Project Description Region: South-East Asia Country: India Location: Kolkata, India Total Budget: $35,500 Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Basic education and literacy, Community economic development In Kolkata, India, there is an immediate need for caring for a large number of women who are abused, neglected, mentally challenged, and many who have lost their homes and sometimes wandering around in the streets of Kolkata. A local Rotary Club of Ballygunge (District 3291) has proposed a solution to help these women in despair. This Host Rotary has requested the international sponsor to initiate a Global Grant to help these women to provide a safe shelter, stabilize mental and physical health, provide needed treatment by qualified medical doctors/nurses and execute a rehabilitation training program for about 50 women per year. In the shelter, the women will be trained in activities that include organic farming & composting, handicrafts, quilting and sewing, to generate a sense of self-confidence and skills that will eventually give them an opportunity to earn a living and become a productive member of society. To this goal, the Host Rotary will be establishing the safe shelter and offer rehabilitation and training programs. The club members will help set-up the shelter, supervise and monitor progress and activities. Host Rotary also proposes that the project funds be used for acute care, long term rehabilitation and vocational training and for ongoing medical camps with primary and psychiatric care as required. The duration of this specific project will be one year from the date the Global Grant is approved and funds received. The established shelter, after completion of the Global Grant with all the training and other programs mentioned above, will continue to operate under the directions of a selected local NGO who is experienced in this field to ensure continued sustenance of the program. The NGO will continue to run the all the programs and maintaining the shelter at their own expense. Primary Host Partner District: 3291 Rotary Club of: Ballygunge Primary Contact: Bhomra Chatterji Email: bhomrachatterji@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Del Mar-Solana Beach Primary Contact: Herb Liberman Email: heliberman@comcast.net Project Status 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 2020-21 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #2092949.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Ballygunge (3291) 8-Jun-19 $1,500 $0 $1,500 Del Mar-Solana Beach (5340) 8-Jun-19 $9,500 $9,500 $19,000 Del Mar-Solana Beach (5340) 6-Mar-21 $5,500 $0 $5,500 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $9,500 $9,500 Total $35,500 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 8-Jun-19 by Mandyam Venkatesh System Entry: Creation of project page. 1-Aug-19 by Mandyam Venkatesh A Global Grant Number was assigned as GG-2092949 by the Rotary Foundation 5-Aug-19 by Janice Kurth DDF from D5340 was approved at the District Foundation Committee meeting today. 16-Nov-19 by Mandyam Venkatesh The Global Grant 2092949 was reviewed by TRF and had many questions. We are currently updating the grant to respond to the TRF questions and will be submitting soon as soon as all the authorizations are complete. Awaiting the last authorization from Host District DRFC Anirudh Roy Chowdhury 2-Mar-20 by Mandyam Venkatesh Jennifer Berg of TRF had more clarifying questions and Bhomra Chattarji of Host Rotary has responded to all questions comprehensively. The TRF responded that the Grant is submitted for Grant Board for review. Hopefully the Grant will be approved soon. 5-Mar-20 by Mandyam Venkatesh Our global Grant GG-2092949 was approved by TRF and will be able to start the project soon in Kolkutta, India as soon as all the payments are remitted to TRF. Congrats to all in the Ballygange Host Rotary and in our International Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary for all your efforts. 16-Jul-20 by Mandyam Venkatesh This Global Grant GG-2092949 was fully approved on May 3, 2020 by TRF, but unpaid. The Ballygange Host Rotary are eager to start the project as soon as funds are received. 2-Aug-20 by Mandyam Venkatesh TRF remitted Grant funds during last week of July 2020 and funds received by Host Rotary of Ballygunge. Currently preparing to start the Project. 16-Aug-20 by Mandyam Venkatesh The Ballygunge Host Rotary received grant funds in July 2020 and currently making arrangements to establish a Training Center and concurrently begin recruiting 15 Homeless Destitute Women for treatment and training. 16-Aug-20 by Mandyam Venkatesh System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 22-Oct-20 by Mandyam Venkatesh The Host Rotary club of Ballygange is currently trying to select candidates for the program and also establishing the training center. However, because of the Covid-19 restrictions, currently no progress has been made. 6-Mar-21 by Mandyam Venkatesh The Host Rotary is currently in the process of training the destitute women for gainful employment 6-Mar-21 by Mandyam Venkatesh System Entry: Pledge of $1,511 by Venky Venkatesh of the Rotary Club of Del Mar-Solana Beach, District 5340. 6-Mar-21 by Mandyam Venkatesh System Entry: Pledge of $5,500 by Venky Venkatesh of the Rotary Club of Del Mar-Solana Beach, District 5340. 6-Mar-21 by Mandyam Venkatesh System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 16-Jun-21 by Mandyam Venkatesh The Ballygange Host Rotary in Kolkata India had suspended the training activities because of rampant Covid -19 and have since restarted training activities of the selected 15 candidates and is progressing. The Host Rotary is scheduled to provide a progress report by end of June 2021. 2-Jul-21 by Mandyam Venkatesh Interim Status Progress Report as of Jan 31, 2021 and as of March 31, 2021 copies uploaded to TRF website and also here in the documents section. 16-Jul-21 by Mandyam Venkatesh On July 2, 2021, the March 31, 2021 progress report has been uploaded in the documents section. The report talks about the training of the 15 homeless women in West Bengal state in India. The progress has been slow because of the pandemic. The training has since been resumed and progress report will be posted end of September 2021. 2-Sep-21 System Entry System Entry: Fully Pledged project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails. 15-Sep-21 by Mandyam Venkatesh August 31, 2021 Progress Report submitted in TRF Global Grant website and document report copy uploaded here in document section. The grant should be complete in 2 months and final report will be filed by Dec 2021. 15-Sep-21 by Philippe Lamoise System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 15-Sep-21 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 15-Sep-21 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation. 15-Sep-21 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation. 19-Sep-21 by Mandyam Venkatesh Progress Report submitted to TRF and copy uploaded in Document Section. Training of 15 Homeless Women progressing and many have been given the opportunity of gainful employment already. Final report will be submitted by end of the year. 19-Aug-22 by Bhomra Chatterji System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation. 2-Jan-23 by Mandyam Venkatesh Host rotary submitted final report to TRF on August 19, 2022. 16-Jun-23 by Mandyam Venkatesh Project completed in Dec 2022 and final report submitted and accepted by TRF 16-Jun-23 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation. 17-Jun-23 by Mandyam Venkatesh Project Completed and final report submitted to TRF in August 2022