Project Description Country: USA Location: Homer, Alaska Total Budget: $5,000 Areas of Focus: Peacebuilding and conflict prevention, Disease prevention and treatment, Water, sanitation and hygiene, Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy, Community economic development, The environment Activity Type: Community Development: Disaster Recovery Summary: Homer-based ARK provides food and water to people suffering from war or other calamities around the world in an extremely economic and financially transparent manner. The Homer-based Altruist Relief Kitchen (ARK) has provided free meals and water to those affected by war and other calamities serving approximately 1,000 meals daily for a cumulative total of 170,000 meals in Ukraine, earthquake-stricken Turkey and Mexico. They are planning to open soon a field kitchen inn the Gaza Strip due to the recent ongoing war. ARK recently relocated their field kitchen in Ukraine to Lviv which provided more operational efficiency with increased space and locally available firewood for their wood fueled cooking stoves. This cost conscious move is anticipated to decrease meal cost from $0.33 to $0.25. ARK is extremely efficient utilizing recycled material for their tent covers, steel tubing for their tent frames and steel barrels for their cook stoves. As for staffing, they use both volunteers and paid local refugees. The Altruist Relief Kitchen demonstrates financial transparency with images of all donations matched with associated expenses/receipts which is a pioneering trait for most organization such as theirs. As they stated, they "meticulously crafted layers of financial safeguards and accountability to prevent waste, corruption and misallocation anywhere within the ARK". Club funding will be accomplished from members participating in the annual Homer HealthFair, Homer Peony Flower Sales and Homer Cranium Trivia Cup. Project Contact Person District: 5010 Rotary Club of: Homer-Kachemak Bay Primary Contact: Eric Young Email: erichotdoc@yahoo.com Project Status Paid This project is "Paid". This means that the funds from the district have been issued. This project is now being ready for implementation. When this is done, a report needs to be uploaded on the project page and the "Reported" button needs to be clicked, then the status of the project will be changed to "Reported". Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Homer-Kachemak Bay (5010) 13-Apr-24 $2,500 $2,500 $5,000 Total $2,500 $2,500 $5,000

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History Log Entries 13-Apr-24 by Eric Young System Entry: Creation of project page. 29-Apr-24 by Paul Paslay System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 29-Apr-24 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Kim Zook. 3-May-24 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Eric Young. 29-Jul-24 by Eric Young No change in status. Awaiting funding. 20-Aug-24 by Cathleen Lewis System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 12-Oct-24 by Debra Mason System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.