P-1515

Wheelchair Project

Description

Financing

Documents

Photos

History Logs

Project Description

Country: USA

Location: Mbabane, Swaziland

Total Budget: $22,500

Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Maternal and child health, Economic and community development

Activity Type: Health: General

Summary: 500 wheelchairs provided to Mbabane residents with VTT to help recipients start repair business for wheelchairs and bicycles


Rotary Club of Fort Worth will deliver 500 wheelchairs to residents of our Sister City of Mbabane, Swaziland in partnership with the local health clinic. Recipients of the chairs who wish to start a repair business for wheelchairs and bicycles will receive training from professional technicians. The shipping container for the wheelchairs will be converted into a repair shop with spare parts provided to help the business get started. The sustainability component will include supervision and support of the shop will be provided by the community health clinic.

Project Contact Person

District: 5790

Rotary Club of: Fort Worth

Primary Contact: Alyson Pollak

Email: executivedirector@rotaryfortworth.org

Project Status

Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.

Project listed for the 2017-18 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Fort Worth (5790)

6-Oct-16

$12,000

$7,500

$19,500

Fort Worth East (5790)

2-Aug-17

$3,000

-

$3,000

Total

$15,000

$7,500

$22,500

Project Supporting Documents


[2-Aug-17]
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[26-May-17]
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History Log Entries

6-Oct-16

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

2-Aug-17

by Alyson Pollak

System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 by Paul Geisel of the Rotary Club of Fort Worth East, District 5790.

2-Aug-17

by Alyson Pollak

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

2-Aug-17

by Alyson Pollak

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

2-Aug-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

9-Aug-17

by Alyson Pollak

Because Rotary International never gave us an answer on the Global Grant application, we had to self-fund the order of the wheelchairs.

15-Aug-17

by Alyson Pollak

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

15-Aug-17

by Alyson Pollak

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

3-Sep-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

3-Sep-17

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Alyson Pollak.

4-Sep-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Project signed by Sharron Miles.

17-Oct-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

17-Oct-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

17-Oct-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.

17-Oct-17

by Sharron Miles

System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.

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