Global Grant Proposal Form for Project G-1836

Last updated by Bernardo Loose <bernardoloose@hotmail.com> on 9-Nov-18

Step 1: Basic information

Project Title

Con Ciencia

Type of Project

[X] Humanitarian        [  ] VTT        [  ] Scholarship    

Primary Host Partner Information

The host partner is a: Club

Last Name:

LOOSE

First Name:

BERNARDO

Email:

bernardoloose@hotmail.com

Phone:

+526688120077

District:

4100

Club:

Los Mochis

Primary International Partner Information

The international partner is a: Club

Last Name:

SERUNTINE

First Name:

JEAN

Email:

Phone:

+15623555239

District:

Club:

Bellflower

Step 2: Committee Members

Grant Host Committee

Host Partner #1: Pedro Fernandez <pfdezsa@gmail.com> (+52 668 1654087)
Host Partner #2: Guadalupe Davizon <davizon_guadalupe@hotmail.com> (+52 668 8182800)
Host Partner #3: Edith Davis <jseruntine@hotmail.com> (+15623555239)

Grant International Committee

International Partner #1: David Davis <jseruntine@hotmail.com> (+15623555239)
International Partner #2: -
International Partner #3: -

Do any of these committee members have potential conflict of interest? If so, please briefly explain.

No.

Step 3: Project overview

Tell us a little about your project. What are the main objectives of the project, and who will benefit from it?

Our main objective is to promote the integral development of children, youth and adults in vulnerable situations through the development of programs that strengthen social, cognitive and technological skills that promote a culture of peace, social welfare and prosperity.

The beneficiaries included in the project are children, youth and adults living on the outskirts of the City of Los Mochis.

Step 4: Area of Focus

Which area of focus will this project support?

[X]

Peacebuilding and conflict prevention

[  ]

Disease prevention and treatment

[  ]

Water, sanitation and hygiene

[  ]

Maternal and child health

[X]

Basic education and literacy

[  ]

Community economic development

Step 5: Measuring success

Which goals of this area of focus will your project support?

-

How will you measure your project impact?

Measure

Collection Method

Frequency

Beneficiaries

Do you know who will collect information for monitoring and evaluation?

-

Step 6: Location and dates

Humanitarian Project
Where and when will your project take place?

Los Mochis, Sin. México.

From 01-Feb-2019 until 31-Dic-2021

Step 7: Participants

Cooperating Organization (Optional)
Provide the name, website and location of each cooperating organization.

Name

Website

Location

Promotora de Apoyo a la Juventud, I.A.P.

www.paj.mx

Los Mochis, Sin. Mexico.

Why did you choose to partner with this organization and what will its role be?

Promotora de Apoyo a la Juventud, I.A.P. has been working for 25 years with children, youth and adults in vulnerable situations who are living on the outskirts of the City of Los Mochis.

Partners (Optional)

List any other partner that will participate in this project.

-

Volunteer Travelers (Optional)

Provide name, email of traveler(s).

-

Describe this person's role in the project.

-

Rotarian Participants

Describe the role that host Rotarians will have in this project.

They will seek funding for the grant.

Semester follow-up of the project.

Describe the role that international Rotarians will have in this project.

Financing of the project.

Monitoring of the subsidy.

Step 8: Budget

What is the budget for this grant?

Local Currency: Mexican peso
Exchange Rate Used US$1 = 18.00

Category

Description

Supplier

Local
Amount

USD
Amount

Equipment

Computers and didactical

Various

354,384.00

$19,688

Supplies

Room and spaces habilitation

Various

198,232.00

$11,012.88

Personel

Wages

Various

205,000.00

$11,388.88

Monitoring/evaluation

Impact study and polls

Various

90,000.00

$5,000

Total Budget

$847,616

$47,089.77

Step 9: Funding

Tell us about the funding you have secured for your project.

DDF Amount in US$

$1,000

Rotarian Cash Amount in US$

$2,000

Additional Outside Funding in US$

$0

Requested TRF Match in US$

$2,000

Total Financing in US$

$47,090

Step 10: Sustainability

Humanitarian Projects - Project Planning

Describe the community needs that your project will address.

