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The Rotary Club of Laramie requests District 5440 grant support to partner with Laramie High School construction students to build a panelized prefabricated houses for a family in need in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Will utilize building plans developed and utilized in partnership with Fort Collins After Work Rotary Club (see Rotary District Grant P-3688). Students will measure, cut, frame, and assemble wall and roof panels as part of their classroom construction curriculum. Rotary members will coordinate grant administration, material purchasing, project documentation, and transportation planning. The completed panels will be prepared as a flat-pack home for efficient transportation to El Paso/Ciudad Juarez, where Rotary partners will coordinate final assembly and related site work for the beneficiary family. We will co-ordinate with the Fort Collins After Work Rotary Club to maximize the number of homes and shipment to reduce shipping costs. The Rotary Club of Laramie may also partner with the Laramie Sunrise Rotary Club on this project. If that partnership is approved, Sunrise may contribute additional club funds, volunteer support, and/or seek its own eligible District 5440 matching funds. This could allow the clubs to expand the project from one home to two homes, depending on available grant funding, school capacity, material costs, and transportation coordination.
The project is modeled on the Homes for Juarez work of the Rotary Club of Fort Collins - After Work, which has used local vocational education settings to construct homes and then ship them to Juarez for final construction. This project provides a strong local benefit by giving Laramie students hands-on experience in framing, measuring, panel construction, teamwork, quality control, and service through Rotary. It also provides an international humanitarian benefit by helping create a home for a family in need.
The project is expected to begin with planning and partner coordination in summer 2026, followed by material purchasing and student construction during the 2026-27 school year. Rotary members will collect receipts, maintain a grant transaction log, document construction progress with photos, coordinate transportation logistics with Rotary partners, and complete required District Grant reporting. If successful, the Rotary Club of Laramie hopes this can become an ongoing year-to-year program with Laramie High School.
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