by all was submitted to TRF on 9/11/2013. 11-Sep-13 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 11-Sep-13 System Entry Pledge of $9,000 with $2,000 DDF by Aykut Cinaroglu of the Rotary Club of Ankara, District 2430. 11-Sep-13 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 11-Sep-13 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 11-Sep-13 System Entry Pledge of $325 by Aykut Cinaroglu of the Rotary Club of Ankara-Or-an, District 2430. 11-Sep-13 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 11-Sep-13 System Entry Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 16-Nov-13 by Venky Venkatesh Response provided to TRF questions. Awaiting Signed MOU from Ankara Host Rotary 2-Dec-13 System Entry Application approved by The Rotary Foundation. 9-Feb-14 by Venky Venkatesh All signatures completed including legal agreement and bank account opened in Turkey. Awaiting TRF response. 16-Apr-14 by Venky Venkatesh The project is fully approved and the contributions from the D5340 clubs were sent to TRF in Marc 2014h and the two Ankara Clubs have sent their remittances. The Host Ankara Rotary has opened the Bank account and awaiting remittance from TRF. 23-May-14 by Venky Venkatesh The Host Ankara Rotary Club received funding for the project from TRF. 23-May-14 System Entry Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation. 4-Jul-14 by Aykut Cinaroglu The project has been implemented and 32 pairs of hearing aids were provided to 32 poor students having different level of hearing impairment. Within the scope of the project, 44 hear mold were made and 264 spare batteries were provided to these students as well. 6-Aug-14 System Entry Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation. 6-Aug-14 System Entry Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.