Areas of Focus: Maternal and child health, Community economic development
In the 2018-19 Rotary year, D5580 and the FMAM Rotary Club participated in a microloan project with Gondar Fasiledes Rotary Club. Fifty women were trained and received microloans to develop small businesses.
In 2020, FMAM Rotary and Gondar Fasiledes Rotary will partner again to develop a Global Grant to train 120 women in small businesses, in collaboration with Wogen Children and Mothers' Support Association in Gondar.
The small businesses planned are:
1. Sheep breeding for 20 house holds
2. Injera preparation and selling 20 poor single women
3. Malting - inputs for homemade beer for 10 poor single women
4. Street business - for 10 poor girls and women
5. Vegetables selling -for 20 poor girls and women
6. Dairy product for five single women
7. Street fast food selling - 5
8. Cereals selling business for poor family - 10
The approximate budget is 50,000 and we hope to get club contributions before 2020 so the project can begin in early spring.
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 #209639.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Jamestown (5580)
26-Feb-20
$1,000
$1,000
$2,000
Pelican Rapids (5580)
26-Feb-20
$500
$500
$1,000
Thunder Bay (Fort William) (5580)
26-Feb-20
$500
$500
$1,000
Thunder Bay (Port Arthur) (5580)
26-Feb-20
$350
$350
$700
Nipigon (5580)
26-Feb-20
$1,500
$1,500
$3,000
Central Lakes-Pequot Lakes (5580)
26-Feb-20
$250
$250
$500
Duluth Harbortown (5580)
26-Feb-20
$500
$500
$1,000
Williston (5580)
26-Feb-20
$250
$250
$500
Fargo-West (5580)
28-Jun-20
$2,797
$2,797
$5,594
Fargo (5580)
28-Jun-20
$1,797
$1,797
$3,594
Moorhead (5580)
28-Jun-20
$1,797
$1,797
$3,594
Fargo Moorhead PM (5580)
28-Jun-20
$1,796
$1,796
$3,592
Fallbrook (5340)
24-Sep-20
$3,500
$3,500
$7,000
Fargo-Moorhead AM (5580)
16-Oct-20
$1,797
$0
$1,797
Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation
-
$16,537
$16,537
Total
$51,408
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%.
Project Supporting Documents
There are no documents yet for this project. Go to the administration page to upload documents.
Project Photos
History Log Entries
6-Oct-19
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
The Fargo Moorhead AM Rotary club has begun a Global Grant to develop a microloan project with the Gondar Fasiledes Rotary Club and Wogen Children and Women's Support Organization. The application will be submitted through MyRotary.org, but fundraising will take place in part through this website (matchinggrants.org).
Thank you for your work on this project!
6-Oct-19
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Creation of project page.
26-Feb-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Erin Paulson of the Rotary Club of Jamestown, District 5580.
26-Feb-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $500 by Andrew Sorum of the Rotary Club of Pelican Rapids, District 5580.
26-Feb-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $500 by Jill Zachary of the Rotary Club of Thunder Bay (Fort William), District 5580.
26-Feb-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $350 by Roly Turner of the Rotary Club of Thunder Bay (Port Arthur), District 5580.
26-Feb-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $1,500 by Linda Nicol of the Rotary Club of Nipigon, District 5580.
26-Feb-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $250 with $250 DDF by Joe Keimig of the Rotary Club of Central Lakes-Pequot Lakes, District 5580.
26-Feb-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $500 with $500 DDF by Karl Everett of the Rotary Club of Duluth Harbortown, District 5580.
26-Feb-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $250 with $250 DDF by Marsha Schmidt of the Rotary Club of Williston, District 5580.
28-Jun-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
Hello all, great news: This grant is fully funded! After 2 months, we finally were able to get the proper D9212 authorizations and the grant is under review with TRF. Hopefully, the project will be approved soon!
28-Jun-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $1,797 with $1,797 DDF by Alicia (Helion) Belay of the Rotary Club of Fargo-Moorhead AM, District 5580.
28-Jun-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $2,797 with $2,797 DDF by Jill Berg of the Rotary Club of Fargo-West, District 5580.
28-Jun-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $1,797 with $1,797 DDF by Heather Ranck of the Rotary Club of Fargo, District 5580.
