Thursday, October 30, 2014

Juan Gonzalez Site Visit – Pilot Cistern

Today Tony DeCrosta and I traveled to the Juan Gonzalez to check on the progress of the pilot cistern and to arrange the delivery of the rest of the materials for that project which consists of 16 cisterns and 4 Rotoplast installations. 

We had been informed by the community that they wanted us to try to deliver the balance of materials, especially the chicken wire so they could begin the weaving of the wires to form the cylinders.

After a bit of confusion in getting to Juan Gonzalez we finally arrived. Juan Gonzalez is definitely “over the hill and through the woods”. It is about four miles off of the main highway down an unmarked road and across a seasonal river that had been unpassable only a few weeks ago. 

We arrived to find the pilot proceeding exceptionally well. The final plastering was being done on the inside of the cistern under the guidance of our teaching construction worker, Filiberto. They planned to put on the top cap later in the day. 







There were about 8 women and 2 men working and offering much advice to me as well. It is a lovely group of people with good humor and great pride in what they are accomplishing. Consistently it is the women who do the bulk of the work in these projects.




Upon arriving I determined that I had gotten confused over the total number of cisterns being built and had arranged the deliver for 14 more cisterns when, in fact, there are 15 more to be built. Fortunately I was able to reach Hierro Comercial to have them load the additional materials on the delivery truck. Hierro Comercial sent out the delivery truck late today.

Upon leaving as we were going down the four wheel access only road we "ran into" three woman carrying a very heavy cooler loaded with freshly made tamales. I stopped and offered them a ride and they said they were happy to be walking and they were taking the tamales down to the school to feed the kids. They eagerly offered us a few tamales which we more eagerly accepted. A beautiful and delicious finish to a beautiful day in the community of Juan Gonzalez.

This project includes the installation of four Rotoplast (prefabricated cisterns of 1,100 liters each) in Juan Gonzalez. This happens at times for older persons, generally living alone who cannot physically participate in the cistern construction but who have participated fully in the community’s organization for the project. 

Most times, they are also living in a house that has a roof too small to collect enough order over the rainy season to fill our standard 12,000 liter cistern. In Juan Gonzalez, three prefabricated cisterns have been included in the project for this reason. 

At Juan Gonzalez there is a fourth Rotoplast for a member of the community that will participate fully in the construction process but who plans to move houses in about one year. Thus, portability of the cistern is necessary and after much discussion by the project participants we decided this was the best alternative available to handle that situation. The Rotoplast and PVC materials cost $1,900 pesos vs $5,700 for a typical cistern.



Reported by Lee Carter, Rotary San Miguel Midday.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

La Banda / Montecillo de Nieto - Pre-Project Planning Meeting -

Tony DeCrosta (Rotary), Saul Juarez (CEDESA) and I traveled to La Banda today to get the second project started for our Global Grant 1422619. The pilot cistern in Juan Gonzalez is being completed this week.

We met at the community center in La Banda. After introductions of everyone in attendance, we talked about the process that had been followed by the persons in these two communities to finally come to the top of the list of those waiting for the Rotary water harvesting project. 

The families involved have done other projects through CEDESA and COCIRA during these two years which included dry toilets, stoves to replace open fire cooking, backyard gardening, and bee keeping. I asked about why they wanted to build cisterns and, in addition to concerns about fluoride contamination, they discussed water quality as it related to the obligatory chlorination of the SAPASMA well.

Next we discussed the importance of viewing this project not as a onetime event to work together, but part of a lifelong process of teaming up to make permanent and sustainable change in their community. This project is just one more step toward improving many aspects of their lives through their own initiative. Water without contaminants is just one step to improving health. Nutrition, relationships, cooperation, and mutual assistance by capitalizing on individual’s strengths are some of the future steps to be considering.

It was decided that the pilot training cistern would be built at the Primary School in Rancho Nuevo La Banda as it is equidistant between La Banda and Montecillo de Nieto. Saul reviewed with the participants their obligations by being a part of this project: 1. Participation in the construction of the pilot is mandatory. 2. Each group must have a qualified construction worker (albanil) on their team. 3. They must form work groups and help build all cisterns within their group. Building the cistern independently by the family only, is not allowed.

