Project Description Region: Asia Country: India Location: Pune Total Budget: $36,189 Area of Focus: Water, sanitation and hygiene A need assessment for redeveloping wells in tribal hamlets of Ambegaon Block, Pune District reveals that many villages face severe and recurring water shortages, particularly in the dry months. Despite high rainfall during the monsoon, communities are left dependent on tanker water or forced to walk long distances in search of drinking water, as existing wells often become silted, structurally weak, or dry up each summer. This is a humanitarian project to repair the existing open wells in 7 separate tribal hamlets in Ambegaon Block of Pune District. This involves cleaning, desilting, excavation and deepening (including hard rock blasting) the existing shallow wells to substantially increase the storage volume of all the wells so that water is available year-round. Plus, safety surrounding walls and easy system for using the water. GG funds will be used to redevelop (as above) the 7 wells to enable water supply year-round for the 2500 tribal beneficiaries in the 7 hamlets. This will include training the beneficiaries so that they can repair, maintain and sustain the well water supply for several years to come. BUDGET: S.NO Activity INRs Cost US $ 1 Desilting & Excavation incl masonry 25,22,020 28,989 2 Administration & Supervision (15%) 3,78,303 4348 3 Training & Testing 1,38,811 1596 4 Signage, Media, Exchange, Compliance 1,09,309 1256 TOTAL 31,48,443 $36,189 Primary Host Partner District: 3131 Rotary Club of: Pune Sports City Primary Contact: Sandesh R Savant Email: sandeshsavant@rediffmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5440 Rotary Club of: Fort Collins-Breakfast Primary Contact: Krishna Murthy Email: kmurthy5@comcast.net Project Status Approved This project is "Approved". This means the application has been approved by The Rotary Foundation, and the project is ready for implementation. Project listed for the 2025-26 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #268690.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Pune Sports City (3131) 2-Sep-25 $3,730 $5,255 $8,985 Fort Collins-Breakfast (5440) 2-Sep-25 $3,000 $6,000 $9,000 Fort Collins After Work (5440) 4-Nov-25 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 Fort Collins (5440) 19-Nov-25 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $12,204 $12,204 Total $36,189 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee. 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 2-Sep-25 by Sandesh R Savant System Entry: Creation of project page. 5-Sep-25 by Philippe Lamoise System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 4-Nov-25 by Krishna Murthy System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 4-Nov-25 by Raju Jairam System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Raju Jairam of the Rotary Club of Fort Collins After Work, District 5440. [Updated to $1,000 with $2,000 DDF on 4-Nov-25] 19-Nov-25 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 with $2,000 DDF by Robin Steele of the Rotary Club of Fort Collins, District 5440. 19-Nov-25 System Entry System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 8-Jan-26 by Krishna Murthy System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 3-Mar-26 by Krishna Murthy System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.