P-2496

Wheelchairs to Cuba 2018/19

Description

Financing

Documents

Photos

History Logs

Project Description

Country: Cuba

Location: Havana

Total Budget: $20,000

Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment

Activity Type: Health: General

Summary: To ship a container of wheelchairs to Cuba and to distribute them to the recipients in need.


Rotarians from D-5790 and around the world, including members of the Rotarian Wine Appreciation Fellowship, will raise funds to purchase a container load of wheelchairs in various sizes from the Wheelchair Foundation of Canada to distribute to needy people in Havana, Cuba. A past Ambassadorial Scholar, who just completed his 5-year medical degree at the U. of Havana, will coordinate the project in Havana with Caritas Cuba and the Cuban Ministry of Health. In addition, to encourage world understanding, a continuing program has been set up for students from Tarrant County College, majoring in Sociology, Spanish and Photography to spend about ten days in Havana on a work/study trip as part of their degree plans. Rotarians will help to distribute the wheelchairs to the specific individuals who will receive and own them. Contributions are needed and welcome! Those who contribute may be invited to travel to Cuba to participate in the wheelchair distribution.

Project Contact Person

District: 5790

Rotary Club of: Grapevine

Primary Contact: Conrad C Heede

Email: ccheede@aol.com

Project Status

Dropped
This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped.

Project listed for the 2021-22 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Grapevine (5790)

15-Aug-18

$10,000

$0

$10,000

Grapevine (5790)

15-Aug-18

$500

$0

$500

Hurst-Euless-Bedford (5790)

22-Aug-18

$2,500

$0

$2,500

Remaining Amount to Raise

Additional Contribution (Needed) - Click here to add a contribution.

$7,000

Total

$13,000

$0

$20,000

DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.

Project Supporting Documents

Project Photos

History Log Entries

15-Aug-18

by Conrad C Heede

System Entry: Creation of project page.

15-Aug-18

by Conrad C Heede

System Entry: Pledge of $500 by Graham Sowa of the Rotary Club of Grapevine, District 5790.

22-Aug-18

by Conrad C Heede

System Entry: Pledge of $2,500 by Paul Lucas of the Rotary Club of Hurst-Euless-Bedford, District 5790.

2-Dec-18

by Conrad C Heede

The wheelchairs have been ordered for delivery in about March 2019. Additional funding still needed.

1-Jul-19

by Conrad C Heede

The wheelchairs have arrived in Havana and received by Caritas Cuba, the Catholic Charities in Cuba. Christiana Flessner, Rotarian and CEO of the Canadian Wheelchair Foundation is in Havana now to assist with the initial wheelchair distribution. Another delegation will arrive in January 2020 to complete the distribution. Additional funding is still needed.

2-Sep-22

System Entry

System Entry: Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.

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