Project Description Region: North America Country: Mexico Location: Baja Norte Total Budget: $51,209 Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Water, sanitation and hygiene, Community economic development DESCRIPTION AND NEEDS: The Clean Water Project is a cooperative effort to establish safe and clean water for the impoverished urban and rural people of northern Baja, México through the installation of Biosand filters in all villages. The people of are the largely indigenous Kumeyaay (Kumiai) people who do not have any access to clean water; rather their only source of water are highly contaminated wells. The water-borne disease rate is high, children are ill and cannot attend school. The incidence of Hepatitis A, and disorders resulting from e. coli contamination are increasing. The objectives of this project are to treat all communities within a 100km range of Tijuana, Baja. We estimate that the project will provide clean water for over 100,000 people in several municipalities The project involves teaching the local people to test their own water quality, and water sanitation training. We have developed a train-the-trainer system of modules in health, hygiene and water sanitation which must be spread throughout the region along with the installation of filtration. HOW PROJECT WILL MEET NEEDS: The project will provide clean water and reduce disease through intensive education. In addition, small businesses of water supply and soap-making will be micro-financed to allow local people to develop their own resources. HOW FUNDS WILL BE USED: Steel molds to make concrete filters (these can rotated among locations) Sand and gravel to fill filters Water analysis kits Education and training materials Training of projector coordinators (both in USA and Mexico) Trainers (costs of bringing inspectors and trainer to site) Additional filter equipment such as tubing and catchment bottles Transportation: site visits, filter distribution. Micro-Loan program for filters and soaps. HOW CLUB MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED: The goal is to have every club in District 4100 in the area surrounding Tijuana involved in the project by financial contribution, actively being trained on filter construction and maintenance, teach classes and supervise filters in their areas. Primary Host Partner District: 4100 Rotary Club of: Tijuana Primary Contact: Heather A Johnson Email: heatho74@hotmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Chula Vista-Eastlake Primary Contact: Mauricio Torres Email: ing_torres@live.com Project Status Dropped This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped. Project listed for the 2019-20 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #1979288.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total San Bernardino Sunset (5330) 1-Mar-19 $100 $100 $200 Del Mar (5340) 9-May-19 $3,000 $3,000 $6,000 Chula Vista-Eastlake (5340) 16-Jul-19 $10,000 $10,000 $20,000 Encinitas Coastal (5340) 30-Jul-19 $500 $0 $500 Escondido East (5340) 26-Aug-19 $900 $900 $1,800 Tijuana (4100) 1-Oct-19 $417 $417 $834 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $7,458 $14,417 $21,875 Total $51,209 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%.

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History Log Entries 29-Jun-18 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 13-Jul-18 by Kim Muslusky System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 with $5,000 DDF by Kim Muslusky of the Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo Sunrise (San Diego), District 5340. 16-Jul-18 by Mira Bozanich System Entry: Pledge of $5,500 with $5,500 DDF by Mira Bozanich of the Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), District 5340. 17-Jul-18 by Eric Pahlke System Entry: Pledge of $3,750 with $3,750 DDF by Eric Pahlke of the Rotary Club of San Diego North, District 5340. 17-Jul-18 by Eric Pahlke System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 11-Aug-18 by Heather A Johnson System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 7-Dec-18 by Janice Kurth D5340 DDF was previously approved for this grant on 7/19/18. Since this grant is no longer fully funded and the DDF request has been removed, we will withdraw this approval. If the grant again moves forward and becomes fully pledged, we will reconsider DDF allocation for this project. 1-Mar-19 by Chehab Ekawar Pledge of $100 with $100 DDF by Chehab El awar of the Rotary Club of San Bernardino Sunset. 9-May-19 by Dugan Lamoise System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 with $3,000 DDF by Dugan Moore of the Rotary Club of Del Mar, District 5340. 30-Jul-19 by Jan Lapp System Entry: Pledge of $500 by Jan Lapp of the Rotary Club of Encinitas Coastal, District 5340. 30-Jul-19 by Heather A Johnson System Entry: Pledge of $500 with $250 DDF by Gabe Fasolino of the Rotary Club of Rosarito La Misión, District 4100. 5-Aug-19 by Camille Newbern System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 by Camille Newbern of the Rotary Club of San Diego, District 5340. 26-Aug-19 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Pledge of $900 with $900 DDF by Kevin Bowcock of the Rotary Club of Escondido East, District 5340. 1-Oct-19 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $417 with $417 DDF by Fernando Montoya of the Rotary Club of Tijuana, District 4100. 1-Oct-19 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $417 with $417 DDF by Fernando Montoya of the Rotary Club of Tijuana, District 4100. 1-Oct-19 System Entry System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 1-Oct-19 System Entry System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 3-Jan-20 by Heather A Johnson Community assessments are in process to be able to submit the GG to TRF. GG1979288 is loaded in the Grant Center @ Rotary.org and beign edited with additional location & Funding information. As well as updated timelines. ETA for submission is 1/21/19. 5-Jun-20 by Heather A Johnson This project has GG1979288 draft in the grant center - awaiting final quotes from trainers to be able to submit. Was in hold pattern from COVID situation and unknown timeline to be able to train. 30-Jun-20 by Heather A Johnson System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 23-Sep-20 by Heather A Johnson Awaiting approval from 2 members of the grant committee to be routed to TRF for approval. 10-Dec-20 by Philippe Lamoise System Entry: Project dropped by Philippe Lamoise. Reason for dropping: Requested by Heather A Johnson: Club Tijuana International Chair 2020-2021 David Cash requested this grant be dropped by a decision made by the club president 2020-2021 Enrique Luviano, per email dated December 10, 2020