Matching Grant Modules

Matching Grant modules have been developed by the RFPD Staff for use by Rotary clubs in developing countries such as Nigeria, Africa and elsewhere where suitable.

Interested Rotary clubs in both Project Countries and Sponsor Countries can take action based on these suggested projects.

These modules serve as a guide for project design for the needy population-based projects listed below.

For a quick summary of projects below click here

• Girl Education - Click for detailed information
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• Fistula Prevention - Click for detailed information
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•  Integrated Family Welfare - Click for detailed information
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• Microcredit & Aids Education for women -  Click for detailed information
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• Wholesome Motherhood - Click for detailed information
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Summary of projects for a quick review:

Presidential Celebration   Abuja, Nigeria
August 9, 2003
Matching Grant Population Project Modules

1. GIRL EDUCATION

Purpose:  In rural areas, the education of girls is felt to be secondary, since they are needed to assist their mother in raising siblings when the parents go to work.   Even in families where the girls go to school, there is a high drop out rate because of financial constraints of the family to buy uniforms and books.   Studies show that girls who stay in school lead more productive and healthier lives their uneducated counterparts.   A team of Rotarians visits the schools in _________ to obtain a list of  girl student dropouts and their addresses.   Rotarians meet with the parents and local school leaders to explain the importance of girl child education and to convince the parents to allow their daughters to go back to school.  Discussions include discouraging the practice of early marriages.   The project provides books and uniforms to 100 girls.  A group of educated working women volunteers and Inner Wheel members meets with the girls to tell them the importance of education and self sufficiency.  The girls receive reproductive health education, including AIDS prevention. 

Total Project Cost:                       $4,000   Local Club Contribution:    $   667

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2.      FISTULA PREVENTION

The project educates girls and families in ______________ on the dangers of early marriage pregnancy and the importance of using contraception, including the use of condoms to prevent AIDS.   It trains midwives and birth attendants on the causes of Fistula, with the help of a UNFPA field representative.  It identifies pregnant females that might be at risk for this condition.   The midwives check on these women regularly in the third trimester.  The women are transported to a health clinic if their labor lasts over 24 hours. 

Obstetric Fistula occurs when a woman has a prolonged obstructed labor.  The woman tries to deliver the baby herself without skilled medical care. The women are in labor for several days and the baby dies.  The woman is left with holes in her colon and bladder and leaks fluid that leads to incontinence and infection.  Her husband, family and village then abandon her.   In Nigeria alone, there are thought to be as many as 1 million women living with this condition, many of them under the age of 20 and some as young as 13.  It is vital that more midwives are trained to help assist in the birth process and to teach reproductive health to girls in their early teens, since one of the principle causes of Fistula is young women with narrow hips being unable to deliver normally. 

Total Project Cost:                       $4,000   Local Club Contribution:   $   667

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3.  INTERGRATED FAMILY WELFARE CENTER 

Purpose:  Rotary Club of ___________ aims to uplift the status of women by assisting and imparting literacy, so as to enable the women to be better and self-sustaining members of the society. A local community center will be secured by the Rotary Club to house the project.  The women learn about child spacing, health awareness and other family welfare norms.  The project provides guidance to families in the following categories:

• Raise the awareness of AIDS and the promotion of condoms for its prevention.
• Promote education of the girl child and women's literacy
• Distribute of oral pills, iron and folic acid tablets to pregnant mothers.
• Inform couples of the choices for contraception (not provision).
• Establish a day-care center for working mothers
• Run a literacy center at night
• Work with all participants to develop clean and green projects

Total Project Cost:                       $4,000   Local Club Contribution:   $   667

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4.  MICROCREDIT AND AIDS EDUCATION FOR WOMEN

Purpose:   To break the correlation between AIDS and chronic poverty in ______________________ by introducing financial self-sufficiency for women.  A trust bank of 50 women is formed by the Rotary Club.  The women would guarantee each other's individual business loans of $50-$200, and support each other in individual financial development.  The project includes basic training in economic development and business practices.  The fund makes incremental loans to small businesses that hire others.  A Women's Rotary Village Corps is developed comprised of women from the Trust bank to work together to speak to the other women in the village on the importance of reproductive health and child spacing.  The project will work with the area UNFPA field office to develop the reproductive learning unit of the grant.

Total Project Cost:                         $12,000   Local Club Contribution:   $1,500

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5. WHOLESOME MOTHERHOOD

Purpose:   Pregnant women in the area of __________________ are at risk of dying during childbirth as medical facilities, supplies and doctors are in short supply.

 Good prenatal screenings and nutrition helps the mother and unborn child become healthier and able to thrive.  Maternal and infant deaths are prevented through the following methods:

A. Improving nutrition for mothers and infants

Vitamin and mineral supplements are given to pregnant women.  Anemia screening and protecting mother and child from tetanus and infections is provided.  The mothers  are encouraged to breastfeed.  

B. Safe Healthcare at pregnancy and childbirth – The project provides training to birth attendants, supports family centered maternity care, and distributes safe delivery hygienic birth kits.

C. Preventing unintended pregnancies – The project provides family planning and reproductive health care information, and promotes breastfeeding as a means of child spacing.   A unit on AIDS prevention is taught to both partners.

Total Project Cost:                       $4,000   Local Club Contribution:   $   667

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