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	D-1033    Turkey - Istanbul Mobile Eye Clinic $75,000 This matching grant project aims to equip a mobile eye clinic that will provide high-quality eye care to underserved populations - partucularly children and the elderly - who lack access to health care as a result of finances, transportation problems or cultural barriers. The mobile eye clinic will make weekly visits to various community locations in Istanbul, including public schools, free clinics, social services agencies working with abused and foster children, low-income families and the homeless. The clinic staff will perform basic eye examinations to determine the need for prescriptive lenses and to rule out the need for further treatment of any eye condition or disease. The estimated length of time needed to build the mobile clinic is two months. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Istanbul District: 2420 Primary Contact: Mehmet Kurtoglu Email: mkurtoglu@hobim.com Check all projects from: [District 2420] [Istanbul Rotary Club] [Mehmet Kurtoglu] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: Evanston Lighthouse District: 6440 Primary Contact: Ben Vear Email: benvear@gmail.com Check all projects from: [District 6440] [Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club] [Ben Vear] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Istanbul $10,000 District 2420 DDF $15,000 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Evanston Lighthouse $1,000 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts Blindness Prevention Donor Advised Fund (DAF) $2,000 Rotary Club of Kowloon North $7,000 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $25,000 Additional outside funding (not matched by TRF) $15,000 Total $75,000 Status and Progress Information Pending Approval This project is pending approval. The paperwork has been signed and has been sent to the Rotary Foundation. Project listed for the 2007-08 Rotary Year. <31-Jan-08> System Entry Creation of project page. <31-Jan-08> System Entry This project qualifies for a $2,000 contribution from the Blindness Prevention Donor Advised Fund (DAF). <28-Feb-08> System Entry Pledge of $1,000 by Karena Bierman of the Rotary Club of Evanston Lighthouse, District 6440. <20-Mar-08> System Entry Pledge of $7,000 by Bill Benter of the Rotary Club of Kowloon North, District 3450. <16-Apr-08> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation.