Project Description Region: South America Country: Brazil Location: Cuiabá-MT Total Budget: $30,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy The project consists of taking an inflatable digital planetarium in the elementary schools of Cuiabá and Várzea, where students and teachers will take classes on astronomy, science, environment and others, with numerous possibilities, from studying the origin of the planets to traveling. through the human body, knowing the inside of a cell. All this with very high image and sound quality, through films of Astronomy, Biology, Geography, Environment, among others - providing motivation subsidies for students and teachers with material for a well-oriented pedagogical activity.1) - Institute of Physics, Federal University of Mato Grosso - Fernando Corrêa da Costa Avenue, 2367, Boa Esperança Neighborhood - Block F - UFMT - Zip Code: 78.060-900; 2) - To attend 1800 students, boys and girls, aged 11 to 14 years old, enrolled in the public school system of the respective municipalities, all in line with the National Curriculum Parameters provided for elementary school students ( 6th to 9th); 3) - Low achievement of students involved in the disciplines of Biology, Geography, Environment and, above all, the complete lack of knowledge in the area of Astronomy, facts that hinder their entry into higher public courses, after completion of this school cycle, generating the low education and consequent increase in the number of unqualified people to perform a certain professional activity, generating unemployment; 4) - Bring an inflatable digital planetarium in the elementary schools of Cuiabá and Várzea, where students and teachers will take classes on themes of Astronomy, Science, Environment and others, with numerous possibilities, from studying the origin of the planets to traveling the world. human body, knowing the inside of a cell. All this with very high image and sound quality, through films of Astronomy, Biology, Geography, Environment, among others - providing motivation subsidies for students and teachers with material for a well-oriented pedagogical activity; e Professora Dra Iramaia Jorge Cabral de Paulo - Diretora do Instituto de Física da UFMT; e Paulo Eduardo de Carvalho Wolkmer - Associado Representativo ao Rotary Club de Cuiabá. Primary Host Partner District: 4440 Rotary Club of: Cuiabá Primary Contact: Paulo Wolkmer Email: pwolkmer@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 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.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total District 4440 DDF 12-Aug-19 - $7,500 $7,500 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $22,500 - $22,500 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation (waived) - Total $30,000 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 9-Aug-19 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 2-Sep-20 System Entry System Entry: Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.