Area of Focus: Peacebuilding and conflict prevention
Credit Card Fundraising
Fundraising Goal:
$2,175
Already Donated:
$2,175
Still Needed:
$0
The project partners were seeking individual donations to bridge a funding gap. All the funds were raised. Many thanks to the donors. Please check the donation details on the "Financing" tab.
Pastoralist (nomadic herder) communities are highly marginalized, very traditional communities with little access to development resources, suffering cycles of resource-based violence as worsening droughts stress livestock, and drive desperate - and armed - searches for pasture and water.
The goal of this project is to increase inter-ethnic collaboration and empower local members of Laikipia West's five ethnic communities to sustainably work together to access government development funding, improve their livestock economy, and enhance local conservation and livestock feed sources to withstand drought and build resilience against the ever-present threat of violent conflict. This evidence-based project draws from Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) Kenya Initiative's (Cooperating Organization) extensive research, experience and close partnership with these communities to identify their needs.
The project will meet these needs through a "positive peace" approach as follows: 1) Build Resilience Against Violent Conflict: MBBI will train pastoralist trainers and collaboratively create a localized curriculum, who in turn will train 60 women, youth and elders from five ethnic communities in conflict resolution skills as Peace Guardians, and in inter-ethnic collaboration for an improved livestock economy; 2) Increase Community Collaboration: a) The project will train an inter-ethnic team in community advocacy and how to apply for government funds to meet local service and development needs, and b) in facilitating community dialogue and joint planning for livestock, animal feeding and conservation activities; and 3) Establish Processes, Tools, Skills and Livelihood Improvements to Achieve Positive Peace: The Ngong Hills Rotary Club members will provide additional cross-ethnic training in collaborative livelihood enhancement through increased size and health of family herds, pasture management and mineral feeding, better animal feeding practices, and shared community conservation of communal pastures as grass banks through practicing conservation.
$40,000 in project funds will support bringing world-class international MBBI volunteer trainers to Kenya and support travel, meals, accommodations, in country transportation (remote location), and venues within Kenya for trainers and participants, for training, meetings, mentoring, and monitoring and evaluation. $50,000 will be used for veterinarian artificial insemination doses to improve genetics of cattle and goats; community training on improved animal husbandry practices, pasture management and mineral feeding techniques, pasture plots, etc.; meals, lodging, transportation, equipment rental, supplies. $6,000 will support local coordinators, local vet assistants and field monitors, and $4,000 is reserved for contingencies.
Rotarians from supporting clubs are invited to participate in trainings and community meetings in Kenya to experience the local cultures, learn about Positive Peace approaches, and how indigenous communities such as pastoralists can be supported in building their own sustainable peace through inter-ethnic collaboration, advocacy and development.
Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by The Rotary Foundation. 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.
The TRF Grant application number is #1756350.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Matching Grants Website DAF Donations
Name
Date
Status
Amount
Steven Goldsmith
9-Jul-17
Paid
$10
Susan Cohen Grossman
29-Mar-18
Paid
$60
Rotary Uppsala Södra
4-May-18
Paid
$105
Rotary Club of Sarasota
12-Feb-19
Paid
$2,000
Paid
$2,175
-
$2,175
Hawthorne/LAX/Lennox (5280)
10-Jul-17
$500
$0
$500
North Sacramento (5180)
10-Jul-17
$1,500
$1,500
$3,000
North Napa (5130)
10-Jul-17
$1,000
$0
$1,000
District 5280 DDF
17-Jul-17
-
$10,000
$10,000
District 7430 DDF
18-Aug-17
-
$1,050
$1,050
Newbury Park (5240)
7-Sep-17
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Woodland Hills (5280)
8-Sep-17
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Georgetown-Sun City (5870)
28-Sep-17
$750
$0
$750
Redondo Beach (5280)
5-Oct-17
$1,500
$0
$1,500
Uppsala Södra (2350)
20-Oct-17
$100
$0
$100
District 5300 DDF
22-Oct-17
-
$10,000
$10,000
Ngong Hills (9212)
7-Nov-17
$1,000
$5,000
$6,000
Uppsala-Carolina (2350)
12-Nov-17
$100
$0
$100
Sarasota (6960)
28-Nov-17
$2,000
$0
$2,000
District 5495 DDF
20-Dec-17
-
$3,000
$3,000
Seattle (5030)
20-Dec-17
$5,000
$0
$5,000
District 6960 DDF
4-Jan-18
-
$2,000
$2,000
Culver City (5280)
23-Jan-18
$500
$0
$500
District 5160 DDF
1-Feb-18
-
$5,000
$5,000
District 5495 DDF
1-Feb-18
-
$446
$446
Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation
$9,062
$37,996
$47,058
Total
$103,179
DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.
Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.
System Entry: Pledge of $10 by STEVEN GOLDSMITH through the Matching Grants Website DAF.
10-Jul-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Steve Goldsmith of the Rotary Club of Hawthorne/LAX/Lennox, District 5280.
10-Jul-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,500 with $1,500 DDF by Lynette Anderson of the Rotary Club of North Sacramento, District 5180.
10-Jul-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Suzanne Van Stralen of the Rotary Club of North Napa, District 5130.
10-Jul-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 by Maxim Schrogin of the Rotary Club of Berkeley, District 5160.
17-Jul-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $10,000 DDF by Steve Goldsmith of District 5280.
17-Aug-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 DDF by Maxim Schrogin of the Rotary Club of Berkeley, District 5160.
18-Aug-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,050 DDF by Jim Palmquist of the Rotary Club of Emmaus, District 7430.
7-Sep-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Steve Goldsmith of the Rotary Club of Newbury Park, District 5240.
7-Sep-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 DDF by Steve Goldsmith of the Rotary Club of Emmaus, District 7430.
8-Sep-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Ronald Supancic of the Rotary Club of Woodland Hills, District 5280.
28-Sep-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $750 by Harold Bergh of the Rotary Club of Georgetown-Sun City, District 5870.
5-Oct-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,500 by Jeff Weigel of the Rotary Club of Redondo Beach, District 5280.
20-Oct-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $100 by Marcus Tan de Bibiana of the Rotary Club of Uppsala Södra, District 2350.
21-Oct-17
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $10,000 DDF by dg of District 5300.
22-Oct-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $10,000 DDF by Steve Goldsmith of District 5300.
6-Nov-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Joy Mbaabu of District 9212.
12-Nov-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $100 by Marcus Tan de Bibiana of the Rotary Club of Uppsala-Carolina, District 2350.
28-Nov-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 by Suzi Norbeck of the Rotary Club of Sarasota, District 6960.
20-Dec-17
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 DDF by Nancy Van Pelt of District 5495.
20-Dec-17
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 by Catherine Gibson of the Rotary Club of Seattle, District 5030.
4-Jan-18
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 DDF by Lois Schaper of District 6960.
7-Jan-18
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 DDF by Lois Schaper of District 6960.
23-Jan-18
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $500 by Carmela Raack of the Rotary Club of Culver City, District 5280.
23-Jan-18
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $251 by Susan Cohen Grossman through the Matching Grants Website DAF.
1-Feb-18
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Maxim Schrogin of the Rotary Club of Berkeley, District 5160.
1-Feb-18
by Rebecca Wilks
System Entry: Pledge of $446 DDF by Rebecca Wilks of the Rotary Club of Peoria North, District 5495.
1-Feb-18
by Rebecca Wilks
System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".
27-Mar-18
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
29-Mar-18
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $60 by Susan Cohen Grossman through the Matching Grants Website DAF.
4-May-18
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $105 by Rotary Uppsala Södra through the Matching Grants Website DAF.
16-Jul-18
by Steven Goldsmith
This project is fully funded and questioned raised by RGO are being answered
2-Oct-18
by Rotary Uppsala Södra
completed
27-Nov-18
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $93 by Neyxkn through the Matching Grants Website DAF.
4-Feb-19
by Maxim Schrogin
The grant application has been approved by TRF. We are in the process of collecting the last pieces of committed funding. We will bundle all checks and send them to TRF.
4-Feb-19
by Maxim Schrogin
The grant application has been approved by TRF. We are in the process of collecting the last pieces of committed funding. We will bundle all checks and send them to TRF.
4-Feb-19
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.
11-Feb-19
by Philippe Lamoise
Transfer request sent to TRF for the $175 collected on the Matching Grants Website DAF.
12-Feb-19
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 by Rotary Club of Sarasota through the Matching Grants Website DAF.
22-Feb-19
by Philippe Lamoise
Transfer request sent to TRF for an additional $2,000 collected on the Matching Grants Website DAF.
20-Apr-19
by Steven Goldsmith
System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.
12-Feb-20
by Maxim Schrogin
This project is currently suspended. This report has been significantly delayed in the hopes of it continuing. Please refer to attached history.
20-Aug-20
by Maxim Schrogin
After months of unsuccessful negotiation this project is terminated. A final report has been submitted and unused funds have been returned to Rotary International. We are distressed to know that money does not return to contributing clubs or districts. MBBI appreciates the support you have given us for a great project that encountered unsuspected and unusual opposition.
3-Mar-21
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.
3-Mar-21
by Maxim Schrogin
System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.