In Montecillo de Nieto, there are 8 families and they will all work together as one group. That group consists of: Hilaria Ramirez who is the person responsible for the overall communication within this group and with CEDESA and Rotary as needed. Her telephone number is 415.xxx.3273. Ana Gabriela Jiménez Jimenez is the “second” responsible and her telephone number is 415.xxx.7486. The rest of the group are Liliana Jimenez Damian, Alejandra Morales Jimenez, Angelica Jimenez Jimenez. Fabiola Pastor Ramirez, Maria Cruz Jiménez Balthazar, and Mayra Mirela Pastor Blanca. They will report next week, who will be the albanil to work with them.

In La Banda we will be building 10 cisterns in addition to the pilot cistern. (Total for this mini-project is 19 cisterns.) The Banda group will divide into two work teams as follows. Ma. De los Angeles Ramirez Vasquez was elected to be the overall responsible person in coordinating La Banda. Her phone number is 415.xxx.7246.
Group 1: Reina Ramirez Vasquez, group leader (phones: 415.xxx.0206 and 415.xxx.9420). The rest of the group includes Ma. Carmen Vásquez Ramirez, Concepción Vásquez Caporal, Ma. Elena Ramirez Vásquez and Maria de los Angeles Ramirez Vásquez. The albañil to work with the group is Marcario Ramirez Robles.
Group 2 consists of Ines Ramirez Pastor, responsible with no phone but borrowing the phone of Francisca Ramirez Blanca 415.xxx.3608. The rest of the group includes Carolina Ramirez Ramirez, Ma. Anna Gonzalez Ramirez and Catalina Ramirez Pastor. The will inform us who will be the albanil at the next meeting.

Following this we discussed the timing of this project relative to the upcoming harvest and Christmas obligations. I had been informed this morning that our primary supplier, Hierro Comercial of Dolores Hidalgo, would not be able to receive the special order chicken wire required for the cisterns until the first week in December. They had also called around to many other distributors to see if they could get the wire elsewhere with no luck. Getting this wire has always been a big challenge in our past projects. 

Hierro Comercial is delivering the balance of materials to Juan Gonzalez this week and they said if there was sufficient wire to do the pilot in La Banda that they would deliver those materials. It turns out that there is not additional wire available at this time.
After much discussion, it was decided that unless the wire could be available within 15 days that it would be better to wait to begin the project until after Three Kings Day on January 6, 2015. ie since the wire is not available, we will wait to begin in January of next year.

I have subsequently talked with Hierro Comercial and I will be providing them with a list of communities and estimated number of cisterns that will be built in early 2015. If there will be a price increase in any of the materials, particularly we normally have price increases in the wire, we will look into pre-paying for those materials so that Hierro Comercial can stock pile the materials in December to be used in January through March of 2015. Hierro Comercial has been the provider of 90% of the materials over the past 7 years and proven themselves to be a trustworthy partner in these projects. Because of that long standing relationship, I am comfortable that prepaying for materials to avoid price increases is a good decision in maximizing our use of funding for this project.
Following the meeting, we had a nice late lunch provided by the members of the La Banda group.

Reported by Lee Carter, Rotary San Miguel Midday



Thursday, September 25, 2014

COCIRA Meeting 25th Sept 2014

COCIRA Community Meeting
Presa de Allende
September 25, 2014

Meeting was called to order at 10:50 am
Agenda was set for the day

The following communities were in attendance:
Community Name
# adults in attendance
# children attending
Correlejo
7
6
Tierra Blanca
1

