G-2574

Agriculture Storage & Training

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Project Description

Region: Asia

Country: Nepal

Location: Thulo Sirubari,

Total Budget: $55,458

Areas of Focus: Basic education and literacy, Community economic development



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The Community Needs Assessment was carried out by members of the Rotary Club of Rudramati Kathmandu and Rural Youth People Concern Forum (RYPCF) the summer of 2020.

The global grant project funds will be used to train approximately 210 indigenous inhabitants, primarily lower caste farmers, youth and women, from an area outside Kathmandu, Nepal, and to purchase a 15 MT cold storage facility, 2 solar dehydration units, 2 food processing units, and a greenhouse.

Training of the community participants will include orientation to the grant, its purpose and goals; agriculture best practices to increase yield; production and use of non-toxic pesticides; use, scheduling, and maintenance of the cold storage facility and dehydrator; education in food preservation (dehydration, jam and jelly preserves, juicing and candy-making); hygiene best practices and quality control; and basic financial management. The training of the students is expected to begin as soon as the grant has been approved by RI, students have been selected, and venues arranged, approximately February 2021, and completed in approximately three months. Field professionals will conduct the training which was designed by the CTEVT.

The Rotary Club of Rudramati, in conjunction with the RYFCP, will carry out both the selection of students, implementation of the program, as well as monitoring throughout and at the conclusion of the program. Members of the Rotary Club of Denver Mile High will travel to Nepal at the end of the project to finalize any open issues, to review reports and record for reporting, and to visit with and see the success of the students. Rotary Club of Denver Mile High will write the final report to Rotary International Global Grants.

Primary Host Partner

District: 3292

Rotary Club of: Rudramati Kathmandu

Primary Contact: Sharada P. Dhital

Email: sharada.dhital@gmail.com

Primary International Partner

District: 5450

Rotary Club of: Denver Mile High

Primary Contact: Annely Noble

Email: annely.noble@comcast.net

Project Status

Approved
This project is "Approved". This means the application has been approved by The Rotary Foundation, and the project is ready for implementation.

Project listed for the 2021-22 Rotary Year.

The TRF Grant application number is #2010856.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Denver Mile High (5450)

13-Sep-20

$7,458

$7,000

$14,458

Denver Cherry Creek (5450)

17-Feb-21

$1,500

$1,500

$3,000

Golden (5450)

17-Feb-21

$1,000

$1,000

$2,000

Highlands Ranch (Littleton) (5450)

17-Feb-21

$1,000

$1,000

$2,000

Parker-Cherry Creek Valley (5450)

17-Feb-21

$1,000

$1,000

$2,000

Rudramati Kathmandu (3292)

17-Feb-21

$1,000

$0

$1,000

Parker (5450)

17-Feb-21

$1,000

$1,000

$2,000

Keystone Heights (6970)

17-Feb-21

$100

$0

$100

Boulder (5450)

29-Mar-21

$2,100

$2,000

$4,100

Boulder Valley (5450)

29-Mar-21

$1,500

$1,500

$3,000

Denver Southeast (5450)

19-Oct-21

$3,200

$1,000

$4,200

Denver (5450)

21-Oct-21

$4,000

$0

$4,000

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

-

$13,600

$13,600

Total

$55,458

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

13-Sep-20

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

17-Feb-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $1,500 with $1,500 DDF by Robert Mintz of the Rotary Club of Denver Cherry Creek, District 5450.

17-Feb-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Kevin Nichols of the Rotary Club of Golden, District 5450.

17-Feb-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Patricia Sznip of the Rotary Club of Highlands Ranch (Littleton), District 5450.

17-Feb-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Larry McLaughlin of the Rotary Club of Parker-Cherry Creek Valley, District 5450.

17-Feb-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Ishu Subba of the Rotary Club of Rudramati Kathmandu, District 3292.

17-Feb-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Alvaro Pisoni of the Rotary Club of Parker, District 5450.

17-Feb-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $100 by Betsy Condon of the Rotary Club of Keystone Heights, District 6970.

19-Feb-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $4,000 by John Finegan of the Rotary Club of Denver, District 5450.

29-Mar-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $2,100 with $2,000 DDF by Alessandro Sachs of the Rotary Club of Boulder, District 5450.

29-Mar-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $1,500 with $1,500 DDF by Bob Harberg of the Rotary Club of Boulder Valley, District 5450.

29-Mar-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

4-Jul-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

4-Jul-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

4-Jul-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

4-Jul-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

5-Jul-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

19-Oct-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $3,200 with $1,000 DDF by Rob McMaher of the Rotary Club of Denver Southeast, District 5450.

19-Oct-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

19-Oct-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

21-Oct-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Pledge of $4,000 by John Finegan of the Rotary Club of Denver, District 5450.

21-Oct-21

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

2-Feb-22

by Annely Noble

We are awaiting funds from the last two pledging clubs after which we will submit the entire grant funding to TRF, after which our partner club, Rudramati Kathmandu, will "hit the ground running" just in time to begin planning for the 2021 education/planting/growing/harvesting season.

2-Feb-22

by Annely Noble

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

2-Feb-22

by Annely Noble

System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.

21-Apr-22

by Annely Noble

Rudramati Kathmandu has contributed $1000, which they submitted to

TRF RI District 3292 on 9 June 2021. Our project is ready to begin once TRF distributes the funds.

16-Sep-22

by Annely Noble

The Nepal Cold Storage and Agriculture Training Grant GG2010856 is fully funded, the funds have been disbursed to Rudramati Rotary's care and implementation of the project has begun. Reports will be submitted by Rudramati's grant representatives as work segments are completed. More information is available on TRF grant center site.

20-Dec-22

by Annely Noble

The grant champion members of the Rudramati Rotary (Kathmandu, Nepal) are hard at work implementing this project and will provide information and photos as they become available. A full report will be due no later than August 13, 2023.

16-May-23

by Annely Noble

The Rudramati Rotary Club is beginning to compile the report data on this grant 2010856. On June 13, I will be receiving the information to finalize the report which is due on August 13. Thank you for your attention to this site.

4-Aug-23

by Annely Noble

This project is well underway and the first progress report will be submitted with RI this month. The cold storage has been installed and a management/maintenance committee formed and trained to support the cold storage equipment. Agriculture best practice and livestock husbandry/raising training is complete. In process is food processing training with a special focus on solar drying and preservation.

16-Oct-23

by Annely Noble

The first annual report on this project was submitted by the Rudramati Kathmandu Rotary Club on August 13, 2023 (as required). The remaining projects to be completed within this grant are:

• Training on Food Processing and supporting food processing kits

• Handing over solar dryer and greenhouse

• Marketing Meeting

• Report Writing and Submission

The Rudramati Rotary Club has done a superb job implementing and reporting on this project!

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