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	D-730    Uganda - Bushenyi Training - Rural Credit Unions $40,225 The primary beneficiary organization is the Uganda Rural Enterprise Cooperative Union (URECU). This is a national umbrella organization that brings together 70 rural credit unions (also known as village banks). These 70 village banks are organized under ten clusters in ten regions of Uganda and each region has an average of seven village banks. The grant will provide funds for basic micro credit management training of seven key leaders from each village bank. These leaders will be trained in groups of fifty for two days at each of the ten cluster centers. This will result in the training of 490 leaders for a total of 20 training days. The training areas to be covered include credit union law, loan management, enterprise identification, and bookkeeping and accounting for village banks. The grant will be used to pay return transport, feeding and accommodation for the trainees who will travel an average of 70 miles to the training venues as well as honoraria for trainers that will work with Rotarians. The grant will also provide one vehicle for the on-going monitoring of the 70 village banks as well as stationery as required for effective record keeping. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Bushenyi District: 9200 Primary Contact: Joram Tibasimwa Email: hamletmba@hotmail.com Check all projects from: [District 9200] [Bushenyi Rotary Club] [Joram Tibasimwa] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: Pasadena District: 5300 Primary Contact: George Cassat Email: gpcassat@verizon.net Check all projects from: [District 5300] [Pasadena Rotary Club] [George Cassat] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Bushenyi $5,000 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Pasadena $2,000 District 5300 DDF $4,500 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts Rotary Club of Arcadia $500 Rotary Club of Las Vegas Sunset $500 Rotary Club of Boulder City $500 Rotary Club of Pahrump Valley $500 Rotary Club of Lawndale $500 District 5280 DDF $500 Rotary Club of Eugene Metropolitan $2,000 District 5110 DDF $2,000 Rotary Club of Ashland $350 District 5110 DDF $850 Rotary Club of Klamath County $500 Rotary Club of Eugene Mid Valley $1,000 District 5110 DDF $1,000 Rotary Club of Las Vegas Southwest $500 Rotary Club of Mesquite Sunrise $500 District 5300 DDF $500 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $16,525 Total $40,225 Status and Progress Information Completed This project is completed. Project listed for the 2006-07 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #63247. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Grant coordinator position -open (Robbyn.Tarpy@Rotary.org). <15-Jan-07> System Entry Creation of project page. <17-Jan-07> System Entry Pledge of $4,500 DDF by Robert Novell of the Rotary Club of Arcadia, District 5300. <23-Jan-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 by Bob Novell of the Rotary Club of Arcadia, District 5300. <14-Feb-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 by Rose Lee of the Rotary Club of Las Vegas Sunset, District 5300. <14-Feb-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 by John M. Kubiak of the Rotary Club of Boulder City, District 5300. <18-Feb-07> by Joram Tibasimwa Grant Applicatin form partially filled <22-Feb-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 by Henry Neth of the Rotary Club of Pahrump Valley, District 5300. <7-Mar-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 with $500 DDF by Mindy Stogsdill of the Rotary Club of Lawndale, District 5280. <7-Mar-07> System Entry Pledge of $2,000 with $2,000 DDF by Tom English of the Rotary Club of Eugene Metropolitan, District 5110. <7-Mar-07> System Entry Pledge of $15,167 by Jim Dunn of the Rotary Club of Ashland, District 5110. <7-Mar-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 with $850 DDF by Carol Fellows of the Rotary Club of Klamath County, District 5110. <8-Mar-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 by Dr. Jim Calvert of the Rotary Club of Klamath County, District 5110. <9-Mar-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 by Ted Henderson of the Rotary Club of Las Vegas-Southwest, District 5300. <13-Mar-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 by Dave Baxter of the Rotary Club of Las Vegas Southwest, District 5300. <15-Mar-07> System Entry Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Angela Phinney of the Rotary Club of Eugene Mid Valley, District 5110. <15-Mar-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 by Dave Baxter of the Rotary Club of Las Vegas Southwest, District 5300. <15-Mar-07> System Entry Pledge of $500 with $500 DDF by Judy Cole of the Rotary Club of Mesquite Sunrise, District 5300. <15-Mar-07> by Tibasimwa Joram Project Budget adjusted downwards to fit secured financing <21-Mar-07> by Joram tibasimwa Cross checking forms <3-Apr-07> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <3-Apr-07> by Bob Novell This grant was completed and submitted by D 5300 to The Rotary Foundation on March 24ln <12-Apr-07> by Bob Novell The Rotary Foundation notified us today that our grant application as been assigned the file number "Matching Grant #63247". An earlier e-mail posting re: a grant number was posted in error. <16-Jun-07> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <16-Jun-07> by Joram tibasimwa This project has been approved and the participating clubs are in the process of forwarding money to TRF! Congratualtions everyone! <26-Oct-07> by Bob Novell The Rotary Foundation released the project funding to the Bushenyi Rotary Club in Uganda during the week of October 15. Project implentation, i.e, initiation and completion of training, is planned for December and January. <15-May-08> by Bob Novell Hamlet Mbabazi is currently in Southern California. He met with and reported to the International Club Pasadena and reported that the project had been successfully completed and that the final report would be available in the coming weeks. <18-Aug-08> System Entry Grant status changed to "Completed".