Juan Gonzalez
10

La Banda
6
3
Alonso Yanez
4

Lindero
3

Montecillo de Nieto
2
1
San Lorenzo
3
1
Cienega Juan Ruiz
1

La Palmita II
2

Vivienda de Abajo
11
3
Nuevo Rancho Villa de Guadalupe
1

Ex Hacienda de Pena Blanca
3
1
Presa Allenda
25
A bunch



Non-COCIRA Vistors


San Marco Begona
1

Puente de Carmen
1


Total Attendance: 81 adults and about 25 children.
At the previous COCIRA meeting held in San Lorenzo about one month ago, it was decided that a “commission” would be set up to visit communities where there had been previous water harvesting, dry toilet and other projects. The commission is to consist of representatives to COCIRA, CEDESA and Rotary San Miguel Midday. The purpose of the commission is to see how these projects have held up over time.
The Rotary water harvesting program began in late 2008 so Rotary is pleased to have a chance to go back and learn how the beneficiaries have fared over time. Specifically Rotary is interested in seeing whether the cisterns are being maintained as recommended, whether the families are taking any additional sanitation precautions with the harvested water and whether there are any changes in our design that could improve the cistern. Rotary is also interested in seeing how many persons in various communities have the Eco-Cina stoves and to see how the dry toilet projects (mostly done by the municipality) are progressing. This is also an opportunity for us to continue to update our community assessments to see what other needs the people in the communities have identified as necessary for their continued community development.
The commission is to consist of two teams who will visit the communities on the dates listed below:
Team One: Leonilla, Chela, Mayra and David
La Tinaja
October 3
Villa Guadalupe and San Lorenzo
October 17
Cinco Senores
October 24
Correlejo
October 31
Vivienda de Ariba
November 7
Cienega Juan Ruiz
November 14
La Palmita II
November 21

Team Two: Araceli, Saul, Lee, and Isabel

Vivienda de Abajo
September 30
Capadrillo
October 7
Guerro
October 7
Presita Santa Rosa
October 14
Cruz del Palmar
October 28
Los Torres
November 4
Las Magueyes
October 21
Tierra Blanca Abajo
November 11
Montecillo de Nieto
October 21

Next the program for new Water Harvesting Projects was discussed. This is the revised list of communities and families that are on the waiting list:
La Palmita Ii – 14 families
Montecillo de Nieto – 8 families
La Banda – 10 families
Rancho Nuevo Villa de Guadalupe – 6 families
Juan Gonzalez – 18 families (16 cisterns + 2 rotoplasts)
Vivienda de Abajo - 12 families
Presa Allende – 36 families
Alonso Yanez – 23 families
Lindero – 23 families





Alejandro Guerra reported the results of the testing of wells in those communities undertaken last week. The testing was graciously done at no cost by CATIS. Juan Gonzalez was not tested because CATIS did extensive testing there in November of 2013 and the results were all above 2.0 mg/liter which automatically qualifies them as in need of a project of this nature. Tests are in mg/liter of water.
Presa Allende 1.27; Artisano de Banda (serving La Banda) 1.84; Vivienda de Abajo 1.87; Alonso Yanez (also serving Lindero) 4.95; Montecillo de Nieto 1.40; Don Francisco (serving Palmita II) 0.53.

The Don Francisco well has tested to be low in fluoride over several years and it was noted that they are very fortunate to have safe drinking water in their community that is not degrading as precipitously as has been noted in other communities in this area.  As such, it was determined that they would not qualify for a cistern project at this time.

Following Alejandro’s report, priorities and “start dates” for the projects were determined. Priority is based upon the degree of contamination and the previous participation by the community in COCIRA. The following plan has been set to convene the first planning meetings for these projects:

Juan Gonzalez – October 7, 4 pm
La Banda and Montecillo de Nieto – October 28, 4 pm
Vivienda de Abajo – November 18 – 4 pm

Some notes about the other communities:
Villa de Guadalupe had a well dug there by SAPASMA in December 2013 and SAPASMA has installed the delivery pipes within the last 30 days. It is expected that they will have water available from this well in the near future. At this time, the new well is not connected (lacking electricity and a pump). We have not been able to test the water in this well although SAPASMA has indicated that the quality is “good”. Rotary will have the water tested as soon as the new well is connected and if it is deemed unsafe, we will provide resources to do cisterns there. We would prefer to do this at the same time as Juan Gonzalez but they do not want to wait any longer. IF Villa’s water is unsatisfactory, the community of Juan Gonzalez will provide the training and assistance to help these six families build cisterns. Otherwise there are not enough families to amortize the training and supervision costs over a small number of cisterns.

