G-1561

Youth and Women Empowerment

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Financing

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History Logs

Project Description

Region: Africa

Country: Burundi

Location: Burundi

Total Budget: $58,350

Area of Focus: Community economic development


Credit Card Fundraising

Fundraising Goal:

$2,000

Already Donated:

$2,000

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.


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Proposal

This project is a partnership between Rotary and Burundi Friends International (BFI), an organization that has been operating in Burundi for the last 10 years. Our goal is to leverage the work that BFI, a San Diego organization, is currently implementing in an 18-month pilot project to train youth and women to save money, learn financial planning skills, and become leaders in their communities. The pilot project is serving 134 youth and 135 women. Hundreds of people showed up for the initial training day, but most were turned away. Now, nearly 10,000 youth and women await their turn to learn the financial literacy training and savings method that will help them grow their local economies and become leaders in their communities. A Rotary-BFI partnership will leverage and improve the model developed for the pilot to deliver this much needed and sought after training.

The Program

The program has a strong training component. The initial five-day training would be given by BFI's in-country trainer, the Country Coordinator, to six Community Facilitators. It includes five days of instruction, 8 hours a day, hotel/food/transportation and per diem. All of the training modules are taught in the five days but refresher courses for these new trainers are needed along the way. The refresher courses will be two-day trainings to bring the initial team back together. They will be taught again by the Country Coordinator to review upcoming modules, and to give the trainers an opportunity to address problems and share successes on an ongoing basis. After the initial training, the Community Facilitators will train eight groups each of up to 25 community members in each group. They will make training visits to each of their groups on a weekly basis. Data collection applications, Savix and Commcare, will be used to monitor progress and for evaluation. Their use requires careful time and attention. Data entry and monitoring and evaluation (M & E) are new to the Community Facilitators. They will dedicate their time to all of the training, to weekly training visits, the learning of data entry, the collection of data, the sending of data, and to send in reports. It is important to know that throughout the training, the Country Facilitators will visit each group less and less to empower them to continue sustainably without support. These dedicated trainers not only commit to the training, but they will also meet with the local government for initial implementation.

Project Goals

Each community participant will contribute to a savings fund weekly. Over time, group members will invest in one another with micro-loans. In addition to saving weekly, youth and women learn skills like problem-solving and action planning that they will use to make positive changes in their households and communities. Trainers will ensure a safe learning environment while helping participants strengthen the social connection within each group. Gradually, support will be withdrawn to support the project's sustainability by allowing groups to take leadership of personal finances and community concerns. M & E is diligent using data collection via cell phone apps, Savix and Commcare. This grant proposal will build on the work of BFI's pilot program to reach more youth and women, resulting in greater impact through economic empowerment.

Project Schedule

Start in the fall of 2018 and run up to 18 months. This project is for the first year.

Project Scope

Projected number of participants is 1,056 youth and women. The total number of groups would grow to 48, with one Coordinator and six Community Facilitators managing eight groups each.

Primary Host Partner

District: 9150

Rotary Club of: Bujumbura

Primary Contact: Marie Louise Nsabiyumva

Email: marielouisensabiyumva@gmail.com

Primary International Partner

District: 5340

Rotary Club of: Del Mar

Primary Contact: Dugan Lamoise

Email: dugan_moore@yahoo.com

Project Status

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 2018-19 Rotary Year.

The TRF Grant application number is #1980369.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Del Mar (5340)

4-Jun-18

$6,900

$5,000

$11,900

Matching Grants Website DAF Donations

Name

Date

Status

Amount

Dan Smargon

10-Jun-18

Paid

$2,000

Paid

$2,000

-

$2,000

Torrey Pines (La Jolla) (5340)

17-Jun-18

$10,000

$10,000

$20,000

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

$9,450

$15,000

$24,450

Total

$58,350

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%.

Project Supporting Documents

Project Photos

History Log Entries

29-May-18

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

4-Jun-18

by Dugan Lamoise

System Entry: Pledge of $3,300 with $3,300 DDF by Dugan Moore of the Rotary Club of Del Mar, District 5340.

10-Jun-18

System Entry

System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 by Dan Smargon through the Matching Grants Website DAF.

10-Jun-18

System Entry

System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 by Dan Smargon through the Matching Grants Website DAF.

17-Jun-18

by Philippe Lamoise

System Entry: Pledge of $10,000 with $10,000 DDF by Henri Migala of the Rotary Club of Torrey Pines (La Jolla), District 5340.

21-Jun-18

by Philippe Lamoise

Serving Hands International pledged $6,000 towards this project.

27-Jun-18

by Dugan Lamoise

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

3-Oct-18

by Dugan Lamoise

System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.

16-Oct-18

by Philippe Lamoise

Last authorization signature collected. Project ready for staff review.

7-Nov-18

by Dugan Lamoise

TRF approval on hold pending District 9150 global grant re-qualification expected by 1/30/2019.

31-Jan-19

by Dugan Lamoise

District 9150 suspension has been cleared; moving forward with grant application at TRF

22-Feb-19

by Philippe Lamoise

$18,900 contribution transferred from Matching Grants Website DAF to TRF.

22-Feb-19

by Dugan Lamoise

System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.

3-Apr-19

by Dugan Lamoise

System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.

3-May-19

by Dugan Lamoise

Initial training of trainers (CFTs) scheduled to begin May 6, 2019

6-May-19

by Dugan Lamoise

Project officially launched in Bujumbura with start of Initial Training of Community Facilitator Trainers

17-Nov-19

by Dugan Lamoise

Project is on schedule. RC of Del Mar Rotarians Dugan and Philippe Lamoise will visit project in early December.

6-Apr-20

by Dugan Lamoise

Interim Report accepted by TRF.

10-Sep-20

by Dugan Lamoise

System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.

28-Sep-20

by Dugan Lamoise

System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.

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