Location

Denver Contact

Organizations  (Host Rotary)

Approx.
Cost

Project Description

Status

Angola

Lindy Blackburn

Parker Rotary
Angola Advocates, Rocky Mtn Conf.—United Methodist Church

Currently in development.  Will probably be a wheelchair project working The Wheelchair Foundation.  Parker Rotary is seeking an Angola Rotary Club to work with them.

In development; continuing to look for an Angola Rotary Club as partner.

Burkina Faso

Frank Sargent
Peter Hughes

Englewood Rotary

$60,000+

Planning and organizing the construction of five additional water wells in the country; one was funded in 2006 through a Rotary Matching Grant (MG).

Looking for other clubs to participate

Bill Korstad, Wynn Gandera

Denver Rotary, Denver Cherry Creek, Parker, Littleton, others, Ouagadougou

$58,883

Dig four boreholes and install water pumps in Zabre in southeast Burkina Faso.  Community members will contribute for water to maintain the system.

Grant approved in 2009 and Denver Rotarians have visited the site.

Developing a plan for latrines in the community.

In development; will be implemented after the boreholes are complete.

Additional projects to follow, including schools, agriculture and medical facilities.

Democratic
Republic of Congo

Mbuyu

Bill Korstad

Denver, Mbujimayi
Congo RC

$41,100

To provide clean water to a new 235 bed hospital almost completed in Mbujimayi.  A bore hole has been drilled and clean water has been found.

MG 66689 completed in 2008 and water is available.

Rick Clark

Littleton, Denver, Erie, Lakewood, others; Kinshasa-Matonge DRC

$40,250

Vocational educational programs in schools in Kinshasa, including production and sale of school uniforms and carpentry/woodworking training and production. The economic industry created will be self-supporting.

Grant 66681 approved in mid 2008.  Project has begun.

Ethiopia

Yeteban

Christine Hoyt

Highlands Ranch Rotary

Working with Project Mercy, a self-help and community development program; Highlands Ranch Club purchased linens for a new dorm for a school in Yeteban.

Linens were delivered in late 2007; project is complete

Establishing a Tom Hooyman Memorial Children’s’ Library in Ethiopia.  Supported partly by book sales at Dayton Memorial Library at Regis University.

Kenya

Joe Mazzola

Broomfield, Conifer, Fort Morgan Rotaries

$20,500

Borehole drilled for Kitondo Secondary School, benefiting 700 people. (MG 2006-2007)

Work has begun

Bob Forbes

Parker Rotary

Sewing machines for women, hand pump wells and sponsorship for AIDS orphan.

Planning stages

Gaitune-Inono Village in Meru, Kenya

Frank Sargent

Englewood, Aurora Fitzsimons, Lakewood, Arvada Sunrise, Parker CC Valley, Brighton, CC High School Interact, Hope United Methodist Church, Denver, Arvada United Methodist Church
Meru Club

$31,875

Construction of an intake valve in the river and a 135 cubic meter storage tank, piping water to the tank and then the community. Funded through a Rotary Matching Grant.  Previous projects include working with the schoolchildren, installing a sewer system and providing school supplies.  Future plans include constructing housing for the teachers.

Project complete except some piping to the community

Gong area,
Nairobi

Don Howard

Arvada Sunrise

Approx. $12,000

Support HEART project by buying sewing machines for AIDS widows to make and sell mosquito nets.

Project has expanded to 3 locations.

Itiati Village, south of Mt. Kenya

Don Howard

Arvada Sunrise, Westminster, Arvada, Private donor

$51,619

Gravity feed water distribution system, including borehole, pump and purification system, 3 storage containers and repair of current water system.

MG61972.  Excellent water flow; distribution system being finalized.

Kayafungo, Kenya

Lily Muldoon

Denver Tech, Smoky Hills, Wray Boulder Flatirons, Peak to Peak, Denver Stapleton, Centennial, Clear Creek, Brush. Westminster 7:10,
Bahari-Mombasa

$40,244

The project includes construction of 13 latrines and hand-washing stations at 12 schools and the health clinic Also four months of intensive health and sanitation workshops with 160 participants from the community.  The project benefited 10,000 currently living without proper sanitation.

Grant completed December 2008.

