World Community Projects

&  Matching Grants

     Matching Grant Club Projects

We have just received a Matching Grant for $29,000 to ber used for construction of walkways, an entrance, and a playground at the San Bernardo area grade school. Currently the school has only five classrooms and no other equipment. About 500 students attend the school. There are plans for an afternoon session for another 500 students.

There are approximately 1,500 families in the area. Some of the parents work picking through the trash at the city dump in Tijuana.

Funding for this project came from The Rotary Foundation, Rotary Districts 5340, 5280, and 4100, and from the La Mesa (CA) Rotary Club, the Club Rotario Tijuana Independencia, and the Club Rotario TIjuana SIglo XXI.

      Cooperation with the School System of the State of Baja California.  This projects consists of: Providing the manpower and some materials at no cost and working with the projected plans of the School System, building schoolrooms, other buildings, playgrounds, retaining wall, walkways, etc. at three Grade Schools near the city dump.

Working with Rotary District 5280 and District 4100 on a matching grant of $ 25,000 for different building materials to be donated to the above project.

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Passed Projects 

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Donation of an ambulance, rescue unit, and medical supplies
 

As a result of this project, an ambulance, a rescue unit, and medical supplies were donated to the Tijuana Fire Department on April 2002. This equipment is currently in service in the Playas de Tijuana area and has been of great support in the local first aid/emergency activities. The project, which was a joint venture with the Club Rotario Siglo XXI of Tijuana Mexico, was formally completed on April 2002 with the delivery of the equipment to the City of Tijuana in a ceremony where local authorities and members of the Rotary Clubs involved were present.

The event had TV coverage in both sides of the border and was well received for the respective communities. With the new equipment, the first aid/emergency capabilities of the local Fire Department were significantly enhanced and improved because there was practically no services of that nature in the area. The estimated cost of the equipment is about $ 20,000 and the funds required were obtained thanks to the as Rotary International “matching grant” program.
 

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