Project Description Region: North America Country: Mexico Location: Ciudad Juarez Total Budget: $40,050 Area of Focus: Community economic development View Online Proposal Form Target Community: Underprivileged families from the South East Juárez, Mexico area. Overview: To equip a sewing workshop at the CEMYP to develop vocational dressmaking capabilities in 25 mothers from South East Juárez to permit them cover their children Elementary and Middle school tuition. Sustainability: 25 mothers will be provided with portable sewing machines so they can learn dressmaking and can start their own sewing business while covering their children tuition by working at the CEMYP dressmaking workshop. The workshop will be equipped so that the income from this activitiy can be used to provide for more scholarships. Primary Host Partner District: 4110 Rotary Club of: Juárez Integra Primary Contact: Mario Blanco Email: ablanco66@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5520 Rotary Club of: Albuquerque Del Norte Primary Contact: Kim Helm Email: kim_maguire@ml.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 2015-16 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #1525164.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Juárez Integra (4110) 11-Jan-15 $1,500 $4,900 $6,400 Albuquerque Del Norte (5520) 11-Jan-15 $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 Rancho Bernardo Sunrise (San Diego) (5340) 17-Apr-15 $3,000 $0 $3,000 Moorpark (5240) 18-Apr-15 $500 $0 $500 Belen (5520) 15-May-15 $250 $250 $500 El Paso, Camino Real (5520) 17-Jul-15 $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 Albuquerque Del Sol (5520) 17-Jul-15 $1,000 $1,000 $2,000 Alamogordo (5520) 17-Jul-15 $1,250 $1,250 $2,500 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $5,750 $11,400 $17,150 Total $40,050 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%.

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History Log Entries 11-Jan-15 System Entry Creation of project page. 17-Apr-15 System Entry Pledge of $3,000 by Paul Gorman of the Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo Sunrise (San Diego), District 5340. 18-Apr-15 System Entry Pledge of $500 by James Lewis of the Rotary Club of Moorpark, District 5240. 26-Apr-15 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 30-Apr-15 System Entry Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 15-May-15 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 15-May-15 System Entry Pledge of $250 with $250 DDF by Norm McDonald of the Rotary Club of Belen, District 5520. 17-Jul-15 System Entry Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Marina Gonzalez of the Rotary Club of Albuquerque Del Sol, District 5520. 17-Jul-15 System Entry Pledge of $1,250 with $1,250 DDF by Marina Gonzalez of the Rotary Club of Alamogordo, District 5520. 17-Jul-15 System Entry Pledge of $2,000 with $2,000 DDF by Eduardo Seyffert of the Rotary Club of El Paso, Camino Real, District 5520. 17-Jul-15 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 17-Jul-15 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 17-Jul-15 System Entry Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Doreen Kelsey of the Rotary Club of Albuquerque Del Sol, District 5520. 17-Jul-15 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 17-Jul-15 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 17-Jul-15 System Entry Pledge of $1,250 with $1,250 DDF by Norm Arnold of the Rotary Club of Alamogordo, District 5520. 17-Jul-15 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 17-Jul-15 System Entry Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 12-Oct-15 by Mario Blanco The Project application was carried over to 2015-2016. Questions and corrections answered and sent to TRF. Waiting on final approval from TRF. 12-Dec-15 System Entry Application approved by The Rotary Foundation. 20-Dec-15 by Mario Blanco RC of Moorpark has sent its contribution to TRF! 21-Dec-15 by Mario Blanco RC of Albuquerque Del Sol mailed its cash contribution to TRF this past week!! 21-Dec-15 by Kim Helm The Del Norte Albuquerque club submitted their contribution last week (12/17) to Rotary Foundation. Kim Helm 23-Dec-15 by Mario Blanco RC Juarez Integra sent its contribution funds to TRF! 5-Jan-16 by Mario Blanco RC El Paso Camino Real has submitted their contribution to TRF! 9-Jan-16 by Paul Gorman Rancho Bernardo Sunrise contribution has been sent to RI. 23-Feb-16 by Mario Blanco The funds from TRF were received!!! 27-Feb-16 by Mario Blanco A total of 24 mothers and 2 fathers of family were provided each with a portable sewing machine and a scholarship for Sewing Training at the local university. 18-Mar-16 System Entry Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation. 2-Oct-16 by Paul Gorman Project is completed. 25-Apr-17 by Mario Blanco The project is ongoing. Brand new industrial sewing equipment was provided to the CEMYP school. 8-Jun-17 by Mario Blanco Partial project report approved by TRF! 2-Jan-18 by Paul Gorman System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation. 2-Jan-18 by Paul Gorman System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.