Project Description Region: Africa Country: Rwanda Location: Kigali Total Budget: $35,025 Area of Focus: Peacebuilding and conflict prevention Our candidate for this Rotary Peace Scholarship is Ms. Lea Rutabayiru of Kigali, Rwanda. Lea has been admitted to the University of San Diego Kroc School of Peace Studies Master of Arts degree program in Social Innovation, a 30-unit 9-month program. Lea has a significant background and a passion in creating peace through educational and economic empowerment to grassroots communities, specifically mothers and children. Lea intends to combine her previous experience and education to create sustainable programs with this Master of Arts degree to tackle challenges and uplift communities in Rwanda beset by unemployment, poverty, lack of education, hunger, and gender inequality. Primary Host Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: La Jolla Golden Triangle Primary Contact: Cynthia Villis Email: cynvillis@att.net Primary International Partner District: 5080 Rotary Club of: Nelson Primary Contact: Norm McCarvell Email: norm@netidea.com Project Status Application Sent This project is "Application Sent". This means the application has been sent to The Rotary Foundation, waiting to be approved. Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #2465716.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total La Jolla Golden Triangle (5340) 13-Jun-24 $2,500 $5,000 $7,500 District 5340 DDF 14-Jun-24 - $13,000 $13,000 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $14,400 $14,400 Additional Contribution (not matched by The Rotary Foundation) $125 Total $35,025 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%.

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History Log Entries 3-Jun-24 by Cynthia Villis System Entry: Pledge of $5,250 with $10,000 DDF by Cynthia Villis of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, District 5340. 4-Jun-24 by Cynthia Villis System Entry: Pledge of $5,250 with $10,000 DDF by Cynthia Villis of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, District 5340. 13-Jun-24 by Cynthia Villis System Entry: Pledge of $5,250 with $10,000 DDF by Cynthia Villis of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, District 5340. 13-Jun-24 by Cynthia Villis System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 13-Jun-24 by Cynthia Villis System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 13-Jun-24 by Cynthia Villis System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 13-Jun-24 by Cynthia Villis System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 14-Jun-24 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Pledge of $13,000 DDF by Steve Brown of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, District 5340. 14-Jun-24 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 25-Apr-25 by Cynthia Villis As per our request, TRF sent this scholarship's funds to the University of San Diego to transfer to Lea's student financial aid account. Thus the funds for this Global Grant were received on August 23, 2024, and transferred to Lea's account. 25-Apr-25 by Cynthia Villis System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.