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Friday, October 18, 2013

Rotary Club Funding Received

Laptops to Lesotho has received a grant from the Unadilla Rotary Club, Maseru Rotary Club, and Rotary International for $7,500.

The money will help support a Mosotho in-country volunteer, provide additional technical support to the schools in Ketane, expand our audio-visual capacity for creating and translating country-specific educational materials, replace malfunctioning touchpads and weak speakers, and purchase more XO laptops and solar chargers.

A huge Thank You to these Rotary Clubs  for their support helping us improve education in rural Lesotho!  A special thank-you to Rotarian Donald Tuttle who facilitated this grant.

Grant Specifics
  1. Volunteer Living Expenses    $2,400
    For housing and food for the project volunteer while staying in Ketane
  2. Volunteer Travel Expenses    $360
    For work-related trips between Ketane and Maseru by the project volunteer
  3. Communications    $300
    For work-related phone and internet services for the project volunteer
  4. Technical Support    $1,000
    For hiring I.T. specialist(s) to install and maintain project equipment at the schools
  5. Audio Recording Equipment    $300
    For purchase of voice recording and editing equipment for creation and translation of educational audio materials
  6. Computer Peripherals    $600
    For purchase of 150 computer mice to use in place of malfunctioning touchpads and 150 headphones in place of weak speakers (problems inherent on the XO-1 laptop model)
  7. New XO Laptops    $2300
    For purchase of 20 new XO laptops, charging station, router, and spare batteries.
  8. Miscellaneous Expenses    $240

Unadilla Rotary Club, New York
District 7170
 
Maseru Rotary Club, Lesotho
District 9370
 
Rotary International
www.rotary.org
 
 
 
- Janissa

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