Project Description Region: South America Country: Brazil Location: Apucarana Total Budget: $32,696 Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment This Project aims the purchase of 50 hospital cribs (with the mattresses) and 02 phototherapy machines/devices for the maternity wards and rooms of Hospital da Providência Materno Infantil - located in Apucarana, state of Paraná for newborns to stay with their mothers for 24hours a day. Hospital da Providência Materno Infantil is a philanthropic institution which attends mothers with high risk pregnancies and neonatal ICU Level II. It has 111 beds (69 for the public health system patients) and attends more than 17 cities besides having the 9th human milk bank in the state. 173 physicians of 18 different areas besides the 176 employees work at the hospital. An average of 201 deliveries are performed a day. The cribs and phototherapy machine will bring a better care and more comfort for the newborns. The hospital attends a population of about 485.483 in. and more than 75% through the public health system. Primary Host Partner District: 4710 Rotary Club of: Apucarana Primary Contact: Nalini da Costa Email: ncbrasil@hotmail.com Primary International Partner We are looking for a Club partner. Click here to pledge support for this project. Recording a pledge will make you the Primary International Partner for this project. 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.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Apucarana (4710) 29-Aug-18 $2,000 $6,000 $8,000 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $11,798 - $11,798 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $6,899 $6,000 $12,898 Total $32,696 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 29-Aug-18 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 2-Sep-19 System Entry System Entry: Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.