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Global Grant Proposal Form for Project G-2451 Last updated by Estelle. Ebert <estelleebert@gmail.com> on 1-Jun-20 Project Title Healing Little Hearts in Egypt Type of Project [X] Humanitarian [ ] VTT [ ] Scholarship Primary Host Partner Information
Primary International Partner Information
Grant Host Committee
Grant International Committee
Do any of these committee members have potential conflict of interest? If so, please briefly explain. No Tell us a little about your project. What are the main objectives of the project, and who will benefit from it? The main objection of the project will be disease prevention and intervention when necessary by direct observation every year. We hope the beneficiaries will be between 50-99 children. Surgeries will be provided for a minimum of 50 children each year suffering from cardiac disease. They will be selected from the most impoverished areas of Egypt where there is currently no care available for them. Which area of focus will this project support?
Which goals of this area of focus will your project support? - How will you measure your project impact?
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Humanitarian Project Cairo University Hospital, Cairo , Egypt. 9/01/20/20-2/26/21
Cooperating Organization (Optional)
Why did you choose to partner with this organization and what will its role be? - 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. Dr. Hesham Shawky (the surgeon) is a member of the host club and will report directly to the committee members who in turn will report to the club. He was involved in a previous global grant and kept impeccable records for both the hospital and the club. The Host Rotarians have provided transportation to the children and their parents during the previous global grant and will do so again to help ensure they receive the lifesaving treatment so desperately needed. Describe the role that international Rotarians will have in this project. The International Rotarians will be responsible for receiving pledges for the global grant, maintaining a dedicated bank account, dispensing the funds as requested and reporting on the progress of the surgeries. What is the budget for this grant?
Tell us about the funding you have secured for your project.
Humanitarian Projects - Project Planning Describe the community needs that your project will address. In Egypt, the rate of patients diagnosed with congenital heart disease is approximately 8/1000 living births. This translates to 15,000-16,000 babies born annually with a congenital heart defect. 50% or 8000 need corrective heart surgery within their first year of life. The current Egyptian healthcare system is only able to provide care to 1/2 of these children. The remaining 4000 ultimately perish. Many areas in Egypt have no access to pediatric cardiac care. They are among the poorest areas in the country with no available resources and are forced to live with no hope for their children. Surgeons will reach out to the children in these areas for screening , and diagnoses and select 50 for treatment at Cairo University Hospital. Once they undergo their lifesaving surgeries, they will be able to resume a normal life . How did your project team identify these needs. The National Insurance Committee for Congenital Heart Disease has conducted the necessary research which this project will address. Dr. Shawky coordinates with this committee during the selection process. Additionally, during the screening and selection of patients in the past, it became very apparent how extensive the need was. Parents in these impoverished areas are unaware of the options available to them nor do they have the means to travel to Cairo. How were members of the benefiting community involved in finding solutions. Local Rotarians and healthcare professionals researched the need for children in Egypt with heart disease and designed a proposal on how to address these needs. Rotarians have provided transportation to the children and their parents during the previous global grant and will do so again to help ensure they receive the lifesaving treatment so desperately needed. How were community members involved in planning the project. Dr, Shawky and local Rotarians have worked together with local healthcare professionals and the hospital administration to research and strategize how best to implement the project. Humanitarian Projects - Project Implementation Summarize each step of your project's implementation.
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? Yes Please describe the training, community outreach, or educational programs this project will include. Gift of Life Egypt and the local Rotary Clubs have dedicated themselves to reduce the number of children on the waiting list in need of Pediatric Heart Surgery. How were these needs identified? This type of information was provided to parents during the previous global grant and proven to be very beneficial. What incentives (for example, monetary compensation, awards, certification, or publicity), will you use, if any, to encourage community members to participate in the project? N/A List any community members or community groups that will oversee the continuation of the project after grant-funded activities conclude. Local Rotarians and Gift of Life Egypt are committed to overseeing the continuation of this project after grant funded activities conclude. Budget Will you purchase budget items from local vendors? Explain the process you used to select vendors. Yes 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. No equipment will be purchased. Describe how community members will maintain the equipment after grant-funded activities conclude. Will replacement parts be available? N/A No equipment will be purchased. 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. N/A o equipment will be purchased. 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. Cairo University Hospital Funding Have you found a local funding source to sustain project outcomes for the long term? If yes, please describe this funding source. Yes. Gift of Life Egypt and the local Rotary Clubs and District are committed to sustaining this project through donations from institutions and individuals. Will any part of the project generate income for ongoing project funding? If yes, please explain. No Is your economic and community development activity a microcredit project? If yes, upload your microcredit supplement file. - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||