Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Maternal and child health, Community economic development
The Mexican Foundation of Neurologia Pediátrica Angel A. C. (FUMENEP) is dedicated to the treatment of children with neurologic disorders such as Down's syndrome, motor, attention, learning and behavioral disorders, disorders affecting about 5% of the population.
7'000 children from 14 states are under treatment, of which 1'000 orphans and abandoned.
The average treatment is 4 years.
65% of the 7'000 children are from poor and jobless families, unable to face treatment costs.
The Foundation is starting to help these families with hydroponic structures producing tomatoes.
Tomatoes for medicines.
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We want to help this extraordinary Foundation with:
missing medical equipment, electroencephalograph, electromyograph and consumables,
hydroponic structures for social co-inversion with the poor families.
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The FUMENEP is working at four levels;
• Prevention,
• Treatment,
• Research,
• Social responsibility.
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PREVENTION - The FUMENEP produced programs for neurological disorder prevention in schools for future parents, encompassing sexual health, birth control and family planning, disease prevention AIDS, HPV, promotion of breastfeeding, with the objective of reducing morbidity of children under 5 year old.
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TREATMENT - The FUMENEP is committed to children & adolescents treatment, with a very high level of expertise and impressive results.
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RESEARCH - The FUMENEP is conducting research for improving treatments, provides results to neurologists' associations and trainings plus models for doctors and medical institutions.
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SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE - The FUMENEP developed a financial model allowing parents with low resources to participate in the treatment cost and to earn money for themselves through production of tomatoes in hydroponic structures.
As the majority of the parents have low or no resources, the objective is to uses these structures for financing medicines, helping families without job and resources, financing equipment and programs.
Parents of the children and the Rotary is participating in this effort.
In other words, be auto-sufficient to prevent, treat and perform research in a low income context.
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MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
The objective is to provide the FUMENEP with a mobil electroencephalograph and a mobil electromyograph that will permit more accurate diagnostics for ALL patients at low or no cost.
The number of EEG exams is estimated between 10 and 15 daily, or between 200 and 300 monthly.
These are refurbished equipment coming from USA.
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HYDROPONIC STRUCTURES
The objective is to provide the FUMENEP with structures allowing to support the treatment costs for the poor families. These families can participate in production and distribution of the products.
The Foundation did a test with a first structure made of bamboo and the result is excellent in comparison with traditional metallic structures ; reduced cost, increased life, environment friendly.
These structures are built locally with local resources, thanks to an excellent engineer.
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BUDGET
USD 125'000, half for the medical equipment, half for the hydroponic structures.
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NB - This Global Grant is made of 2 original projects, G716 and G730, grouped on the demand of the main project participant, for the beauty of the combination.
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 2015-16 Rotary Year.
The TRF Grant application number is #1526171.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Ferney-Voltaire (1710)
14-Aug-14
$1,088
$0
$1,088
Corregidora Querétaro (4160)
19-May-15
$2,500
$0
$2,500
Nashua (7870)
19-May-15
$10,100
$25,000
$35,100
District 4185 DDF
19-May-15
-
$6,000
$6,000
Milford (7870)
5-Jul-15
$2,000
$0
$2,000
Nashua West (7870)
5-Jul-15
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Bedford (7870)
5-Jul-15
$2,000
$0
$2,000
Souhegan Valley (Nashua) (7870)
5-Jul-15
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Merrimack (7870)
5-Jul-15
$10,600
$0
$10,600
Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation
$15,144
$31,000
$46,144
Total
$107,432
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%.
Pledge of $1,000 by Pierre Déruaz of the Rotary Club of Ferney-Voltaire, District 1710.
19-May-15
System Entry
Pledge of $6,000 DDF by Sergio Romero of the Rotary Club of Puebla, District 4185.
5-Jul-15
System Entry
Pledge of $2,000 by Cynthia Dokmo of the Rotary Club of Milford, District 7870.
5-Jul-15
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 by Paul DeCarloalis of the Rotary Club of Nashua West, District 7870.
5-Jul-15
System Entry
Pledge of $2,000 by Melinda Byrne of the Rotary Club of Bedford, District 7870.
