Rotary’s Matching Grants program enables clubs in one part of the world to connect with a club located a world away to combine their energies and make a difference in a community.
In Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, many children live in poverty with no running water, electricity, or sewer systems. Those born with hearing impairments are further disadvantaged.
A recent matching grant offered these children the opportunity for a better life. The $20,000 project, sponsored by Rotary Clubs in Columbia and California, funded 40 scholarships for hearing-impaired children to attend a special school, providing tuition, books, uniforms, meals, treatment with special audio equipment, and language training.
Our Club used the Foundation matching grant program to provide living water projects in Honduras.
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