Project Description Country: India Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu Total Budget: $2,600 Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Health: Disease Summary: Teach Diabetic Awareness to Primary and Seconadary School students in Chennai India has one of the highest number of Type 1 Diabetic patients in the world and approximately 30% of which are school going children under the age of 20. Many of these young students, their parents and teachers are unaware to recognize the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes. Some students have died as a result of not recognizing the symptoms and lack of awareness. Blue Circle Foundation, a non-profit organization (NGO) in India, is currently devoted to bring awareness, educate and train teachers and school going students about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. They have conducted several workshops in many schools all over India to bring awareness and also provide initial screening with Blood Glucose meters. Chennai municipal corporation with approximately over 750 primary schools and 250 secondary/high schools is the area of focus of this project. The purpose of this district grant is to educate, screen and train the teachers and students about diabetic awareness with the help and assistance and guidance of the local NGO. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Del Mar-Solana Beach Primary Contact: Mandyam Venkatesh Email: mandyamvenkatesh@gmail.com Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Del Mar-Solana Beach (5340) 20-Jul-24 $800 $800 $1,600 Del Mar-Solana Beach (5340) 20-Jul-24 $1,000 $0 $1,000 Total $1,800 $800 $2,600

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [1-Sep-25] Final Report [26-Aug-25] Diabetic Awareness [26-Aug-25] Diabetic Awareness CN Academy [26-Aug-25] Diabetic awareness Report # 2 [1-Sep-25] Receipt 1 [1-Sep-25] Receipt 2

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History Log Entries 20-Jul-24 by Mandyam Venkatesh System Entry: Creation of project page. 20-Jul-24 by Mandyam Venkatesh System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Herb Liberman of the Rotary Club of Del Mar-Solana Beach, District 5340. 23-Jul-24 by Herb Liberman System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 23-Jul-24 by Herb Liberman System Entry: Project signed by Herb Liberman. 17-Sep-24 by Alan Turner System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 20-Dec-24 by Dave Brooks System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 26-Aug-25 by Mandyam Venkatesh Three Diabetic Awareness Reports sent by Chennai Host Rotary are uploaded. About 22 schools in different districts of the city of Chennai were attended by the Madras Child Welfare council along with Madras Rotary Club personnel and students were advised about awareness and also a few were tested for blood sugar readings and results reported to school for communication with parents of the students. 27-Aug-25 by Mandyam Venkatesh In the History Log on 20 Dec 2024, Dave Brooks stated that DDF was issued for this project and that is an error. As you can see in the financing page, our club never asked for DDF funds for this project and none was issued. $2600 project amount was fully funded by our club members. The district grant was successfully completed and completion report submitted. 27-Aug-25 by Mandyam Venkatesh Final Report submitted in the proper form and submitted for approval 27-Aug-25 by Mandyam Venkatesh System Entry: Final Report signed by Mandyam Venkatesh. 27-Aug-25 by Herb Liberman System Entry: Final Report signed by Herb Liberman. 29-Aug-25 by Alan Turner System Entry: Project reverted to "Paid". 1-Sep-25 by Alan Turner System Entry: Final Report signed by Herb Liberman. 1-Sep-25 by Alan Turner System Entry: Final Report signed by Mandyam Venkatesh. 1-Sep-25 by Alan Turner System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.