5-Jul-15
System Entry
Pledge of $1,000 by Jared Anderson of the Rotary Club of Souhegan Valley (Nashua), District 7870.
5-Jul-15
System Entry
Pledge of $10,600 by Andy Steeves of the Rotary Club of Merrimack, District 7870.
5-Jul-15
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
16-Oct-15
System Entry
Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
27-Oct-15
System Entry
Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.
2-Jan-16
System Entry
Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.
6-Sep-16
by Jean Villeval
12-Jan-2y016, acquisition of the Hydroponic Growing Structure (HGS) parts before more Mexican price increase.
03-Jun-2016, delivery in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, of the two machines, electroencephalograph and electromyograph, bought in USA.
Installation of the HGS in Atlixco, State of Puebla:
- January 2016: preparation of thr field.
- April 2016: finalization of the irrigation part.
- Julay 2016: bamboos (ocotates) cut, prepared and in place.
Based on a strong weather experience on a first similar structure, it appears that the HGS required reinforcement. For the safety of the project, the team agreed to increase the budget of the HGS and to reduce accordingly the budget for the Consumables, in the respect of the overall budget.
28-Mar-17
by Jean Villeval
1 - EEG & EMG
110 exams performed
2 persons for exams & interpretation
COMING MONTHS
Puebla
Working with Unidad de Apoyo a la Educación Regular
Training to 75 professors of children with learning disorders, comportment disorders, mental retardation
1’000 children that will be followed locally by FUMENEP
Tilapa
FUMENEP works with the Tilapa Integral Family Development program
Training to professors
230 children with cerebral paralysis, 200 with learning & language disorders
Atlixco
Attending locally patients
2 - HYDROPONIC INSTALLATION
Exceeded by far the plan, now back to tracks
Will be finalized during the onion open air cultivation
- Electroencephalograph and electromyograph operational since Aug-2016.
- Consumables reduced to operational requirements.
- Hydroponic Growing Structure operational since 01-Aug-2017.
Harvesting of 1 ha of onions in Sep-2017.
1/2 ha of tomatoes and 1/2 Ha of cucumbers transplanted, harvesting Nov-2017.
4-May-18
by Jean Villeval
Excellent progress, unchanged objectives.
Medical equipment, electroencephalograph (EEG) and electromyograph (EMG), operational and used at no charge for low revenu families.
Mobile EEG and EMG used outside of Mexico State and early detection of neurological disorders promoted through schools in the Puebla State, with local pediatricians.
Hydroponic Growing Structure, generated revenue used for medicine, maintenance and expansion with additional open air area.
A new production cycle started in January, mainly with tomatoes.
25-Dec-18
by Jean Villeval
HYDROPONIC
1st production cycle: regular.
2nd production cycle partly affected by a disease.
3rd Production cycle still partly affected.
Results used for maintenance and medecine purchase.
Employment creation: 20.
MEDICAL PART
Monthly new patients 135, up to date exams 346..
Employment creation: 14
New practice in Puebla Pue.
Extra muros application of botulinum toxin.
Reducing poverty through free exams, free applications of botulinum toxin, support for acupuntura, reduced medecine & analysis prices.
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
Unchanged, but the scope of the FUMENEP increasing, thanks to:
- hydroponic, initiating an increase of cultivated areas.
- medical equipment allowing exams for families without resources, attracting laboratories participating in this humanitarian
17-Oct-19
by Jean Villeval
Equipment (EEG, EMG) have been bought, delivered & maintained for over 2 1/2 years. The equipment is used on 10% of the children, at no cost. Fumenep is averaging 135 new patients monthly, and the equipment has been used well over 300 times.
The hydroponic was up & running by fall 2017. Rotary budget was fully spent and documented. Cost overruns were funded by Dr. Jasso.
After initial success growing tomatoes, environmental factors (water access, hurricane that destroyed part of plastic roof and structure, a blight that impacted the tomato crops) and economical factors like new US tariffs that impacted the prices of vegetable across Mexico, make the hydroponic not profitable.
Equipment to be used in other location for production of flowers.
Final report in preparation.
16-Jun-20
by Larry Hersh
Final Report Submitted to Rotary International
2-Jan-21
by Larry Hersh
System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.
2-Jan-21
by Larry Hersh
System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.
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