Project Description Region: South America Country: Colombia Location: Soata Total Budget: $41,458 Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment General objective. Attend and control in a timely manner the very serious events that occur due to traffic accidents in the municipalities of the area of influence that is composed of 10 municipalities. Description. The volunteer fire department of Soata and the northern province of Boyacá, Colombia, does not have a vehicular extrication team (specialized tools used by emergency services, such as firefighters and rescue teams, to free people trapped in vehicles after an accident). For the rescue of people who are immersed in traffic accidents, which are frequent; especially because of the regular state of the roads and the topography of the department; which would facilitate the effective and efficient care of the firefighting units to possible patients thus immersed and minimize the risk of loss of life to be able to improve the rescue of people who are trapped in vehicular accidents. PLEASE DESCRIBE WHAT NEEDS DID YOU IDENTIFY? HOW WILL THE PROJECT ADDRESS THESE NEEDS? WHO WILL BE A BENEFICIARY OF THIS PROJECT? AN ESTIMATED NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES. That vehicular accidents have greatly increased in the sector with the technical and adequate assistance of the vehicular extrication equipment, which would be very beneficial for the population of 43,946 inhabitants of the area of Soata and its area of influence, which would be a floating population of approximately 60,000 minutes inhabitants in the area. SUSTAINABILITY. The Rotary soata club and the fire department are committed to monitoring and maintaining the equipment in optimal conditions to provide the services that are required, the equipment will be in charge of the fire department headed by the municipal mayor's office, so the maintenance will be done directly by the mayor's office. Primary Host Partner District: 4281 Rotary Club of: Soatá Primary Contact: Ruth Myreya Salazar Sepulveda Email: ruthmyreyass@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5300 Rotary Club of: Las Vegas WON Primary Contact: Chehab Elawar Email: shabdg201415@gmail.com Project Status Need $35,233 This project needs to receive some pledges to go to the next level. Please check the "Financing" tab to see the list of current pledges. Once the amount pledged is equal to the project budget, the status of the project will be automatically changed to "Fully Pledged". Click here to pledge support for this project. Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Soatá (4281) 1-Feb-25 $4,145 $1,000 $5,145 Las Vegas WON (5300) 4-Feb-25 $100 $100 $200 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $35,233 - $35,233 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $880 $880 Total $41,458 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 4-Feb-25 by Chehab Elawar System Entry: Pledge of $100 with $100 DDF by Chehab Elawar of the Rotary Club of Las Vegas WON, District 5300.