Project Description Country: Panama Location: Boquete Total Budget: $1,500 Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy, Economic and community development Activity Type: Health: Disease Summary: Provide residential solar systems to eliminate the use of kerosene lamps in low income homes In partnership with Club Rotario de Boquete, fund the purchase of residential solar systems to provide home lighting after dark without the use of kerosene lamps. Numerous low income homes in area do not have electrical service. Many families in the area achieve a cash annual income of less than $2,500 in value. The lack of electricity impacts literacy of student through reduced hours to read. Air quality in the homes burning candles and kerosene lamps impacts maternal and child health especially related to respiratory issues. Solar system installation will improve the air quality in low income residential homes in the Boquete, Panama area. Asthma and other respiratory ailment reductions for infants and children can be anticipated by reducing the unvented combustion in the homes. The solar systems also offer cellular phone charging functionality which will reduce the amount of family income spent on consumable batteries for phones. This will enable families to utilize phones to improve their family income through improved communications with employers when they don't have to turn off phones to conserve batteries. Improved lighting at night will facilitate improved literacy and overall homework results for the youth. Improved lighting also extends the hours that adults can spend on entrepreneurial activities within their homes to increase their family income. This project has sponsorship support by the Casper Rotary Club and the local Club Rotario de Boquete in Boquete. Project Contact Person District: 5440 Rotary Club of: Casper Primary Contact: David Simonson Email: dbsimonson@wyomingcat.com 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 Casper (5440) 16-Oct-17 $500 $1,000 $1,500 Total $500 $1,000 $1,500

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [16-Oct-17] 2017 Residential Solar Budget [26-Sep-18] Invoice for Lights Order [14-Oct-18] P1981 Revised Final Report [2-Jun-18] Sinoware Lamp2 [2-Jun-18] Sinoware Lamp3 [2-Jun-18] Sinoware Lamps1 [26-Sep-18] Solar Lights Bill of Lading

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History Log Entries 16-Oct-17 by David Simonson System Entry: Creation of project page. 1-Nov-17 by Randall Looper Please complete the signature process 1-Nov-17 by Jim Ruble System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 1-Nov-17 by Jim Ruble System Entry: Project signed by Jim Ruble. 1-Nov-17 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by David Simonson. 1-Nov-17 by Richard Schwahn System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Bill Kehl added to the list of signatories. 1-Nov-17 by Richard Schwahn System Entry: Project signed by Richard Schwahn. 2-Nov-17 by Bill Kehl System Entry: Project signed by Bill Kehl. 4-Nov-17 by Randall Looper System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 4-Nov-17 by Bill Kehl System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 4-Jan-18 by Randall Looper Please send a History Log update as to the status of your project. 12-Apr-18 by Randall Looper Please enter your quarterly update via history log. 1-Jun-18 by David Simonson March 3,2018 Boquete Rotary confirm receipt of wire transfer. March 28,2018 Boquete combines $1500 funding from Casper with $2,090 in local funding placing an order for 200 solar lamps including freight. Funding wired April 2, 2018 from Boquete. May 16, 2018 Solar Lamps Shipped from Shenzhen,China. 1-Jun-18 by Randall Looper System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 17-Sep-18 by David Simonson Materials for footers and main sub-structure delivered but excessive rail has delayed their installation. Balance of materials not being ordered until work progresses. 17-Sep-18 by David Simonson Disregard prior update for a separate project. 26-Sep-18 by David Simonson Solar lamps have been paid for, received and distributed to residents of the Bastimentos Island, Panama. The Boque Rotary chapter distributed solar lamps and also utilized Floating Doctors, a Bocas del Toro based nonprofit that provides free medical care in the region. Attached are copies of the solar lamp bill of lading documenting shipment, a copy of the invoice for the lamps and a copy of the wire transfer paying for those lamps. Project is closed. 26-Sep-18 by David Simonson Final Report Submitted and Uploaded to Documents 14-Oct-18 by David Simonson Revised Final Project Report with Receipts and Photos Uploaded 14-Oct-18 by Randall Looper System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.