Project Description Region: South America Country: Brazil Location: Piracicaba -São Paulo Total Budget: $53,476 Area of Focus: Maternal and child health The project will be Brotherhood of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Piracicaba, located at Av. Independência, 953, Bairro Alto - CEP 13419-155 - Piracicaba - SP - Brazil Pulmonary Ventilator Neonatal With the acquisition of four (4) pulmonary ventilators, the technological modernization of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit aims to: improve the care provided by preventing complications due to problems arising from prematurity, respiratory disorders, heart diseases, malformations Congenital and metabolic disorders, thus improving the quality of life of the newborn. Direct beneficiaries will be newborns at high risk (as well as their parents) or who need special care with different clinical or surgical problems such as: prematurity, respiratory disorders, heart diseases, congenital malformations and metabolic disorders. Currently the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Piracicaba has fourteen beds with an average stay of fourteen days. Therefore, an average of 360 premature children per year will be attended. Total Value in Local Currency: R $ 150,000.00 Total Amount in USD: 39.778 Primary Host Partner District: 4310 Rotary Club of: Piracicaba-Povoador Primary Contact: Emilio Cassano Email: emiliocassano@uol.com.br Primary International Partner District: 4140 Rotary Club of: Guadalajara Internacional Primary Contact: Bertha Sánche Email: rotarygdlinternacional@gmail.com Project Status Dropped This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped. Project listed for the 2018-19 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #12000.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Piracicaba-Povoador (4310) 20-Aug-18 $2,400 $12,000 $14,400 Maringá-Colombo (4630) 18-Sep-18 $1 $0 $1 District 4845 DDF 26-Sep-18 - $2,000 $2,000 District 1960 DDF 26-Sep-18 - $1,000 $1,000 Arlington (Sunrise) (5790) 10-Oct-18 $125 $0 $125 District 4140 DDF 1-Apr-19 - $6,000 $6,000 Campo Mourão (4630) 1-Apr-19 $1 $0 $1 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $5,125 - $5,125 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $3,826 $21,000 $24,824 Total $53,476 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%.

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format There are no documents yet for this project. Go to the administration page to upload documents.

Project Photos There are no photos yet for this project. Go to the administration page to upload photos.

History Log Entries 20-Aug-18 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 15-Sep-18 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 DDF by Deepak Gupta of District 3012. 18-Sep-18 by Mauro Carvalho Duarte Junior System Entry: Pledge of $1 by Mauro Duarte of the Rotary Club of Maringá-Colombo, District 4630. 18-Sep-18 by Mauro Carvalho Duarte Junior System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 DDF by C. R. Chandra Bob of the Rotary Club of Ranipet, District 3231. 26-Sep-18 by Mauro Carvalho Duarte Junior System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 DDF by Luis Schattner of District 4845. 26-Sep-18 by Mauro Carvalho Duarte Junior System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 DDF by Henrique Almeida of District 1960. 10-Oct-18 by Christopher McLucas System Entry: Pledge of $125 by Christopher McLucas of the Rotary Club of Arlington (Sunrise), District 5790. 10-Oct-18 by Christopher McLucas System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 10-Oct-18 by Christopher McLucas System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 10-Oct-18 by Christopher McLucas System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation. 29-Mar-19 by Mauro Carvalho Duarte Junior System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 1-Apr-19 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $6,000 DDF by Bertha Sánche of the Rotary Club of Guadalajara internacional, District 4140. 1-Apr-19 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $1 by Antonio Carlos Cardoso of the Rotary Club of Campo Mourão, District 4630. 2-Sep-19 System Entry System Entry: Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.