The level of fluoride measured in the Alonso Yanez well is the highest that we have ever encountered in the San Miguel area. (Note that as the mg/liter measurement increases that the potential health risks increase exponentially and not lineally.) There are currently 23 families in Alonso Yanez and 23 families in Lindero that want to participate in the cistern project. No one in either community knew before today that their fluoride levels were so elevated. This project will not begin until late 2014 because these communities are late comers to COCIRA . It was decided that we will hold to “educational assemblies” in October to inform the people more about the dangers of fluoride and arsenic in their community. We will also provide information about water quality and sanitation in general at these meetings. Perhaps other families will want to join in the project when they have scientific knowledge of the water situation in their community. The meeting in Alonso Yanez will be October 3rd at 10 am and the meeting in Lindero will be October 14th at 10 am. Start dates for these two projects will be determined later in the year.

Presa Allende. At 1.27, Presa Allende is on the cusp of having a problem, but it may not be critical at this time. We want to study the situation more over the next several months before making a determination of whether to include Presa Allende in the water harvesting program for 2014/15. Additional testing will be done by CATIS over the next several months. Dr. Ortega from UNAM will be consulted to discuss the rate of degradation of the water to be expected in the near future. We will try to find results of testing done at this well over the last 10 years so we can plot the decline if any. Since the Mexican standard and WHO standard of 1.5 mg/liter were set some 15 years ago, we want to review the more recent scientific studies to see when the health problems begin to manifest  in relation to fluoride contamination. There has been much discussion within WHO in the last several years about whether to lower the NORM. This decision as to whether a cistern project is to be done at Presa Allende will be postponed until we have all the information necessary to make an informed  and responsible decision.

The next item on the agenda of the day was to see the various products being produced in various communities in the San Miguel area which was combined with a communal lunch brought by the COCIRA participants. Eric and Deyenira Ramirez from the Eco-Cina stove factory provided a demonstration of the Eco-Cina Stove (a prior Rotary project) which reduces smoke by 60%, uses substantially less firewood and reduces the illnesses associated with cooking on open fires. These stoves all but eliminate the dangers of children falling into open fires. We were all  pleased to receive fresh quesadillas from Deyenira and the many other delights brought by the participants.




Submitted by:
Lee Carter
Rotary San Miguel Midday

September 25, 2014





















//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////




Tuesday, August 12, 2014

2 More Communities Complete Their Projects - Hacienda de Pena Blanca and Ex Hacienda de Jesus

Lotus Humanitarian Aid Foundation and SAPASMA
Jointly Fund Cistern Projects in 

Ex Hacienda de Peña Blanca and Ex Hacienda de Jesus
With A Little Help From Their Friends
Cedesa & San Miguel Midday Rotary Club

In March of 2014, Lotus Humanitarian Aid Foundation (Lotus) and SAPASMA (Sistema de Agua Potable Y Alcantarillado de San Miguel de Allende) agreed to fund a project for construction of 18 water harvesting systems in the San Miguel community of Ex-Hacienda de Pena Blanca (XHPB). The Midday Rotary Club of San Miguel de Allende agreed to manage the project for the benefit of the donors. 

XHPB had no local water source other than a much polluted, mostly dry, riverbed. They depended solely upon sporadic delivery of water trucks from the municipality which often left the whole community without safe water for weeks at a time. An agreement to split the anticipated cost of the project 1:1 was made between Lotus and SAPASMA. The proposed budget was $165,909.00 pesos for the Pena Blanca project. (See appendix.)

Simultaneously Rotary San Miguel Midday (RSMM) was asked to manage a pilot project of two cisterns in the community of Ex-Hacienda de Jesus (XHJ) in the municipality of San Diego Union. The budget for those two cisterns was $23,290.00 pesos. (See appendix.)

Lotus sent US$8000.00 to RSMM project checking account in San Antonio, Texas. That money was transferred by wire to the RSMM project account at Bancomer in San Miguel de Allende on April 22. A total of $103,360.00 pesos was received and it was allocated: $17,047.72 for XHJ and $86,312.28 for XHPB. SAPASMA agreed to fund its half of the project by providing materials “in-kind”.

Members of the RSMM project team were Lee Carter, Alejandro Guerra and David Hartman. Centro de Desarrollo Agropecuario AC (Cedesa), once again agreed to be the RSMM partner organization to manage these projects. CEDESA’s team included Chela Martinez, Holly Yasui, Saul Juarez C., and Benigno Caltzonzin.

