The Central American country of Costa Rica has a significant population of people suffering with facial and jaw deformities that currently have no access for care which has led to debilitating eating and chewing disorders. These disorders will eventually lead to severe facial and articulation pain of chronic nature. Many patients afflicted with congenital facial deformities need secondary facial bone corrections as they approach their adult years, some having ankylosis of their jaw joints preventing the obtaining of proper nutrition as well as severe pain. The combined treatments via both modern minimally invasive endoscopic methods as well as through traditional surgical case can correct this progression of disease, especially if instituted early after diagnosis.
This project will provide needed specialty equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of these disorders as well as will work together with the academic institution, University de Latina and local surgeons who will be able to provide this care year long. The visiting surgical project team will serve to not only educate and demonstrate all usage of the equipment on charitable demonstration surgical cases, but provide the local professionals USA certified continuing education credits through the continuing education certification provided by the Pacific Clinical Research Foundation affiliation with the Smiles International Foundation partner for this project.
Carlsbad Club Rotarian, Dr. Jeff Moses as well as the United Services Rotarian anesthesiologist, Dr. Nick Pollard, and the Mission Bay Rotarian Operating Nurse, Hon. Patricia Hunter will all participate with this effort.
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 #1636733.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
San Juan del Murcielago-Tibás (4240)
14-Jul-15
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Carlsbad (5340)
14-Jul-15
$10,000
$10,000
$20,000
Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation
$5,500
$10,000
$15,500
Total
$36,500
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%.
Submitted fully funded for now. May add further funds as project needs grow.
18-Jul-15
System Entry
Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
5-Aug-15
by Marge Cole
Global Grant G-973 was approved by the D5340 Rotary Foundation Committee at its August 2015 meeting. The Committee approved a match of $10,000. in DDF to match Club donations for this grant.
6-Oct-15
by DrJeffMoses
TRF Global Grant number recorded from Rotary.org Global Grant Application GG1636733
16-Dec-15
by DrJeffMoses
Currently Dr. Moses is in Costa Rica to follow through with the grant and obtain the final signature from the club president. The equipment manufacturers are being contacted locally for their support with "in-kind" matching as well.
2-Mar-16
System Entry
Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.
16-May-16
by DrJeffMoses
The first of the contributions (15,000) has been entered for this grant and deposited into the grant banking account. The proper paperwork for the PHF credits is currently being submitted before calling in the final match form the district and RI. The equipment purchase proforma are being gathered so that the purchases may be completed before the MG recipient site presentation this coming December.
2-Aug-16
by DrJeffMoses
The grant funding has been held up due to conditional requirements placed upon this grant by the RI administration for final fund distribution. The hold-up is related to a delinquent final report from another global grant accomplished by the Carlsbad Rotary club partners located in Africa, however,there has been good progress on the submission of the final report which should be finished soon.
16-Oct-16
by DrJeffMoses
This last week, the project money has been used for the equipment orders which now are in manufacturing and will be delivered to the country site this December-January with the host Rotary Club "Tibas" presence and appropriate news coverage. Notification will go out to persons who will benefit from the equipment availability following staff educational training on-the-go equipment.
2-Jan-17
by DrJeffMoses
As of January 2, 2017, all of the equipment has been delivered to the receiving source in Costa Rica and the first of five equipment management, maintenance, and usage lecture presentation was given to the doctors and technicians at the KLS Martin Eurociencia Conference Center in Santa Ana, Costa Rica.
The next educational training and maintenance presentation will begin on February 23, 2017 with the remainder given soon thereafter with the equipment put to use at the hospital. A photography of the equipment delivered is attached to the update. A final report will follow.
21-Jan-17
by DrJeffMoses
Financial Books and Banking statement recorded for final grant MG973 GLobal Grant ...6995 status. Report will follow. Reporting recent death of fellow Costa Rica host club administrator, Past President Augusto Hernandez Hernandez.
2-Apr-17
by DrJeffMoses
The project has been accepted by the Rotary International Global Grants oversight as Completed.
2-Apr-17
by DrJeffMoses
System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.
2-Apr-17
by DrJeffMoses
System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.
2-Apr-17
by DrJeffMoses
System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.