28-Jun-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $1,797 with $1,797 DDF by Steve Schaefer of the Rotary Club of Moorhead, District 5580.
28-Jun-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $1,797 with $1,797 DDF by Steve Schaefer of the Rotary Club of Moorhead, District 5580.
28-Jun-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $1,796 with $1,796 DDF by Deb Maertens of the Rotary Club of Fargo Moorhead PM, District 5580.
18-Aug-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
This project was submitted to RI in April, received authorization from D9212 in June. Our grants officer has reviewed the application and is requiring significant changes. We have completed the changes and are hoping to resubmit the full application by the end of August.
24-Sep-20
by Tina Langham-Smith
System Entry: Pledge of $3,500 with $3,500 DDF by Tina Langham-Smith of the Rotary Club of Fallbrook, District 5340.
16-Oct-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
Hello all,
Great news: the Ethiopia Small Business Development grant has been APPROVED!
Your club should have received the request from TRF to submit your funds this week!!! I understand that club funds can be sent directly to us here in Fargo (contact me for address etc) or, if you wish to send to TRF to obtain Paul Harris points, you can do that by following the instructions emailed to you from TRF.
Reach me any time at amh.belay@gmail.com for more information about any aspect of this project or process :) It is so exciting that 155 women will be starting new businesses in Northern Ethiopia thanks to your generosity!!!!!!
16-Oct-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Pledge of $1,797 by Alicia (Helion) Belay of the Rotary Club of Fargo-Moorhead AM, District 5580.
16-Oct-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".
16-Oct-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
16-Oct-20
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.
2-Jan-21
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
Exciting news! This grant has been approved and paid by RI. We will disperse the first installment of funds within 2 weeks. There are major holidays now in Gondar, so work would not begin until after the celebration of Timket (epiphany), which is celebrated around January 15th.
Thanks everyone for your support! Will you update again soon!
16-Apr-21
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
Our team in Gondar reports that the first teams of women have been trained and have started their new jobs making traditional Ethiopian bread (injera). I've posted some pictures in the Matchinggrants portal.
16-Apr-21
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.
26-Sep-21
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
Twenty women have been trained in injera making (traditional bread) and 20 in sheep breeding. Receipts have been submitted and we are working to compile for the one year report due in December. The second half of the money will be sent to Ethiopia in October. We have interviewed several women by phone to learn about their experience and their new businesses--they reported heart-warming stories of feeling able to 'stand on their own, instead of like a beggar'. Gondar Fasiledes Rotary in Ethiopia has provided additional names and numbers this week for women who have participated, so more women will be interviewed. Due to COVID and the war in Ethiopia, this project has been a tremendous challenge. But we are so happy for the 40 new women that have jobs through your support. Thank you!
28-Apr-22
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
The final installment of funds were sent to Ethiopia and new recipients are now being trained and starting new jobs.
In February 2022, GCA Thrive partners from Fargo were able to visit Gondar, Ethiopia, and meet some of the recipients of this project, getting photos, videos, and interviews of the women and their new jobs. Women were making amazing progress in their businesses! Photos are included on the project page on the matching grants site.
GCA Thrive partner wrote an article for Rotary Magazine about this project and are waiting to see if the project will be considered for inclusion in the monthly Rotary magazine.
This project should be concluding in the next six months.
12-Dec-22
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
I am here in Ethiopia as I write this update. I have had the opportunity to meet with Wogen lead, Rotarian Hibste, and to visit five of the recipients of the project. I got a chance to interact with five women: Kasanesh & Tsehay (selling vegetables) and Meseret, Articlet, and Salem (traditional bread--injera--and small restaurant businesswomen). I've uploaded pictures of them. Look for the final report from this project coming soon.
7-Apr-23
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.
17-Jul-23
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
Project is completed successfully in early 2023. Final report was submitted to RI several months ago. We are waiting on RI to review/accept report. I will send an email update to all who have contributed to this project as soon as the report has been reviewed and accepted by RI.
3-Oct-23
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
The final report for this project has been accepted by TRF and we are now officially done with this project!! So exciting! Thank you to everyone for your support. Many women have new jobs in Ethiopia and their families' lives have been changed because of this project! Hurray!
3-Oct-23
by Alicia (Helion) Belay
System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.
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