District 5960 Grant Activity
District Grants
GREATER ROCHESTER – Seeds of Wisdom in South Sudan
Learning Centers Construction
$8,030 DDF
Budget $16,126
Est. Lives Impacted: 330 each year
Stillwater Sunrise –Shuttle Bus for
Down Syndrome Center in Syria $9,850 DDF
– Budget $21,008
Est. Lives Impacted: 60 each year
WHITE BEAR LAKE– Clean Water for 3
School Communities in Uganda-
$11,150 DDF – Budget $23,752
Est. Lives Impacted: 3000 each year
ROSEVILLE – Empowering Families
Farm Training & Support in Ethiopia
$11,700 DDF – Budget $30,000
Est. Lives Impacted 50 families
(250 individuals)
ROCHESTER – Cradle to Career Annual
Education Summit
$5,760 DDF – Budget $ 11,821
Est. Lives Impacted: 18,300
WOODBURY – Gateway to Miracles
(Sports Field for Disabled Youth)
Shade Structure – $11,310
DDF -Budget $38,000 Est. Lives Impacted: 450
NORTH ST PAUL-MAPLEWOOD-OAKDALE
Build Boys’ Lavatory for School in Uganda
$10,350 DDF – Budget $21,300
Est. Lives Impacted – 550 each year
BARRON COUNTY SUNRISE– Mobile Joy Jar Factory
$7,540 DDF – Budget $21,568
Est. Lives Impacted: 700
PRIOR LAKE –LINKS Passageways
Housing Upgrades
$9,750 DDF – Budget $20,000
Est. Lives Impacted – 44
WASECA – Rotary Wellness Walk at Farmamerica
$8,480 DDF – Budget $30,730
Est. Lives Impacted: 15,000 each year
NORTHFIELD – Security Fence for a School in Dapaong, Tog
$5,660 DDF – Budget $12,648
Est. Lives Impacted – 1,500 each year
Global Grants
ELK RIVER – Climate Resilience Through Reforestation & Agroecology Alongside Sebeya River, Rwanda
Est. Lives Impacted 215 farmers & 1,200 individuals
$13,520 District 5960 DDF – $10,816 World Fund – $38,720 Total Budget
WHITE BEAR LAKE –Advanced Medical Training and Best Practices – Ukrainian Surgeons and Medical Specialists VTT
Est. Lives Impacted 6 orthopedic surgeons, 9 multi-disciplinary medical specialists, 3 Rotarian leaders & many Ukrainians injured in the ongoing war (5,000)
$25,000 District 5960 DDF – $28,688 World Fund – $84,180 Total Budget
WHITE BEAR LAKE – Rotary Fights Malaria –
Moving Toward a Malaria-Free Future in Sierra Leone
Est. Lives Impacted 6,000 residents in 17 – 20 villages
$25,000 District 5960 DDF – $32,000 World Fund – Total Budget $134,600
STILLWATER SUNRISE – Water Sanitation & Solar Project, Monte Fresco, Honduras
Est. Lives Impacted 300+ residents
$4,000 District 5960 DDF – $7,600 World Fund – $36,600 Budget
STILLWATER SUNRISE –Upgradation of Medical facilities at BKL Walawalkar Hospital, Dervan India
Est. Lives Impacted 2,500 additional patients served
$13,000 District 5960 DDF – $9,962 World Fund – $35,712 Budget
Global Grants -SPONSORED BY OTHER ROTARY DISTRICTS - TOTAL DDF$49,500
DISTRICT 6250 – Cameroon Kumbo Community WASH Water Catchment & filtration for 3 communities
Est. lives impacted 11,000
$10,000 District 5960 DDF – $40,720 World Fund – $147,740 Budget
DISTRICT 6270 – Guatemala – Xajaxac Drinking Water Project
Est. lives impacted 1,100
$10,000 District 5960 DDF – $68,080 World Fund – $155,680 Budget
DISTRICT 5580 Panama –
Instruments for Peace: Youth Empowerment and Cross-Cultural Interaction through Music-Making
Est. lives impacted 528 students in the elementary, middle & high schools
$7,000 District 5960 DDF – $9,600 World Fund – $31,540 Budget
DISTRICT 5950 – Kenya Birthing Center
Est. lives impacted – several 100 mothers & their families each year
$10,000 District 5960 DDF – $32,000 World Fund – Total Budget $121,000
DISTRICT 5470 – Guatemala Literacy Project in rural Guatemala
Est. impact – 27 schools, 186 teachers, 3,334 students.
$2,500 District 5960 DDF – $134,143 World Fund – Total Budget $484,370
DISTRICT 6400 – Wasambo Water System – Chilumba, Malawi
Est. Lives Impacted 2,500
$10,000 District 5960 DDF – $47,600 World Fund – Total Budget $177,600
POLIO PLUS
POLIO PLUS – $37,410 DDF + World Fund $18,705 +
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $112,230 = $168,345 – Est. Children Immunized – 50,504
$30,000 DDF
DDF (District Designated Funds)
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