Project Description Region: South America Country: Peru Location: Iquitos Total Budget: $240,350 Area of Focus: Maternal and child health The Loreto regional hospital "Felipe Arriola Iglesias" located in the city of Iquitos, Punchana district. province of Maynas, department of Loreto, is easily accessible for the user who lives in the urban and peri-urban area of ​​the districts of Punchana, Iquitos, Belén and San Juan, likewise the hospital provides its services to the population that comes from any point of the region for being a Level III-1 regional reference establishment. - In 2019, 52,568 services were performed. Likewise, patients from other provinces of Loreto located in the interior of the region and from rural areas are treated. - From 2018 to 2023 there were 1,563 deaths that corresponded to newborns due to vaginal and cesarean deliveries. - In the last 05 years there were 2,133 premature births, which represent 54.6% of mortality. - The high mortality rate of newborns was due to the following diagnosis: babies who did not receive timely care while inside the mother's womb and were born without completing their life cycle. - The regional hospital does not have sufficient infrastructure and first response teams to care for premature babies and full-term births with survival difficulties. Primary Host Partner District: 4465 Rotary Club of: San Juan Bautista-Iquitos Primary Contact: Layde Tafur Castillo Email: laydetafurc90@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5300 Rotary Club of: Las Vegas WON Primary Contact: Chehab Elawar Email: shabdg201415@gmail.com Project Status Need $234,560 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. The TRF Grant application number is #2462559.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total San Juan Bautista-Iquitos (4465) 15-Mar-24 $1,000 $2,500 $3,500 Las Vegas WON (5300) 20-Mar-24 $100 $100 $200 Trujillo Señorial (4465) 20-Mar-24 $10 $0 $10 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $234,560 - $234,560 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $2,080 $2,080 Total $240,350 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%.

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format There are no documents yet for this project. Go to the administration page to upload documents.

Project Photos There are no photos yet for this project. Go to the administration page to upload photos.

History Log Entries 15-Mar-24 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 20-Mar-24 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $100 with $100 DDF by Chehab Elawar of the Rotary Club of Las Vegas WON, District 5300. 20-Mar-24 by Chehab Elawar System Entry: Pledge of $1 by Chehab Elawar of the Rotary Club of Las Vegas WON, District 5300. 20-Mar-24 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $10 by ALBERTO BALTA of the Rotary Club of Trujillo Señorial, District 4465.