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Our 1 st District Grant. District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker. TRF Mission Statement.
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Our 1st District Grant District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
TRF Mission Statement The Mission of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and alleviation of poverty. TRF Motto Doing Good in the World. District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
TRF Grants 3. Packaged Grants 2. Global Grants 1. District Grants District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
District 2451 1st Project Description To Support Education: by awarding University Scholarships to high school graduates who are being treated at the Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357 and attended the in-hospital school which is run by Modern Schools of Egypt (MSE) since October 2008 till date District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
Cont. Description The Project will provide the tuition fees for the full four years of university study. The scholarship committee and the hospital’s social department made a thorough case study to the candidates and found they are in desperate need of the scholarship. District Rotary Foundation Chairperson agreed that the tuition fees will be divided 50-50 between the District and the Sponsoring Rotary Clubs District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
Cont. Description At the end of the academic year of 2012-2013; there were seven students that finished high school in the hospital Two students received university scholarships from private donors. Five students were waiting for their scholarship and the TRF scholarship committee were able to find sponsoring Rotary Clubs. The five students and their social status are as follows: District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
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Case Study A committee of three persons :DRFC, Scholarships Chairperson and Fundraising Chairperson studied the social situation for the five candidates and their needs The committee agreed to offer them the scholarship based on conditions of continuations and annual follow up Proposal was sent to TRF committee members to be discussed with Rotary Clubs District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
Case Study..cont.. TRF Fundraising Chairperson managed to find two Rotary Clubs to adopt the project: (1) RC of Sphinx: Sponsoring 4 students (2) RC of Cairo South: sponsoring 1 student A proposal of the District Grant was set by the TRF Scholarship Chairperson which calculated the four years of tuition and set the procedures to follow up on the students which will be made by the sponsoring clubs. District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
Case Study..cont.. Additional expenses were suggested by the RC of Sphinx and agreed upon by RC of Cairo South to offer the students a monthly pocket money of (200LE) each which will be paid during the months of study (September to June) District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
The above District Grant was concluded according to the criteria and proper procedure of applying as follows: District Grants support: Scholars at any level (1 – 4) years Single block grant: awarded annually Local Activity Activity align with the mission of TRF (education) Local decision making District Controlled District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
...cont.. Include active Rotarian participation (Rotary Clubs) Adhere to stewardship guidelines Used by Rotarian in the District (Up to 50%) from District Designated Fund “DDF” Planned by DRF Team Approved by DRFC and DG District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
Special Thanks to: DRFC Zakaria El Shafei TRF Fundraising Chairperson Hisham Younes Rotary Club of Sphinx, its president Sahar Mounir and donor Hamdy Soliman Rotary Club of Cairo South, its president Soad Abdel Monem District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker
The five Cancer Hospital students already started their university attendance and studies with the help of our District and Rotary Clubs. It Is So Great Being a Rotarian District Conference, November 2013 TRF Scholarship Chair Person Rafida Asker