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	D-942    Ecuador - Guayaquil Mechanical Cows $36,000 Guayaquil La Puntilla Rotary Club, La Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club, and Chula Vista Sunrise Rotary Club propose to provide four "Mechanical Cows" (soy bean milk machines) for school sites in the Greater Guayaquil area and the coastal city of Portoviejo. Participating Rotary clubs from District 4400 will be Guayaquil La Puntilla, Guayaquil Cerro Azul and Portoviejo Reales Tamarindos, which is the home club of Governor Elect Llliana Garcia. The four sites are in impoverish areas and each will serve up to 500 Nursery/K-6 children with severe nutritional deficiencies. The three Foundations involved for this project are: Corporacion SER PAZ, Fundacion Cariño, and Arquidiosis Portoviejo. The idea of these foundations is to allow the children to become the future leaders of Ecuador. With proper diet and education and solid spiritual and moral values and with a high self esteem, similar to that of a well being family, these children will become productive citizens of Ecuador. The Foundations support themselves with material donations, as well as personal time of many people and institutions with high calibre Board members, such as Past District 4400 Governor Ricardo Koenig. Feeding these children as if they were their own has been a main concern of these Foundation Boards so that the children can grow physically and mentally in a strong way to face the challenges of the future. Because of this, the Foundations are requesting the generous assistance of Rotary International to obtain funds for these soybean milk-producing machines. This high-protein staple will be beneficial to the physical and mental development of these children which will enhance their learning abilities. La Puntilla Rotary and La Mesa Sunrise Rotary will work hand in hand to assure good accountability of the four mechanical cows and service provided to the children and their families. District 5340 Assistant Governor David Ballesteros was in Guayaquil in October 2007 examining the sites for project. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Guayaquil La Puntilla District: 4400 Primary Contact: Francisco Narvaez Email: franave@electral.net Check all projects from: [District 4400] [Guayaquil La Puntilla Rotary Club] [Francisco Narvaez] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: La Mesa Sunrise District: 5340 Primary Contact: David Ballesteros Email: david.ballesteros@sdsu.edu Check all projects from: [District 5340] [La Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club] [David Ballesteros] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Guayaquil La Puntilla $2,000 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise $15,417 District 5340 DDF $4,000 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts Rotary Club of Chula Vista Sunrise $1,250 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $13,333 Total $36,000 Status and Progress Information Completed This project is completed. Project listed for the 2007-08 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #65129. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Valerie Pereira (Valerie.Pereira@rotary.org). Serving Hands International (SHI)will contribute close to $12,000 for this project. <27-Oct-07> System Entry Creation of project page. <14-Nov-07> by Brennan Pate Application is awaiting signature of DRFC. <20-Nov-07> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <10-Jan-08> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <3-Mar-08> by Brennan Pate TRF's Valerie Pereira wrote that they received all the documents and contributions and that it takes from 4 -6 weeks for funds to be received. <11-Mar-09> System Entry Grant status changed to "Completed". <11-Mar-09> by David Ballesteros D-942, four mechanical cows project in Ecuador is completed. TRF has received final report and accepted.