District 5580 World Community Service (WCS) Grants (Bricks & Mortar)

World Community Service Grants are exclusive to D5580

• Adopted at the General Assembly of D5580 Presidents in May 1998 (Gary Nolte’s year as DG)

• Funds raised for D5580’s WCS are strictly for International “Bricks & Mortar” Projects.

• Began with a $10/D5580 Rotarian annual dues, thus raising roughly $33,000/year

• In May 2009 at General Assembly (Minot), the dues were raised to $15/Rotarian/year, thus raising approximately $48,000/year.

Guatemala projects funded by FM Rotary Foundation thru D5580 Rotary Clubs• 07.1.04 &15 Corn Mill Grinders near Coban, Guatemala $3,236• 07.1.05,06,07 &14 Water Projects near Coban, Guatemala $4,224• 07.1.09 Tierra Blanca, Guatemala School Project $9,000• 07.1.10 Pasojoc, Guatemala Kitchen for School built in ’06 $1,500• 07.1.11 Sansare Desks & Computers 4/Trade School $5,000• 07.1.12 School Expansion Computer Lab in Zacualpa $9,650• 07.1.13 Chixocol, Guatemala 2 story/4-classrm School $14,000• 08.4.08 San Juan La Laguna Bombaros Station Phase I $32,859• 08.4.09 El Nacimiento School at Seja, Guatemala $12,964• 08.4.10 Seja, Guatemala Water Project $4,600• 09.2.11 Las Flores, Guatemala Raise School Roof $7,500• 09.2.12 Las Flores Water Project $4,500• 09.2.13 Las Flores Health Clinic/Pharmacy $8,500• 09.2.14 Agua Caliente’ School Project $14,500• 09.2.15 San Juan La Laguna Bombaros Station Phase II $15,000• 10.2.07 Mixco, Guatemala Water Project $4,561• 10.2.08 Las Flores Guatemala School $10,928• 10.4.19 Corn Mill Grinding Machine @ Seja $1,476• 11.2.08 El Dormido, Guatemala School Project $12,182• 11.2.09 Xesiguan, Chimaltenago Guatemala Water Project $6,289• 12.2.14 San Antonio, Guatemala School Project $14,723• 12.3.17 Guatemala Libraries, etc (Smith’s) $5,570• 13.1.03 El Cebollito y La Curvina Schools $14,683• 13.2.09 Sansare, Guatemala Libraries y AV equipment (Smith’s) $5,949 • 14.1.14 El Cebollito y La Curvina Schools $18,144 • T O T A L $241,538

TRF Matching Grants Projects with partnering D5580 Rotary Clubs include:

•08.3.07 Library & Text Books 7 Guate Schools (Wahpeton) $11,900•09.1.04 Guatemala Libraries Zacualpa (Wahpeton) $11,900•09.1.07 Tanzania Water Wells (w/Lake Park Lutheran) $17,568•10.1.01 Sindhuli Madi Nepal (thru Jmstwn Rotary) $23,041•10.1.03 El Rodeo, Bolivia Clinic (Duluth HarborTown) $49,180•10.2.06 Guatemala Libraries (Wahpeton Rotary) $21,209•13.2.08 San Jacinto, Bolivia clinic addt’n (Duluth Harbortown) $79,855

T O T A L $214,653

Project Guatemala – Rotary D5580

60% Indigenous Mayans

23 Mayan Languages

45.9 percentof the

populationis under age 16.

70% of rural population livesbelow the poverty level

Guatemala Facts

• Average Life Expectancy – 66.85 yrs• Per capita income - $3,700• Infant Mortality Rate – 44.55/1,000 births• Literacy – 63.6% over age 15• 95% of Wealth is owned by 16 families• Population below poverty line – 60%• Inflation rate – 7.6%• Income – Adoption, Coffee & Tourism

D5580 Project Guatemala Goals:

• Building schools (13 to date), school classroom additions, and school improvements

• Corn mill grinding machines (4 to date) and water projects (9 to date)

• Library books and instruction materials for classrooms (3 MG Projects to date through Wahpeton Rotary)

• Cultural Exchange• Fellowship (Rotarians and others)

District 5580 Partnering with District 4250 (Guatemala, Honduras & Belize)

Medical Clinic/Pharmacy 2003

Project Foreman Edwin (eth-ween’)

Grand Opening of the Clinic in May 2003

San Felipe la Tabla Clinic as it looks today

El Rodeo School - 2004

El Rodeo School - 2004

Dedication of the El Rodeo Escuela in August 2005

El Rodeo Escuela dedication ceremony (Aug ’05)

Computer Lab building added to school in Zacualpa (highlands of Guatemala) through donation of Rotarian Rita Krank of Dickinson Rotary

2 story/4-classroom addition to Chixocol (4 Km from Zacualpa)

School in Chixocol

School in Chixocol

School in Chixocol

Repaint and Thin No More!!

Mas Café…1000 lbs.

Pack it up and take it home. With the proceeds, we’ll build another school.

Lake Atitlan (from 2500 feet). The lake is 8 miles by 15 miles and it’s depth is 1,100 feet!

San JuanLa Laguna

Paul Embleton

The 1st Step was to build a boat-ambulance dock

The 2011 WCS Project … the El Dormido School replacing a school destroyed in June 2010 by Pacific based Hurricane Agatha.

In February 2012, a formal dedication was held with members of Vista Hermosa D4250 and D5580’s mission volunteers.

Then it was off to San Antonio to build the 2012 school . . . These barges carry vehicles down river and save several miles of travel by road.

Blake’s team accomplished a lot in the week they worked on the project …

… from footings to walls, this is how the San Antonio school looked when the team left.

The San Antonio escuela as it looked in May of 2012 … it just needs windows and doors to finish.

The school as it appeared in March 2013 – complete and busy with students.

The project was dedicated in memory of Julio’s father from Club Vista Hermosa.

D5580 2013 Team

El CebollitoMonterrico

Esquela in El Cebollito –needed a new roof. Then “the walls came a-tumblin’ down.” Time to redirect our efforts!

Our work consisted of removing the old foundation, digging, and pouring new footings.

A familiar scene for those who volunteer in Guatemala. If you’re not cut out for digging and hauling, then you’re wiring concrete rebar.

Finally, the Gringos have a useful skill.

El Dormido

Monterrico

La Curvina

2014 D5580 Projects

There will be more of this…

And more of this…

You’ll have to stay here…

And get along with these people.

Can you picture yourself here?

Do you think you can handle it?

Can you do it for these kids?

Gracias Amigos Rotary!

Rotary District 5580 in Guatemala