Project Description Country: USA Location: Lander Total Budget: $5,006 Area of Focus: Peacebuilding and conflict prevention Activity Type: Peace: General Summary: Solar Panels for Cell Phone Charging in War-Torn Ukraine Need Identification: This project was introduced at the June 2023 D5440 Conference. Needs: Since the start of the Russian invasion three years ago, the Ukrainian power grid has been a target of Russian airstrikes. The power grid in Ukraine is essential for Ukrainian citizens as they depend on it to charge cell phones which are a critical lifeline. Cell phones are used to let people know they need to evacuate or take shelter, where they can find food and medical support, and to check on the status of loved ones fighting to defend their country. Rotary Clubs in District 5440 and District 5450 have partnered with a former Ukrainian Peace Corp volunteer and Rotarians in Ukraine to buy, retro fit, and ship small portable solar panels to the Ukrainian Peace Corp contacts and Rotarians for distribution. A feature of the project is to also include messages of hope, peace and caring to Ukrainians on the back of the solar panels. This project has been successfully implemented with high school youth and adults who retrofit the solar panels and prepare the designs. The cost of attaching a voltage converter to a panel and shipping the panel to Ukraine is estimated to be about $125 per panel. As prices change, all efforts will be made to secure the best possible price. The club is requesting $5,000 grant but the project is scalable and can be conducted for any amount under $5,000 grant; $4,000; $3,000; $2,000 etc. Project Contact Person District: 5440 Rotary Club of: Lander Primary Contact: Cassy Venters Email: cdventers@me.com Project Status Approved This project is "Approved". This means that the district leadership has reviewed and approved the allocation of district funds for this project. Once the funds from the district have been issued, the status of the project will be changed to "Paid". Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Lander (5440) 21-May-24 $1,672 $3,334 $5,006 Total $1,672 $3,334 $5,006

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History Log Entries 21-May-24 by Conrad Heede System Entry: Creation of project page. 4-Jun-24 by Randall Looper Cassy, Please start the signature process and have yourself and your 24 - 25 President sign. Randy 7-Jun-24 by Cassy Venters System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 7-Jun-24 by Cassy Venters System Entry: Project signed by Cassy Venters. 7-Jun-24 by Conrad Heede System Entry: Project signed by Shelby Rohrbacher. 1-Jul-24 by Randall Looper System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 6-Aug-24 by Randall Looper Cassy, I apologize for the delay in paying your grant. For the first time we received more grant requests than DDF was available. We cannot request the DDF till the report balances. To make that happen we have decided to cut the DDF from every grant. Your DDF request of $3,334 will be reduced to $3,001. If you have any questions please let me know. Randy 1-Sep-24 by Randall Looper Cassy, I sent an email about 10 days ago about information we need to approve our grants report. Did you get it and the form you need to complete? Randy