COVID-19 Global Grants
ZONE 25B & 29 GLOBAL GRANT
COVID-19 PROJECTS
IN NEED OF
FINANCIAL AND DDF SUPPORT AND SPONSORS
Listed below are Global Grants from within our Zones 25B and 29 that are in need of financial and DDF supoort and sponsors. Please consider reaching out to the contact person and supporting these Global Grant projects.
If you are the contact person, once your grant is funded, please contact Pat Merryweather to have it removed.
| Global Grant Number | TBD | |
| International Sponsor Club | Wuse Central-Abija (confirmation pending) | |
| International Sponsor District | 9125 (confirmation pending) | |
| Host Club | Rotary Club of San Antonio, TX District 5840 | |
| Location of Project | South Central and South Texas (UT Health Rio Grande Valley) | |
| Description of Project |
Purchase of Thermo Fisher PCR and Kingfisher COVID-19 testing equipment to enable UT Health Rio Grande Valley to increase capacity from ~120 per day to ~500 per day. At present the area is not able to do near enough to meet the true community testing need with their current equipment.
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| Financial or DDF Funding Needed | DDF $85,000 (if cash contributions, higher funding needed) | |
| Total Project Funding | $190,000 +/- | |
| Contact Person | Sherri C. Muniz | |
| Contact Person Phone | 210-639-0295 | |
| Contact Person Email | sherri5840@msn.com | |
| Thank you for your support | GG 2011521 is now fully funded! | |
| Global Grant Number | GG 2011521 | |
| International Sponsor Club | Naperville | |
| International Sponsor District | 6450 | |
| Host Club | San Pedro Sula | |
| Location of Project | San Pedro Sula, Honduras | |
| Description of Project | The local doctors at Leonard Martinez Valenzuela Hospital in San Pedro Sula have specified the need is for COVID-19 test kits so they can assess the people and healthcare providers coming in to the hospital with COVID-19 symptoms and place them appropriately in an isolated setting of care. San Pedro Sula is a very poor community with 63% of the population living in poverty and with unclean contaminated water. | |
| Financial or DDF Funding Needed | $6,562 in DDF or $9,187 in cash | |
| Total Project Funding |
$37,875
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| Contact Person | Chuck Newman | |
| Contact Person Phone | 1-630-400-0055 | |
| Contact Person Email | . | chuck@newmanarchitecture.com |