Project Description Country: Haiti Location: Port au Prince Total Budget: $4,000 Areas of Focus: Peacebuilding and conflict prevention, Basic education and literacy, Community economic development Activity Type: Community Development: General Summary: Donation of food, clothing and material for uniforms for 200 school children in Port au Prince Haiti. This project will provide food and clothing to 200 infant and school-age children in an orphanage in a rural community in the 10th Communal Section in Croix-des-Bouquets, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A member of our Club, Father Philippe Charles, has traveled to Haiti and reported on the dire need of the orphanage. The Rotary Club of Yonkers, through its Foundation, will purchase twelve barrels, fill them with food, clothes and fabrics to make school uniforms and ship them to an orphanage in Haiti. This service project will continue the Club's tradition of supporting those in need in Haiti. The Club's first project was started in 2019 by our beloved past President, Shahid Latif, who passed away from a heart attack just a few minutes after he signed a $600 check for food for the orphan children of Haiti. Then, for two consecutive years, our past President Steve Simpson led our Club in shipping twelve barrels of food, clothes, and other non-perishable commodities to Haiti. For the past two years, past President Tim Hodges led our Club in two service projects involving Haiti. One project involved purchasing ties, pants, suits and shirts for adults in Haiti who needed proper clothing for job interviews, training, and employment. Last year, our Club - with Rotary E-Club of Sunshine - sent five barrels of food and clothing to Haiti. Based our Club's past success in helping the orphanage, we believe this year's project will be even more impactful with the additional resources from District 7230. Project Contact Person District: 7230 Rotary Club of: Yonkers-East Yonkers Primary Contact: Greg Arcaro Email: garcaro@aol.com Project Status Approved This project is "Approved". This means that the district leadership has reviewed and approved the allocation of district funds for this project. Once the funds from the district have been issued, the status of the project will be changed to "Paid". Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Yonkers-East Yonkers (7230) 10-Sep-24 $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 Total $2,000 $2,000 $4,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [10-Sep-24] MOU Yonkers Rotary - RD7230 [11-Sep-24] Price to ship a barrel from NY to Haiti [15-Sep-24] Purchase price of UN-rated shipping barrel [15-Sep-24] Yonkers Rotary Club previous project in Haiti

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History Log Entries 16-Sep-24 by Mahbub Ahmad System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 16-Sep-24 by Greg Arcaro System Entry: Project signed by Greg Arcaro. 17-Sep-24 by George John System Entry: Project signed by George John. 3-Oct-24 by Mahbub Ahmad We are pleased to inform you that the District Grants Sub-committee has tentatively approved your Grant request for the full amount of your request. This will now be submitted to The Rotary Foundation for final approval. Please do not begin the project or spend any funds for the project before the final approval is communicated to you. 22-Oct-24 by Mahbub Ahmad CONGRATULATIONS! On behalf of our District Foundation Grants Sub-Committee, I am extremely pleased to inform you that your application for a 2024-25 District Grant for your Project P-5474 has been approved by The Rotary Foundation, Your Club may now begin your project. The amount you requested and was approved for is $2,000. This year we received applications from 16 Clubs for projects and we are pleased to be awarding the requested amounts to all 16 Clubs for their projects. 22-Oct-24 by Mahbub Ahmad System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.