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This project is completed. Project listed for the 2005-06 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #58172. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Stephen Copek (stephen.copek@rotary.org).
Partners: La Jolla Golden Triangle and San Diego
<18-Oct-05> System Entry
Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation.
<5-Jul-06> by Dan Gensler
TRF sent notification that payment for approved grant must be completed within 60 days of (7/5/06) or grant will be cancelled.
<7-Jul-06> by Philippe Lamoise
Missing agreement signed by District 9200 sent to TRF by Steve Brown.
<7-Jul-06> by Philippe Lamoise
Agreement received by TRF. Project has been released for payment. Payment should be received in 4-5 weeks, i.e. by August 11.
<4-Feb-07> by Cynthia Villis
The scholarships have been awarded and currently 120 students are in 9th grade in Fik, enrolled in biology, physics, math and chemistry. The community and its students are excited and pleased.
<22-Aug-07> by Cynthia Villis
The project has just completed its first year, and an interim report has been filed with TRF. The project's goal is to provide scholarships to Somali students living in the Somalia section of Ethiopia. These scholarships provide funds to attend a secondary school in the town of Fik. Presently no secondary education is offered in Fik. We planned a total of 110 scholarships to be provided beginning September 2006, through June 2007 for $2700 ($28 per student per academic year). A total of 120 scholarships were provided to Somali students in Fik, from September 2006 through June 2007 for $2700 ($22.50 per student per academic year). Beneficiaries were 120 Somali students enrolled in 9th grade – the first time 9th grade was ever in session in Fik. Three teachers taught the 120 students for four hours each day for nine months. We were able to enroll 10 more students than originally planned for the same cost. Rotarian Abdi Mohamoud and the Fik oversight group established a tax system for families in Fik. In this manner families have begun to contribute funds toward the education of their children, growing this project’s sustainability. Furthermore, inspired by the program at Fik, two neighboring villages are receiving funds for similar initiatives by Somali expatriots in the USA.
<15-Mar-08> by Cynthia Villis
A detailed interim report was submitted to The Rotary Foundation; the second round of funds subsequently received. This second round of scholarship funds was then disbursed via A Horn of Africa (San Diego NGO) to scholarship recipients in Fik.
<29-Oct-08> by Susan Thorning
The next report is due on this grant November 15, 2008. Submitting in advance of the due date will assure that pending grants are not held up due to late reporting.
<29-Oct-08> by Susan Thorning
Please note that the next interim report is due November 15, 2008. Please submit a report as soon as possible to avoid delays for approval of any pending grants.
<29-Oct-08> by Cynthia Villis
The original objective of the project was to provide scholarships to Somali students living in the Somali section of Ethiopia. The scholarships provide funds to attend a secondary school in the town of Fik. Presently no other secondary education is offered in Fik, only through this project. In this second year of the project, we planned a total of 210 scholarships to be provided beginning September 2007, through June 2008 for $5880 ($28 per student per academic year).
A total of 270 scholarships were provided to Somali students in Fik – 190 students in 9th Grade, 80 in 10th Grade -- from September 2007 through June 2008 for $5880 ($21.78 per student per academic year).
This phase of the project took place from September 2007 through June 2008 in Fik, Ethiopia. Beneficiaries were 270 Somali students enrolled in 9th and 10th Grades – the first time 10th grade was ever in session in Fik. Six teachers taught 270 students for four hours each day for nine months. Subjects include English, Somali, Amharic, mathematics, history, geography, physics, biology, chemistry, civics and sports.
We were able to enroll 60 more students than originally planned for the same total cost.
Rotarian Abdi Mohamoud and the Fik oversight group continued to implement a tax system for families in Fik. In this manner families continue to contribute funds toward the education of their children, growing this project’s sustainability.
Inspired by the program at Fik, two neighboring villages continue to receive funds for similar initiatives by Somali expatriots in the USA.
As of this year, some students have moved from the main city of JiJiga to study in Fik since there is now an established high school. For these 15 students, studying in the regional capital was very difficult – they had to leave their families and stay with relatives.
Fik is located in a truly remote region of Ethiopia. Rotarian Abdi Mohamoud traveled to Fik in 2004 for an initial needs assessment. In 2005 he returned, establishing the local oversight and reporting groups. This oversight group provided three extensive quarterly reports to Rotarians Abdi Mohamoud, Steve Brown, Cynthia Villis and the DG of District 9200.
Due to Fik’s extremely remote – and this year, increasingly dangerous -- location, a small group of host partner club Rotarians at the District level review quarterly reports.
Rotarians Abdi Mohamoud, Steve Brown and Cynthia Villis met quarterly to review and discuss the quarterly reports forwarded from the oversight committee in Fik, and to insure that scholarship funds had been received and expended. The committee members that Abdi Mohamoud recruited in Fik are proactive, competent, and believe in the long-term value of educating these children.
Regarding community impact, 270 students were enrolled: 190 students in the 9th grade and 80 in the 10th grade. In addition, the project’s education committee in Fik plans to create a local library from donated books, and that will benefit others in the community.
120 students completed the 9th grade in Fik in June 2007; 80 of them went on to complete 10th grade in June 2008. 190 new 9th graders began classes in Fall 2007, for a total of 270 students in both grades. The students did not have to leave their families and village to go to 9th or 10th Grade, which is what happened before this project was implemented. The students, their families, the teachers, and the elders of the village were all excited and encouraged by the presence of these classes in the village.
After the project’s third year, it is anticipated that about 120, 80 and 60 students each year will complete 9th, 10th and 11th grades (respectively) – and thus 60 will complete high school each year (3 grades in Ethiopia). Some of these high school graduates will remain in Fik, filling jobs that are already waiting for them there with businesses and NGOs. Others will leave to seek employment and further their education elsewhere. And a few will remain on as high school teachers in Fik. The level of the Fik population’s educational attainment will rise. And the tax system will provide some revenue for future students to be educated in the village itself. Still, there is concern about the adequacy of funding beyond this third year of the grant.
<15-Feb-09> by Cynthia Villis
The funds for the balance of the grant, $5667, were received from The Rotary Foundation and forwarded to The Horn of Africa for transmission to Fik in late December 2008.
<29-Jul-09> by Susan Thorning
A clarical error has been corrected regarding a report submitted October 2008. Stephen Copek, Coordinator, Humanitarian Grants has marked the report as being completed on 5-November-2008 which is the date that Rtn. Villis emailed Mary Howard with the final clarifications that she requested regarding the report. The next report for that grant will be due on 5-Nov-2009.
<8-Oct-09> by Susan Thorning
If not already underway, please initiate a twelve month report for this grant and submit before the November 30th deadline.
<4-Nov-09> by Cynthia Villis
Interim report submitted today and acknowledged as received by Stephen Copek of TRF; will wait for approval of the report.
<15-Nov-09> by Cynthia Villis
Stephen Copek advised that the Interim Report was accepted on 11/10/09. The next report will be due 12 months from 11/10/10, or two months after the project is completed.
<25-Jun-10> by Cynthia Villis
Rotarian Abdi Mohamoud reports that all grant funds have been expended in Fik. I've begun our final report.
<17-Feb-11> by Cynthia Villis
The final report for this grant was submitted to and accepted by The Rotary Foundation in July 2010.
<17-Feb-11> System Entry
Grant status changed to "Completed".
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