P-5145

Summer Camp - Pogradec Albania

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Project Description

Country: Albania

Location: Pogradec

Total Budget: $4,200

Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy

Activity Type: Education: General

Summary: Summer camp for 60 disadvantaged Roma children in Pogradec, Albania


"Amaro Tan" means "our place" in Romani, the language of Albania's ethnic Roma minority. The Amaro Tan School, located in an economically challenged part of Pogradec, Albania, provides a safe place for low-income Roma, Albanian Egyptian, and Albanian children to learn and grow. Roma and Egyptian minority groups, which make up about 3% of the total population, disproportionately live in extreme poverty. Persistent inflation exacerbated by war in Ukraine continues to erode many Albanians' ability to meet their most basic needs. Families already living in poverty are increasingly anxious and desperate.

Amaro Tan provides education for 130 Roma, ethnic Egyptian, and low-income Albanian children from preschool through ninth grade every year. It provides hot meals for the children, health and dental services, social worker services and parent engagement, vocational education for a variety of ages, and opportunities for play. The curriculum is the same as that taught in Albanian schools. Access to education and an array of social services makes the difference between endemic poverty and secure, sustainable communities. By offering these children at the margins of society the same access to education as their Albanian peers, the Amaro Tan School works to break the cycle of poverty in the Albanian Egyptian and Roma communities. In a time of uncertainty, the school provides safety and stability these children urgently need.

For this grant we are requesting $2,600 in Rotary District Matching grant funds, to go with $1,600 from the Rotary Club of Estes Park, to run a camp for 60 Amaro Tan students during summer vacation in August 2024. Time out of school for Amaro Tan students is time that they are at increased risk of being forced into begging and trash collecting on the streets of Pogradec-or of being trafficked. Summer camp allows these children to be children, enjoying age-appropriate activities and field trips in a wholesome atmosphere. Along with activities, students receive breakfast and lunch and transportation to and from camp. At a time when poor families are struggling to put food on the table, this respite meets immediate needs and provides an incentive to keep children in school when school starts up again in September.

Rotary funding will be used to help pay for materials used for activities, staffing, breakfasts and lunches for up to 60 students for 20 days. The meals will be prepared and provided by the Nehemiah Cafeteria at the Nehemiah Gateway campus in Pogradec.

Note: This is a different summer camp that the special; needs camp the Rotary Club of Estes Park sponsored in 2023 (P-4704) - that project served children with special needs and was run by clinicians and social workers. This summer camp focuses on at-risk Roma children and is run by teachers from the Amaro Tan school, it is a different group of children and the goals and objectives of the camp are different.

Project Contact Person

District: 5440

Rotary Club of: Estes Park

Primary Contact: Jack Boatman

Email: jack.boatman7@gmail.com

Project Status

Paid
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Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Estes Park (5440)

10-May-24

$1,600

$2,600

$4,200

Total

$1,600

$2,600

$4,200

Project Supporting Documents


[10-May-24]
AT Summer Camp Budget


[1-Oct-24]
Summer Camp Photos

 

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History Log Entries

10-May-24

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Creation of project page.

10-May-24

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

10-May-24

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Project signed by Jack Boatman.

10-May-24

by Conrad Heede

System Entry: Project signed by Anne Slack.

1-Jul-24

by Randall Looper

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

6-Aug-24

by Randall Looper

Jack,

I apologize for the delay in paying your grant. For the first time we received more grant requests than DDF was available. We cannot request the DDF till the report balances. To make that happen we have decided to cut the DDF from every grant. Your DDF request of $2.600 will be reduced to $2,340.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Randy

1-Sep-24

by Randall Looper

Jack,

I sent an email about 10 days ago about information we need to approve our grants report. Did you get it and the form you need to complete?

Randy

1-Sep-24

by Jack Boatman

Randy,

I received the email and we are working on completing the information requested. I believe we have the OFAC form completed and I am just waiting on the replies to the Youth Protection Questions from Nehemiah Gateway personnel in Albania.

Jack

25-Sep-24

by Randall Looper

System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

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