Don Howard

Aurora Sunrise

$20,000

Help for the Kampala School for the Physically Handicapped—includes water, sanitary facilities, furniture and equipment.

Project complete

Karatina Hospital

Don Howard

Arvada Sunrise, Lakewood Foothills, Wray

$32,245

Drill borehole, provide storage tank and connect with Karatina Hospital water distribution system. (MG 2006-2007)

 Completed; excellent water quality; storage tank being repaired

Kibera in Nairobi

Mike Klingbiel

Denver Southeast Rotary, other clubs, Water for People, Kenyan govt.
Lagata Rotary

3-H Grant approx. $330,000

Kibera Water Project: construct a water system in the Kibera slum of Nairobi to include distribution, storage and sanitary facilities. (2005-2006)

Began in Jan. 2007.  Rotarians continue to work there.  Mike Klingbiel is looking for funds to complete similar work for all of Kibera.

Kisii

Carol Carper

Conifer Rotary,
Arvada Sunrise, Broomfield, Fort Morgan, Denver Tech Center

$65,650

Water and sanitation project at Kisii Hospital—new pipeline and renovation of distribution and sewage system. Benefits 10,000 people.   Blue Planet Run gave $22,000 grant.

The hospital received a container of medical supplies, including a dialysis machine, ekg, and ultrasound in early 2008.

Water is now flowing.

Kisii and Ulethe areas

Carol Carper

Conifer, Evergreen, Summit County, Denver Mile High, Denver, Brush, Winnetka IL, Utimishi, Kenya

$29,025

Two-week humanitarian trip of Rotarians and friends to volunteer for 2 medical camps. deferred until 2009.  Agricultural project started and will continue throughout 2009.  Rotary Matching Grant 64947 approved in fall 2008.

Agricultural project continuing  successfully.  

Kisumu

Don Howard

Arvada Sunrise, 5 Interact Clubs

Drilled a fresh water well to provide clean water to the village and Rabuor Primary School; also latrines, hand washing stations and a water kiosk for the community

Project complete

Kisumu

Darryl Brown

Boulder

$14,000

Orphan feeding program working with Rabuor Primary School—provides livestock (goats, chickens) that will be a self-sustaining source of food for orphans.  Funded through annual signature project fundraiser by Boulder Rotary.

Project in process

Kisumu

Darryl Brown

Boulder

$22,000

Follow-on project that will involve an agricultural project, assistance in creating a grain mill and a micro-credit program.

Project in development

Kisumu

Joan Spalding

Evergreen, Golden, Arvada Sunrise, Centennial, Peak to Peak, Mountain Foothills

$34,905

Provide items needed for transition center for street children to transition them back to their families (MG 2006-2007).

Approved by TRF late 2007; in process

Kitondo Secondary School, Mbumbuni

Provide boreholes, laying of pipes and sanitation system to school.

Muthara Slum, Nairobi

Don Howard

Arvada Sunrise

$6,000

Started a peanut butter business for 30 widows with children.  In the second year, skills are improving but more grinders and better marketing are needed.  Project continues to expand—and it is replicable.

Ongoing. 

Nyamiora (Western) District

Medical Camps (close to 10,000 patients seen), partnering with OIC Farmer initiative for agricultural initiative and minor medical assistance.

Rukubi, near Nairobi

Chuck Rudolph

Denver Mile High, U. Hills, Denver, Wheat Ridge, Karura Kenya

$20,472

Provide a water distribution system for a village close to an orphanage in rural Kenya.  Work is done by local engineers and craftsmen.

Matching Grant 64137 completed in 2008  and system is fully functional.

ukubi

Chuck Rudolph

Denver Mile High, Lake Havasu, AZ

$50,000

Assistance in outfitting a new AIDS orphanage being constructed in a rural area close to Nairobi.  MG for 2009-2010

Work plan completed and ready to start in Fall 2009.

 Several Kenya sites

Don Howard

Arvada Sunrise Rotary

Water projects in several communities: Nyangena Clinic; Tombe schools (5) and Village.  Projects are in development stage; generally involve drilling wells, creating a distribution system, building water storage tanks, providing rainwater harvesting, health and hygiene education, gardens for schools, malaria free zone and micro credit.

In development.

Several sites in Kenya

Don Howard

Arvada Sunrise, Denver Mile High, Denver, many other clubs

Not determined;

varies by location and number of books.

