The Regional Perinatal Center in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine treats about 5000 women per year with 3000 births and about 1500 surgical interventions. The city of Ivano-Frankivsk is in the western part of Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Currently they have no way to perform surgical interventions other than open surgery which leads to a higher mortality rate than most of Europe. Rotarian Dr. Maryan Yaremko is the Vice Chief Medical Officer of this regional perinatal center. He has requested help with the purchase of perinatal laparoscopy equipment, and the requisite training, stating that this would help decrease the mortality rate, as a result of less intrusive procedures. Of all possible projects this was his, and the Ivano-Frankivsk Rotary Club's, first choice to help their region in Ukraine. Should they receive this equipment, this will be the only laparoscopy equipment in the entire region.
Because of the scope of the project and the two distinct pieces of equipment needed, we have decided to make two projects out of this one. This first project will encompass the main laparascopy set. The second project, slated for the 2015-2016 Rotary year that starts in July of 2015, will encompass the ob-gyn portion of the equipment.
The Ivano-Frankivsk Rotary Club has committed to the maintenance and upkeep of the equipment as well as purchase of consumables after initial purchase and training. They believe that a "healthy generation starts with healthy women".
The Burleson Rotary Club of Burleson, TX, USA has partnered with the Ivano-Frankivsk Rotary Club to fund this project. A personal trip to Ukraine was involved in meeting Ukrainian Rotarians and discovering possible projects and deciding upon this one. Rotarians will be closely involved with this project from the start through the conclusion to long after. The Rotarians in both the Burleson and the Ivano-Frankivsk clubs are committed to this project and partnering on many more to come.
Please consider donating to this project to help the good people Ukraine realize their "Healthy generation starts with Healthy Women" belief.
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 $58,334 by Dusty Babitzke of the Rotary Club of Burleson Area Mid Day, District 5790.
27-Oct-14
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Project is now "Fully Pledged".
27-Oct-14
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Project reverted to "Published".
26-Jan-15
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Pledge of $3,000 by Christopher J McLucas of the Rotary Club of Arlington (Sunrise), District 5790.
26-Jan-15
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Pledge of $67 by Igor Kosovych of the Rotary Club of Ivano-Frankivsk, District 2230.
25-Mar-15
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Pledge of $1,000 by Gary Short of the Rotary Club of Hurst-Euless-Bedford, District 5790.
8-Apr-15
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Pledge of $2,000 by Bill Bracken of the Rotary Club of Mid-Cities Pacesetters (Bedford), District 5790.
14-Apr-15
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Pledge of $2,000 by Ed Wueste of the Rotary Club of Western Fort Worth, District 5790.
8-May-15
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Pledge of $509 with $1,943 DDF by Raffaella Di Sante of the Rotary Club of Fano, District 2090.
8-May-15
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Pledge of $501 by Raffaella Di Sante of the Rotary Club of Pesaro-Rossini, District 2090.
8-May-15
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Project is now "Fully Pledged".
31-Aug-15
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Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
2-Nov-15
by Brooke Justice
Hi all,
This is just a reminder because of the automated email that went out. Our project is progressing and has passed all the authorizations needed. Now it is Rotary's hands for review and approval. The Rotary International Global Grant number is GG1532604.
Thank you,
Brooke Justice
18-Jan-16
by Brooke Justice
TRF put the grant back in draft status and asked for updates and clarifications. All have been added and the grant authorized and sent back to TRF. We are working to finalize the grant at this time.
2-Apr-16
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Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.
30-Jul-16
by Brooke Justice
We are collecting funds for this project. At this time we've received funds from the following clubs:
- Burleson
- Burleson Area MidDay
- Arlington Sunrise
- HEB
- Western Fort Worth
- Fano
We are still waiting for funds to be sent from the following clubs:
- Ivano Frankivsk
- Pesaro-Rossini
Funds sent but not received yet:
- MidCities Pacesetters
2-Oct-16
by Igor Kosovych
System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.
17-Apr-17
by Brooke Justice
Equipment has been purchased and room is being renovated to accommodate equipment. We have received new quote for the second half of the equipment and are working to gather information on a Vocational training team of doctors in order to start new grant for second half.
21-Jan-18
by Brooke Justice
We are working to gather details in order to report the success thus far on this project. "We" really means the Ivano-Frankivsk Rotary Club, so thank to them for working diligently to get those details in order to finish the reporting for RI. As soon as the report is entered on RI's site, we will update matchinggrants.org.
7-Aug-18
by Brooke Justice
The Ivano-Frankivsk club is working on completing the Final Status Report for The Rotary Foundation. TRF has also requested a sustainability study for this project which is in the process of being scheduled with an on site visit from TRF.
2-Apr-19
by Brooke Justice
The Ivano-Frankivsk club is working on completing the Final Status Report for The Rotary Foundation. TRF has completed an on site sustainability study for this project and gave some help and advice on completing while they were there.
16-Dec-19
by Brooke Justice
System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.
2-Mar-20
by Brooke Justice
Final Report was submitted to The Rotary Foundation December of 2019. Waiting for it to be accepted by TRF.
16-Mar-20
by Brooke Justice
System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.