 RSMM visited the XHJ organizational meeting with CEDESA and began to manage the financial aspects of the project at that point. CEDESA was responsible for meetings, teaching the citizens to construct cisterns and coordinating the delivery of construction materials. 

In this simultaneous project it was planned that  Lotus would fund two cisterns and that the local community would try to raise funds to complete two more cisterns. The original first Lotus cistern was planned to be at the elementary school in XHJ but the participants have been unable to obtain permission from the school administrators to put the cistern on school property. 

Because of this, the materials for the first “Lotus cistern” were moved to the community of Adjuntas de San Jose. 

A "second" cistern was completed through using community funds in the community of San Cayetano and there are independent funds available to do the original first school cistern should permission ever be obtained. The two pilot cisterns were built by a group of about 25 persons in XHJ and this portion of the project was completed May. Payment records are available on the shared Google Document.

The XHPB project began with CEDESA organized community meetings, attended by RSMM, in which the 17 families were self-selected through their participation and work with the Regional Citizens' Council (COCIRA). They divided themselves into three work groups who would send representatives to learn the construction process (kind of "train the trainer") as a cistern was built at the Kinder (kindergarten) in Pena Blanca. On most days that we visited, there were between 13 and 15 persons at the Kinder doing the work. 

The roof of the Kinder was old clay “tejas” and it was determined that ½ of this roof needed to be changed to galvanized metal to assure best sanitation procedures. Rotary agreed to fund this out of project contingency funds by foregoing part of the administrative funds set aside for RSMM in the budget. 

The community’s parents decided amongst themselves that they would self-fund the other ½ of the roof and they purchased and installed the materials to accomplish that. A good cooperative start made for an auspicious beginning.

Upon completion of the pilot cistern, CEDESA and RSMM coordinated the delivery of materials for the rest of the cisterns from our normal suppliers and directly from SAPASMA. This created extra coordination and minor difficulties, but the donation of ½ of the total cost of the project in materials from SAPASMA has made us optimistic re possibility of the current administration of SAPASMA to partner with RSMM in future projects, (we have successfully partnered with Sapasma with past administrations, & this is the first one with the current administration).

Because of economies that we were able to achieve in the materials cost, we were able to add a 19th cistern to the project,  at the local primary school. We were very pleased this worked out as the children at both schools had no safe water supply available.

Each team of 5 to 6 families began the work of constructing one cistern at each of the family’s home. CEDESA representative, Saul Juarez, and the RSMM project team visited the community at least on a weekly basis during the construction process. The 19 cisterns were completed and a celebration was held August 8, 2014 at the community with all involved parties invited to attend.

The final celebration, as always was a joy to attend. More than 100 adults and children were in attendance of which approximately 50 were from the seven COCIRA communities that are on the waiting list for our upcoming projects. 

SAPASMA sent the Secretary of the Administrative Board along with two others. Cedesa brought five representatives including Chela Martinez, the Director of CEDESA.

Rotary showed up with nine club members, one wife and two grandchildren. Gary Reid came with us to take photographs of the families, the cisterns and the beautiful Pena Blanca area. After painting the pre-school and a nice closing ceremony, we enjoyed a spectacular fiesta prepared by the families of XHPB. It was a beautiful day and a fitting closing to a successful project.

Of significance, the teacher at the pre-school brought two of the supervisors who oversee most of the schools throughout the various San Miguel communities. We had the opportunity to talk with them about future school projects and particularly working to improve water education with the kids, the teachers and the parents.

Financial Notes:
This is a financial summary of the Ex-Hacienda de Pena Blanca project. Details of payments and costs are available on shared Google Docs and all parties to this project have been invited to share and review these documents at their leisure.

1.       Project Budget for 18 cisterns: $165,909.37 (mxn Pesos)
2.       One-half of this amount was funded by materials in-kind from SAPASMA. 
      Thus, RSMM was managing Lotus’ portion of $82,954.69. $86,312.28 was available after wire transfer expenses.

3.       The municipality of San Miguel de Allende provided “pipas” (water trucks) needed to mix cement) weekly throughout the project saving approximately $3,500.00 pesos.