Collection and repair of books to be shipped to Kenya—K-8 grades.  First delivery of books made in late 2008.  Major effort continuing.

Eight  libraries outfitted in 2008; many more in process. Project can be replicated

Training 20 people to set up workshops to identify cultural and traditional practices that contribute to discrimination against people, especially widows, living with HIV/AIDS

Malawi

Tom Niver

Denver Club, Commerce City, Golden

$15,600

Provide a 40’ container to ship library books to Malawi, serving almost 3,000 students and representing 98% of all library books in the country.

Grant submitted to TRF; may be delayed until 2010.

Christine Hoyt

Highlands Ranch
University Hills, Interact Club, others

$25,000

Micro credit program started by the son of a club member who is a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi.  Will be funded by a Rotary Matching Grant—dedicated to MaryAnn May, a club member who died in 2006 and whose focus was on benefiting women and children

Grant submitted to Rotary in 2008.

Mali

Longmont

$23,341

Building a concrete water cistern (MG 2006)

 Project complete

Nigeria

Aba, Nigeria

Brett Edwards

Eclub one
Mission San Jose
Umungasi

$13,089

Proving mathematics books to 100 indigent students in 20 schools; Matching Grant 65316

MG approved in 2008.

Sanbogidan Kanar

Steve Baroch

Castle Rock High Noon

Shipping school supplies quarterly to a poor village about 120 miles from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.

Ongoing since mid 2007

Rwanda

Kigali Rwanda

Rod Tuenge

Boulder, Boulder Flatirons and Space Center TX Rotaries

$21,500

Place a solar electric collector and rainwater catchment system for potable drinking water at Muganero Hospital; worked with Engineers without Borders.  MG 66007

Project complete

Kigali Rwanda

Rod Tuenge

Boulder, Boulder Flatirons, Space Ctr. TX; add’l funding from EWB/Manna

 $25,000- $30,000

Follow-up to previous project at Muganero Hospital.  Working with Engineers without Borders, building rainwater containment/ water treatment systems at 2 schools. Testing currently at Manna Energy Foundation. 

Groundbreaking set for August 2009.

Dr. Shadi Farhangrazi

Denver Southeast

$ 4,500

Sponsored students to work with the Rwandan Ministers of Education and Labor to create plans for upgrading science and engineering curricula.

Students worked in Rwanda in mid-2007 and are working with Dr. Farhangrazi to develop recommendations

Thornton Northglenn Rotary

$17,600

Water well project for a school (MG 2006)

 Project complete

Shyira District, SW part of Rwanda

John Wethering-ton

Denver Southeast,
Westminster

Donation of 200 computers to the Sonrise schools for orphans and disadvantaged youth.  3 club members visited the school in 2006 to develop further projects.

Ongoing relationship

Boulder Rotary

$19,650

Clean drinking water project in several communities. (MG 2006)

Pending until TRF resolves other Rwanda concerns

South Africa

Joe Jensen

Denver Rotary, Denver Mile High

$15,000

Training of 13 youths to lead groups of students to do door-to-door visits to encourage HIV testing; project includes special testing sites to increase participation.

MG 67658 approved at end of 2008; project commences in Spring 2009.

Swaziland

Manzini

Joe Jensen

Denver Rotary
Montview Presby. Church
Matsapha Rotary

$16,500

New Hope AIDS Orphanage: provide computers, desks, stoves and related equipment; working with Matsapha Rotary Club.

Grant request approved by TRF project begun in 2008.

Tanzania

Arusha, Moshi

Mountain Foothills

Delivery of over 400 mobility devices (crutches, walkers, canes, etc.) to individuals in the towns who needed them.  David gave individual instructions on their use. Devices were donated, stored and shipped gratis.

Delivered March 2009.  Collections continue.

Bashay Village, near Arusha

Neal Cresswell

S. Jeffco

$15,000

Built a kindergarten in Arusha housing almost 100 children and also funds the salary for three teachers; no local Rotary club involved.

