Project Description Region: Africa Country: Zimbabwe Location: Binga Total Budget: $68,788 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Hello My Fellow Rotarians from around the world. My plea to you is a simple one. The Binga Village community in Matabeleland Zimbabwe Africa is the poorest in all of Zimbabwe. My name is Gib Leonard and I'm the Founding Director of the Buy a Brick Foundation. I'm a Rotarian District 7620, Washington DC. I've been working in Zimbabwe for the past 20 years. We've built over 30 schools, teachers living quarters, a fully commissioned Leona Clinic and have established over 18 community gardens providing year-round crop rotation to over 8,000 people living in the rural areas of Zimbabwe, Africa. On August 15th, 2023, my wife Leigh and I along with our Project Director Kumbulani Tshambo traveled to Binga Zimbabwe from our base camp in Victoria Falls. WOW, what we saw in Binga was heartbreaking to say the least. Seriously, we have seen some desperate need in Zimbabwe over the past 20 years, but the Binga schools or lack thereof is so sub-par there are no words to describe this desperate situation. We need to raise awareness to this incredible need for Educational Facilities in this area. Our first priority is to build a Primary School for 200 learners at Simathelele. Seriously, we saw that under a tree was the best place to learn. The other structures were falling down and unfit for human life. 1. The BuyaBrick Foundation has just donated the first truck load of 10,000 bricks which was delivered on Friday August 18th 2023. 2. We need to raise $68,788.00 usd to construct this school, supply it with desks, water and build suitable living quarters for the teachers. 3. Please, the NEED is GREAT and we need your financial support in order to make this happen right away. 4. We have everything in place from the material supply sources to the builder in order to have this project completed by the end of the year. 5. If you would like to contact me directly for more information, please do so. 202-359-4900USA +263 078 726 726 Zimbabwe GibLeonard@gmail.com Primary Host Partner District: 7620 Rotary Club of: Washington, D.C. Primary Contact: Gib Leonard Email: gibleonard@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 Need $68,788 This project needs to receive some pledges to go to the next level. Please check the "Financing" tab to see the list of current pledges. Once the amount pledged is equal to the project budget, the status of the project will be automatically changed to "Fully Pledged". Click here to pledge support for this project. Project listed for the 2023-24 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total There are no contributions yet for this project. Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $68,788 - $68,788 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $0 $0 Total $68,788 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 18-Aug-23 by Gib Leonard System Entry: Creation of project page.