This project will further empower the Salvadoran Pediatric Cardiac Team to treat children with heart disease in their own country . With the addition of the new dedicated pediatric cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Hospital Bloom in November 2017, the hospital administration must adjust budgets to support the increase of children being treated. Therefore they require supplemental support to ensure surgeries continue to be completed in a reliable and sustainable manner. Additionally, the Salvadoran surgical and aftercare teams require additional mentoring in the treatment and post-operative care of children with complex heart disease. Lastly, it is essential for a program of this magnitude and complexity to have excellent imaging equipment to adequately diagnose children and to ensure all surgeries have been completed with the best possible outcome. At the request of the pediatric cardiac team, this grant will fund a state-of-the-art echocardiogram machine with probes. Additional grant funding will provide supplemental supplies and medications as well as training for the surgical team, post-operative team and nurses with regard to complex heart disease cases.
Rotarians will contribute to and manage grant funds. Local Rotarians will help with the collection of data for monitoring and evaluation of the project. They will also provide comfort and emotional support to the families of children treated. Another Rotarian responsibility will be to oversee the delivery of equipment to Hospital Bloom and arrange for media coverage of the project and contributions to Hospital Bloom as a a result.
Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by The Rotary Foundation. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.
Project listed for the 2018-19 Rotary Year.
The TRF Grant application number is #1980491.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
San Salvador Noroeste (4240)
23-May-18
$2,500
$0
$2,500
La Jolla Sunrise (5340)
23-May-18
$10,000
$10,000
$20,000
Coronado (5340)
25-May-18
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Torrey Pines (La Jolla) (5340)
13-Sep-18
$3,000
$3,000
$6,000
San Salvador Cuscatlán (4240)
13-Sep-18
$5,000
$0
$5,000
District 7500 DDF
13-Sep-18
-
$10,000
$10,000
District 7255 DDF
13-Sep-18
-
$10,000
$10,000
La Jolla Sunrise (5340)
28-Sep-18
$20,000
$0
$20,000
Bridgeport (7980)
28-Sep-18
$10,000
$0
$10,000
District 6960 DDF
28-Sep-18
-
$5,000
$5,000
District 5220 DDF
9-Dec-18
-
$3,000
$3,000
Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation
$25,750
$41,000
$66,750
Total
$159,250
DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.
Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.
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History Log Entries
23-May-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Creation of project page.
25-May-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Rainier Trinidad of the Rotary Club of Coronado, District 5340.
25-May-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $10,000 with $10,000 DDF by Estelle Ebert of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Sunrise, District 5340.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
The $20,000 Cash Donation listed under Kathy Hiltner is from the Gift of Life 7500 Foundation. Since it is not from a club, the International partner is responsible to collecting and disbursing these funds to TRF.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
The pledge under the name Valerie Phillips was made by the Gift of Life Rotary District 7090. Since it is not a club contribution, the funds will be collected and disbursed by the International partner-The La Jolla Sunrise Rotary Cub.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 with $3,000 DDF by Donald Yeckel of the Rotary Club of Torrey Pines (La Jolla), District 5340.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Victor Silhy of the Rotary Club of San Salvador Cuscatlán, District 4240.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Victor Silhy of the Rotary Club of San Salvador Cuscatlán, District 4240.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Victor Silhy of the Rotary Club of San Salvador Cuscatlán, District 4240.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Victor Silhy of the Rotary Club of San Salvador Cuscatlán, District 4240.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Victor Silhy of the Rotary Club of San Salvador Cuscatlán, District 4240.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Victor Silhy of the Rotary Club of San Salvador Cuscatlán, District 4240.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Victor Silhy of the Rotary Club of San Salvador Cuscatlán, District 4240.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Victor Silhy of the Rotary Club of San Salvador Cuscatlán, District 4240.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Victor Silhy of the Rotary Club of San Salvador Cuscatlán, District 4240.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $10,000 DDF by Kathy Hiltner of District 7500.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Marion Stark of District 7255.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Wendy Walsh of District 7255.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Lou Auricchio of District 6960.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $20,000 by Kathy Hiltner of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Sunrise, District 5340.
13-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 by Valerie Phillips of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Sunrise, District 5340.
14-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
A donation in the amount of $10,000 was received from the Gift of Life Foundation in District 7980. which encompasses Bridgeport, Ct. As the International partner in this project, the La Jolla Sunrise Rotary club. will distribute these funds on behalf of the grant to TRF
14-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $10,000 by Bob Vossler of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Sunrise, District 5340.
28-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".
28-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $20,000 by Kathy Hiltner of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Sunrise, District 5340.
28-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $10,000 by Bob Vossler of the Rotary Club of Bridgeport, District 7980.
28-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Lou Auricchio of the Rotary Club of Sarasota Southside, District 6960.
28-Sep-18
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".
9-Dec-18
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 DDF by Kenneth Steele of the Rotary Club of Stockton, District 5220.
9-Dec-18
System Entry
System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".
25-Mar-19
by Estelle Ebert
We have completed 5 Salvadoran missions to date and treated 32 children. The General Ward as been renovated by a Salvadoran company -Telus, and has been equipped by this global Grant. At least 200 children will benefit from this new ward which is kid-friendly and has a designated area for pediatric cardiology patients. 12 children have received interventional catherizations and 50 children have benefited from the supplemental supplies and medications provided by this grant.
2-Jul-19
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
16-Sep-19
by Estelle Ebert
1) All equipment has been purchased and will be shipped next week.
2) A Multi-disciplinary conference has been completed with a positive outcome.
3) Planning for the October 2019 VTT team is underway.
2-Dec-19
by Estelle Ebert
Between Oct. 27-Nov. 3, 12 Salvadoran children received life saving heart surgery.
17-Feb-20
by Estelle Ebert
1) All equipment has been installed at Hospital Bloom
2) 1st VTT was completed in October 2019…12 children were treated
3) 2nd VTT will take place in March 2020… this is the Electrophysiology Mission…we expect to treat 17-20 children
4) There is approximately $20,000 left to spend between the 2 GG accounts. This will primarily fund supplies and medications
5) There is a cadre visit scheduled in El Salvador next week for this grant.
6) A total of 176 surgeries were completed at Hospital Bloom in 2019
3-May-20
by Estelle Ebert
The only update on this grant is that the Salvadoran pediatric cardiac team are still able to operate on emergency cases during the pandemic. We have purchased the Pediatric Cardiac Team PPE so they are protected when they come in to do the emergency surgeries. We will provide another update post Covid.
27-Jul-20
by Estelle Ebert
We are almost ready to complete this grant. A shipment of supplies is being sent to El Salvador this week and another will be sent in August. These supplies will support the local team who continue to operate on children during Covid-19. The remaining funding will also be spent on additional supplies and medications needed to perform the surgeries. We expect to close this grant within the next 2 months.
27-Jul-20
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.
27-Jul-20
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.
10-Jan-21
by Estelle Ebert
System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.
25-Feb-21
by Janice Kurth
System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.