More classrooms planned; salary funding continues

Kilimanjaro area

Curt Harris

Evergreen Rotary

$400,000 raised from many sources

Climb for Children, 2000 and 2003, benefiting the Kilimanjaro Children’s Hospital (120 beds) close to Arusha.  Also raised $25,000 for educational materials and set aside $100,000 for new hospital. www.selianlh.habari.co.tz

Mbugwe

Carol Carper

Conifer Rotary

Exploratory trip in 2007 determined that the community is very impoverished with severe need for water. Return visit in 2008 to develop small project—water catchments, health clinic and community mobilization.  Working with Friends of Tanzania.

A second research trip is being planned.

Monduli, Northern Tanzania

Evergreen Rotary

$700/year per student

Sponsors a Masai girl student at MaaSAE Girls Lutheran Secondary School; club members sponsor 10 individually.

Ongoing, done annually

Uganda

Boulder,Source of the Nile Rotary Club

$13,650

Shipping two 40’ containers of medical equipment and supplies to the Agatha Foundation.  MG 68453

Approved 2009

Roland Thornton

Denver Rotary Commerce City

$25,000

Working with Project Cure to provide medical supplies to two hospitals in Uganda (Kebisoni Health Center and Kambuga Health Center.) (MG 2006-2007)

Container packed an shipped in mid-2007

Iganga (Bishop Willis Primary Teacher’s College)

Sue Davis

S. Jeffco,
Lakewood Foothills, Boulder, Boulder Flatirons,
Beaverton OR Rotary

$15,000 in 2006; $29,000 in 2007

Solar oven for Teacher’s College that cooks 1000 meals/day.  Participated with Iganda Rotary Club. Also created10, 000 book library and dug water well; teaching gardening and buying livestock.
New effort to drill water wells for the area surrounding the Teacher’s College.

Project complete

Francis
Dickson

Lakewood Foothills, Arvada Sunrise, S. Jeffco

$29,479

Provide rain-harvesting tanks and protect spring water wells.  (MG 2006-2007)

Matching Grant approved

Kajjansi 

Englewood Rotary, Arvada Sunrise  

Construct two 8-stall latrines, hand washing stations, desks and sanitary towels for school girls

District Matching Grant submitted

Kisiizi Hospital, Kisiizi Falls

Rod Tuenge, Joan Scott

Boulder, Tempe South, Kabale Uganda

Working with Project CURE to ship a 40’container of medical supplies.

Matching Grant 65567 approved.  Project begun.

 Kayunga

Rod Tuenge

Boulder Rotary

$12,286

HIV/AIDS training and community building for women; implemented by ICA Uganda.

Deferred.

Makanondo Village, Masaka Dist.

Evergreen. Engineers w/o Borders, Kyotera Uganda

Proposed: develop School Community Water System for students of 2 schools in Makondo Village. Phase 1: cistern for 500 children.

Project being developed.

 Various sites in Uganda        

Bill Korstad        

Denver Rotary, Arvada Sunrise, 
Westminster 7:10,Rubaga and Kampala Clubs

$41,000    `    

In process--will be shortly submitted to TRF for a matching grant

Zimbabwe

Mufakose, suburb of Harare

Denver Mile High, Denver, Boulder, Castle Rock High Noon, Dist. 7120 Clubs, Highlands and 4 other clubs in Zimbabwe

Community development with three focus areas: Self Help Groups for women and youths; Youth Friendly Corners; Living Well with AIDS program.  Extensive local Rotarian involvement, including acting as economic advisors; expected to expand with agriculture and water projects, and creation of a Rotary Community Corps.

Grant submitted in 2008; final review in process in 2009 and decision will be made by May 1, 2009.

Mufakose, suburb of Harare

Carolyn Schrader

Denver Mile High, Denver, Denver LoDo, Golden, Denver Cherry Creek, Parker, Westminster 7:10, Highlands Zimbabwe

$28,010

AIDS training and creation of Youth Friendly Corners to create community involvement among young people; implemented by ICA Zimbabwe in a suburb of Harare .(MG 62377.)

Grant successfully completed; includes  Internet Cafe.

Kambuzuma,
Suburb of Harare

Carolyn
Schrader

Denver Mile High,
Non Rotary sources

$10,000

 Pilot project to test a Living Well program for people living with AIDS    

 Implemented in 2008; continuing

Various countries:

Kenya, Ghana, Sierra Leone

David Talbot

Mountain Foothills

Collection and delivery of crutches to various sites in Africa.  Currently two containers of crutches, wheelchairs and canes are in transit.

Ongoing with Rotary and community support