Project Description Region: Asia Country: India Location: Kodaikanal Total Budget: $100,950 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy View Online Proposal Form Project Objectives To help the poor tribal children have access to receive Computer Education in Kodaikanal Community in Tamil Nadu - India. To distribute Sufficient Number of Computers with Furnitures to all Government/Private Managing Tamil Medium School Students. Brief Project Summary Kodaikanal , a hillstation in tamilnadu ,India has around 40 Tamil Medium primary and Higher Secondary schools .The students are from very poor and Rural background. As these schools do not have any Computer facility for the students, the children are not able to learn even basic things about Computer. A few schools have very old out dated computers that are not able to support the children have regular practice of the things they learn every day in their schools. As computers are as indispensable for education, it would be a great benefit to these schools if they could have computers along with the Table and chair and a printer for each school to aid them in Teaching through computers which would be a great help for their future. Project Beneficiaries Around 40 Tamil Medium schools in and around kodaikanal with more than 15,000 School Students will be Benefitting from this Project. Area of Focus All Tamil Medium Government and Government Aided Schools mostly in rural Areas . Project Sustainability The Computers will be Permanent in all the Schools and an Annual maintenance and up gradation of the software if required will be done by the beneficiary Schools with the help of Parent Teacher Association. Expected Project Impact A great public image for Rotary in Schools and development of each Child who will be benefitting from this project as these computers will change their lives . Project Local Host Club : ROTARY CLUB OF KODAIKANAL DISTRICT 3000 CLUB NO : 15920 Role of Rotarians Implementation of the Project will be carried out carefully by the Project committee consisting of the Primary, secondary Contacts from the RC of Kodaikanal and the representing members of the School Managements and key persons from the local Communities in the benefiting Schools location. From the time of receiving the Global Grants till the completion of this project, the Rotary Club of Kodaikanal will regularly submit the project Report explaining all stages of the project's progress till the time of submitting the completion report with pictures audited statement. Proposed Project Implementation Date Two months from the date of receiving the Funds from Rotary International in the Rotary Year 2019 - 2020. Proposed Project Completion Date Within 2 months after receiving the Funds/Grant. Project Budget Approximately 30,500 X 235 = INR 71,67,500/- USD $ = 1,00,950/- Primary Host Partner District: 3000 Rotary Club of: Kodaikanal Primary Contact: Jeya Prasad L Email: kodaiazad@gmail.com Primary International Partner We are looking for a Club partner. Click here to pledge support for this project. Recording a pledge will make you the Primary International Partner for this project. Project Status Application Sent This project is "Application Sent". This means the application has been sent to The Rotary Foundation, waiting to be approved. Project listed for the 2020-21 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total District 3000 DDF 3-Nov-19 - $0 $0 Kodaikanal (3000) 20-Jul-20 $100,950 $0 $100,950 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $0 $0 Total $100,950 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-Mar-19 by Sareesh Agarwal System Entry: Creation of project page. 3-Nov-19 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of by JEYA PRASAD of the Rotary Club of KODAIKANAL, District 3000. 20-Jul-20 by Jeya Prasad L System Entry: Pledge of $100,950 by Jeya Prasad L of the Rotary Club of Kodaikanal, District 3000. 20-Jul-20 by Jeya Prasad L System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 20-Jul-20 by Jeya Prasad L System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.