Project Description Region: Asia Country: South Korea Location: Seoul Total Budget: $30,500 Area of Focus: Maternal and child health Yeani Choi will be attending Seoul National University to attain a Masters Degree in Medical Humanities. Project funds will be used for tuition, travel and kliving expenses. Grapevine and HEB Rotarians will be working with Yeani on developing a project in her field in Seoul. Primary Host Partner District: 3650 Rotary Club of: Seoul Munhwa Primary Contact: Chong Won Lee Email: rotarylee@naver.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 #1419459.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Grapevine (5790) 18-Dec-13 $500 $14,500 $15,000 Hurst-Euless-Bedford (5790) 18-Dec-13 $500 $0 $500 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $500 $14,500 $15,000 Total $30,500 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [2-Jul-14] Yeani Choi Application

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History Log Entries 18-Dec-13 System Entry Creation of project page. 18-Dec-13 System Entry Pledge of $500 by Paul Lucas of the Rotary Club of Hurst-Euless-Bedford, District 5790. 7-Jan-14 by conrad heede Updated files to include Host Sponsor information, Y. Choi's Scholarship Application and photo 2-Jul-14 by conrad heede Yeani Choi left for Seoul, Korea in early March, attended the required medical student orientation and started her Masters Degree education, majoring in Medical Humanities. Note, the first semester of education at the National University in Seoul begins in March. She has met with her counselor, the 2013/2014 District Governor and at his request she attended their District Conference. 2-Jul-14 System Entry Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 2-Jul-14 System Entry Application approved by The Rotary Foundation. 2-Jul-14 System Entry Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation. 3-Jul-14 System Entry Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation. 26-Feb-15 by conrad heede Yeani Choi Report (in part): Since we last saw each other (in August), there are few updates to tell you! I have successfully finished second semester here in Korea! I have managed to get All A+'s again with one A0 resulting in 4.2/4.3 CGPA. I have paid another tuition today and I can't express enough how incredibly blessed I am to have met you all who are giving and loving for the needs of others. I wouldn't have been able to do any of the studies here if it weren't for your help (which I probably have said multiple times). I know the only way I can repay this is by making every penny worth something and such purpose gives me strength to make it through difficult times during the study. 2-Sep-15 by conrad heede Yeani Choi reported that she has successfully completed her final exams and is currently working on her thesis along with an article that would hopefully be published in the 'Journal of Pediatrics' around November. She is also working with the person who's in charge with the Baby Box program to come up with a suitable project for a Bluebonnet Society grant to help women and children. She is also planning on flying over to Japan in September to take the MCAT as they have a testing center there. Hopefully she can apply this academic year to both US and Korean medical schools. If that is delayed she will still apply to Ph.D programs in the U.S. She anticipates that she will be done with everything by February 2016. 22-Jun-16 by conrad heede Yeani has completed her course work and is working on completing her thesis. She attended the International Convention in Seoul, Korea and had dinner with the Rotarian Wine Appreciation Fellowship (on us!). 9-Jun-17 by conrad heede System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation. 11-Jun-17 by Chong Won Lee System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.