Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Water, sanitation and hygiene, Community economic development
The project aims the acquisition and the installation of a solar water heating system to reduce the Hospita-Lar's electric power spending and its costs. This project will benefit 150 elderly patients with special needs who live in this place because of their bad health (part of them live in bed, in terminal stage) and they need hygienics care during the day, since their families can not afford to keep them with dignity. Usually, these patients take showers 2 or 3 times a day. Some of them have to do this in bed. We must emphasize that part of this hot water is used to cook breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks, dinner and evening snacks to all of these patients and about 150 professional volunteers that work there. The solar water heating system is a reliable option, since here we find the ideal operating conditions, with efficient technology. Also, it is an inexhaustible way to produce hot water with a clean energy source, with no further costs.
After the acquisition and the installation of these equipments, the benefiting community will maintain this project with funds raised from people who are involved with it. It should be emphasized that the majority of funding comes from donations of Sao Jose do Rio Preto's communities, through promotions conducted including with the help of entrepreneurs who contribute with cash every month.
The Rotary Club São José do Rio Preto - Novo Cinquentenário (SPONSOR), having also the CO-PARTNERS Clubs: Rotary Club - São José do Rio Preto, Rotary Club São José do Rio Preto - Alvorada, Rotary Club São José do Rio Preto - Centenário, Rotary Club São José do Rio Preto - Boa Vista, Rotary Club São José do Rio Preto - Jardins, Rotary Club São José do Rio Preto - Novas Gerações, Rotary Club São José do Rio Preto - Norte and Rotary Club São José do Rio Preto - Sul, will establish permanent contact with the international sponsors (International Rotary Clubs and Districts) during all the time this project will take to be implemented.
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.
Pledge of $2,984 by Chang-Hsien HSU of the Rotary Club of Taipei Tatung, District 3480.
11-Nov-13
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
16-Feb-14
System Entry
Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
16-May-14
by Freitas,Roberto Barillari
This project is under review by the Rotary Foundation and should receive approval in the coming days.
16-May-14
by Freitas,Roberto Barillari
This project is under review by the Rotary Foundation and should receive approval in the coming days.
20-May-14
System Entry
Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.
3-Sep-14
by Freitas,Roberto Barillari
The Rotary Foundation sent the funds to the project account and the project GG1413735 status changed to Paid.
3-Sep-14
System Entry
Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.
5-Mar-15
by Freitas,Roberto Barillari
The project is currently under implementation of water heating equipment and hydrotherapy room and everything will be opened soon.
16-Sep-15
by Freitas,Roberto Barillari
We already ship the partial project GG 1413735 report to Rotary Foundation by Rotary International website, because that project is expected to have monitoring of hydrotherapy service for another year, when it will have a final evaluation in August 2016.
4-Jul-16
by Binod Khaitan
The Project has been completed expect for Tubewells. These have been provided by the Government. We find that we will be able save funds from the project as follows -
1. Tubewells Rs 1,50,000/- (Govt has provided Tubewells)