4.       With a 19th cistern added to the project, the final cost of the project for Lotus was 72,058.26. This is $10,896.43 below the budget.

5.       At the request of Lotus, RSMM will be holding the saved funds to be applied to the next Rotary Water Harvesting Project that is Global Grant #1422619.

6.       Also Lotus funds received for this project were $86,312.28 when their budgeted portion was $82,954.69. The extra $3,357.60 pesos will also be held for the Global Grant.
7.       Total Lotus funds to be applied to GG#1422619 are $14,254.02 or approximately US$1,117.96.


Simultaneously Rotary San Miguel Midday (RSMM) was asked to manage a pilot project of two cisterns in the community of Ex-Hacienda de Jesus (XHJ) in the municipality of San Diego Union. The budget for those two cisterns was $23,290.00 pesos. 

Project Budget for 2 cisterns: $23,290.00.(mxn pesos)
2.       Project Expenses paid in cash by Lotus directly to CEDESA: $6,395.00
3.       Allocated funds to this project from Lotus Foundation donation: $17,047.72.
4.       The final cost of the project for Lotus was $21,472.40. This is $1,817.60 below the budget.
5.       At the request of Lotus, RSMM will be holding the saved funds (and overfunded amount) to be applied to the next Rotary Water Harvesting Project that is Global Grant #1422619.
6.       Total Lotus funds to be applied to GG#1422619 are $1,970.32 or approximately US$154.53.

THEREFORE: Total funds carry forward from both projects combined: US$1,272.49.

Report submitted by Lee Carter - RSMM









STATISTICS UPDATE AUGUST 2014

A BIG THANK YOU to all the hardworking men & women belonging to the Rotary Clubs & Districts & the Foundation who have been part of this solution:

Ann Arbor RC USA
Baton Rouge Capital City RC USA
Bellingham RC USA
Calgary RC Canada
Middletown RC USA
New Braumfels RC USA
Paso Robles RC USA
Port Lavaca RC USA
Richmond RC TX USA
Sechelt BC RC Canada
Tallahassee RC USA
Trail BC RC Canada
Tyron RC USA
West U RC TX USA
San Miguel Midday RC Mexico
Districts 4160, 6060, 6200, 6940, 7670, 7980
& THE ROTARY FOUNDATION (Ashley & Lauren)

HUGE THANK YOU’s to:
Cedesa, (especially Holly, Chela, Saul – The TEAM!!), & our family members who put up with long, late hours…
Sapasma (Previous Administration - Camilo, Waldo, Alva, Juan Jose & the other promoters & the new administratin)
Fondo Verde
Alberta Govt’s Community Initiative Program (BC Canada)
The Lotus Foundation (private donor)
The many other private donors/supporters
Our Suppliers, especially Raul from Hierro Comercial Dolores Hidalgo, Eric our Herreria & his boys, Jesus our sand guy, Madera Providencia, Cemex, Talego, Don Pedro,
Our Banks: Frost Bank, Bancomer, Monex, Intercam, CI banco,
Our accountant (wish we had her in the early days) : Liliana
Our publicity: Atencion!,
Members & Board of San Miguel Midday, for continuing support, attending Inaugurations, making speeches on behalf of the project, attending meetings with govt, fundraising!
Lee Carter: answering all the tricky finance questions in the past & leading the new team Denis & Alex, & David for the new Projects
Gary Reid for continuing to take excellent photos for us.


 &

MASSIVE THANKS to the men, women & children in all of the participating communities – for showing us your strength, courage & commitment to improving the lives of yourselves & future generations - living with such dignity under incredible hardship.