High rates of juvenile delinquency, problems of addictions, conditions of poverty and extreme poverty that unleash different social problems, are putting children and young people at risk of street and are highly vulnerable to drug consumption, alcohol, drug trafficking, crime. In hostile contexts, education generally happens not to be a priority in families, and much less, the integral formation of people.

How did your project team identify these needs.

Promotora de Apoyo a la Juventud, I.A.P. has been working for 25 years in the neighborhoods where the project is to be carried out, and they have directly identified these needs.

How were members of the benefiting community involved in finding solutions.

Many parents have approached Promotora de Apoyo a la Juventud, I.A.P. to request help and intervention so that their children do not fall into the vice of drug use and into the hands of delinquency.

How were community members involved in planning the project.

Promotora de Apoyo a la Juventud, I.A.P., through its operational team, has taken into account the suggestions and PETITIONS of the people assisted to carry out the planning of this project.

Humanitarian Projects - Project Implementation

Summarize each step of your project's implementation.

#

Activity

Duration

1.

Develop workshops to strengthen social skills, promote a culture of peace, equity, critical thinking, assertive communication an

36 months

2.

Training program for youth leaders

12 months

3.

Carry out interventions with the program

24 months

4.

Development of the initiation program for science and technology

24 months

Will you work in coordination with any related initiative in the community? If yes, briefly describe the other initiatives and how they relate to this project. If no, please explain. Are local initiatives not addressing these needs? Or, if they are, why did you decide not to work with them?

No.

There are no other initiatives locally that work on solving this problems.

Please describe the training, community outreach, or educational programs this project will include.

1. 192 sessions to strengthen social skills to tend 300 children from the neighborhoods surrounding the two Youth Centers in Los Mochis.

2. Conduct 48 sessions of 2 hours of training and accompaniment to 80 youth leaders.

3. Perform 120 sessions of 2 hours of brigade of joy in 10 different areas of the municipality.

4. a) 96 basic programming sessions for 300 children and adolescents.

b) 96 experimentation sessions for 300 children and adolescents.

c) 96 robotics sessions for 300 children and adolescents.

5. 192 sessions of digital literacy, introduction to computing, internet and Microsoft tools.

6. 96 training sessions in graphic design and digital edition.

How were these needs identified?

Conducting consulting talks with parents of the community.

What incentives (for example, monetary compensation, awards, certification, or publicity), will you use, if any, to encourage community members to participate in the project?

Certificates will be awarded to attendees who comply with the activities to be performed.

List any community members or community groups that will oversee the continuation of the project after grant-funded activities conclude.

Promotora de Apoyo a la Juventud, I.A.P.

Budget

Will you purchase budget items from local vendors? Explain the process you used to select vendors.

Yes.

Request quotes from different suppliers directly, requesting prices, guarantees and payment conditions.

Did you use competitive bidding to select vendors? If no, please explain.

Yes.

Please provide an operating and maintenance plan for the equipment or materials you purchased for this project. This plan should include who will operate and maintain the equipment and how they will be trained.

There will be annual preventive maintenance policies.

Describe how community members will maintain the equipment after grant-funded activities conclude. Will replacement parts be available?

Promotora de Apoyo a la Juventud, I.A.P. will be responsible through its own means to continue maintaining the equipment once the grant is finished.

Yes, it is posible to find spare parts to perform maintenance in the locality.

If the grant will be used to purchase any equipment, will the equipment be culturally appropriate and conform to the community's technology standards? If yes, please explain. If no, describe how the project team will help community members adopt the technology.

Yes, because the equipments are the ones that the beneficiaries will find in the companies or work sources of the locality.

After the project is completed, who will own the items purchased by grant funds? No items may be owned by a Rotary district, club, or member.

No item may be owned by a Rotary partner, club or district. They will be owned by Promotora de Apoyo a la Juventud, I.A.P.

Funding

Have you found a local funding source to sustain project outcomes for the long term? If yes, please describe this funding source.

Promotora de Apoyo a la Juventud, I.A.P. It is a formal institution, with financial backing to operate the project once the grant is completed.

Will any part of the project generate income for ongoing project funding? If yes, please explain.

Once the grant is concluded, the project will be financed in part with recovery fees from the participants in the project activities.

Is your economic and community development activity a microcredit project? If yes, upload your microcredit supplement file.

No.