Numbers:

626 Cisterns
24 Communities
Ie 4000+ family members (+ other school & kinder children)

Total Funding Summarised
Rotary US$239,588    (including direct grant private donations)
SMCF US$10614
Sapasma mxn$953353 (ie approx. US$73334)
Fondo Verde mxn$150,000(ie approx. US$11,500) + US$21,850
Lotus Foundation mxn$93530
Other donations US$1000

(total approx. US$365080)

2nd New Team Project - Completed July 2014 19 + 2 Cisterns
Summary of Funding
ExHacienda Pena Blanca 19 Cisterns


Lotus Foundation Mxn$72056 

(nb this amount was under budget & the balance will be counted in the next project planned - global grant)
Sapasma Materials Donation value mxn$82,954.69

Planned for ExHacienda de Jesus - which became San Cayetano 1, Adjuntas de San Jose 1 (*municipality of San Diego Union)
Lotus Foundation Managed by RSMM
mxn 15077


1st New Team Project - Completed May 2013 18 Cisterns
Summary of Funding
Chinook Rotary Direct Grant $5000 , 
Rotary of Middletown Direct Grant $3021  
District 7980 District simplified Grant  $2320
Rotary San Miguel Midday $200 
(total USD$10,541)

Los Magueyes 8 cisterns
La Palma 8 cisterns
Viviendilla 2 Cisterns (1 at school, 1 demonstration cistern at factory)

Completed May-Jun 2012 11 Cisterns

Summary of Funding
San Miguel Community Fund $5911

Tierra Blanca 11 cisterns

Completed Jan-May 2012 169 cisterns in 8 Communities

Summary of Funding
Global Grant Rotary $65,300
Direct grants & donations $21,147 breakdown as follows:

Tallahassee US$10k club & $2.5k private donation
Port Lavaca  US$6k
Peggy Purcel US$462.45
Pancake breakfast fundraiser $14950pesos
Excess funds from Port Lavaca/New braumfels proj. $11420pesos
Excess funds from Cap II proj. $487pesos
Excess funds from Bellingham water proj. $1163.5 pesos
private donation $250pesos

La Tinaja 22 cisterns
Cruz del Palmar 41 Cisterns
Guerrero 20 Cisterns
Tres Esquinas 24 Cisterns
Tierra Blanca 23 Cisterns
Corralejos 15 Cisterns
Vivienda de Arriba 10 Cisterns
Los Torres 14 Cisterns

Completed Nov 2011-Jan2012 60 cisterns in 5 communities

Summary of Funding
Sapasma mxn$435399
Chris Hosford private donor US$500

Los Torres 18 cisterns (Phase IV in this community)
Presita de Santa Rosa 21 Cisterns (Pilot paid for by private donation - thankyou Chris Hosford, 20 cisterns funded by Sapasma)
Cienega Juana Ruiz 18 Cisterns (Phase II in this community)
Lomas de Cocina 2 Cisterns
Cinco Senores 1 Cistern 
(**)

Completed March – Jun 2011 134 cisterns in 6 communities

Summary of funding
Rotary $44,000
Fondo Verde mxn$150,000
Sapasma mxn$435,000

Tierra Blanca 28
Juan Gonzalez 22
funded by Global Grant from Baton Rouge Capitol City RC & District 6200 US$33,500
(completed June 2011)

Tierra Blanca 14 - direct grant donation from New Braumfels RC $2k, & Port Lavaca RC $7k
(completed June 2011)

San Lorenzo 4
Cinco Senores 11 (incl pilot in JG)
Fondo Verde Mxn$150k
(Completed June 2011)

Villa de Guadalupe 27
Cienega Juana Ruiz 26
Sapasma mxn$435k
(completed June 2011)

Villa Pilot x1
Cienega Pilot x 1
Bellingham RC US$1500
(completed June 2011)

Completed Jan 2011 – March 2011 25 cisterns
Summary Funding
DSG Tallahassee $3800,Tallahassee RC$6000,Walla Walla $7000
Vivienda Urbana (Cap II) 25 cisterns


Completed Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 Total 188 cisterns in 6 communities.
Summary Funding
Rotary$81,800
SMCF$4,703
Fondo Verde$21,850
Skymed $500
total funding = USD $108,853
Palencia 21 Cisterns $7k (+ balance of excess from other projects)
Capaderillo 40 Cisterns FV US$21850
Cruz del Palmar 28 Cisterns combined $24700
Vivienda de Arriba 17 Cisterns
Montecillo de Nieto 30 Cisterns $16700
Los Torres 52 Cisterns (27+4+17+1+3) Including $21,700 + 12,200+smcf US$2468+ smcf 2 U$2235  
= 188 cisterns (& 4 rotoplas tanks)