P-5679

Summer Camp - Pogradec Albania

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Project Description

Country: Albania

Location: Pogradec

Total Budget: $5,100

Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy

Activity Type: Education: General

Summary: A day camp for 30 children with special needs in Pogradec Albania


In Albania, although disability inclusion is mandated by law, schools are not accessible, and specialized instruction and support are not generally available. As a result, many people with disabilities never go to school nationwide; in Pogradec the number is even higher. In most cases, if a family has a child with special needs, that child's primary caregiver is a parent. A small stipend from the government partially offsets the cost of medicine but is insufficient to pay for additional care or activities, or to offset the loss of income. Nehemiah Gateway (NG) Albania is a longtime, trusted partner to these families. It is one of the only places in Pogradec offering services such as speech and physical therapy to children with special needs, free of charge.

For summer 2025, Nehemiah Gateway will be providing a three-week camp for children with special needs.

The first week will be with children under 16 years old. There will be approximately 10 children that have mental disabilities. All of whom are children who frequent the Nehemiah Gateway speech therapy program.

The next two weeks will be 18-20 children that are up to 16 years old.

The goals are:

• Should be independent in self-care

• Socialization

• Communication ...etc.

For summer 2025, Nehemiah Gateway has prepared a program with games and different social activities and dancing. Also, the plan is to have more field trips to different places around the area:

• Pheasant forest

• Drilon

• Beach

• Lakeside walks

• Desserts in a restaurant

• Bicycle training ...etc.

This grant application is requesting $2,833 in District grant matching funds, to go with $2,267 from the Rotary Club of Estes Park to sponsor a camp for children with special needs. See budget for breakdown of the costs.

NOTE: This is a different summer camp than the summer camp the Rotary Club of Estes Park sponsored in 2024 (District Grant P-5145). While the 2024 summer camp focused on at-risk Roma children and is run by teachers from the Amaro Tan School, this project serves children with special needs. It is a different group of children, and the camp will be run by clinicians and social workers from the NG Children's Learning Center. Goals and objectives of the camp are also substantially different.

Project Contact Person

District: 5440

Rotary Club of: Estes Park

Primary Contact: Jack Boatman

Email: jack.boatman7@gmail.com

Project Status

Approved
This project is "Approved". This means that the district leadership has reviewed and approved the allocation of district funds for this project. Once the funds from the district have been issued, the status of the project will be changed to "Paid".

Project listed for the 2025-26 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Estes Park (5440)

9-Jul-25

$2,267

$2,833

$5,100

Total

$2,267

$2,833

$5,100

Project Supporting Documents


[9-Jul-25]
Summer Camp Budget


[9-Jul-25]
Summer Camp Budget


[9-Jul-25]
Summer Camp Budget

 

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History Log Entries

3-Jun-25

by Randy Looper

Jack can you please upload a budget of income and expenses to the documents area.

Thanks, Randy

3-Jun-25

by Jack Boatman

Budget uploaded.

4-Jun-25

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

5-Jun-25

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Project signed by Jack Boatman.

1-Jul-25

by Randy Looper

Jack,

I have adjusted your DDF total. Please adjust however you want as long as all 3 grants DDF equals a $1,000 reduction.

Randy

1-Jul-25

by Randy Looper

System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user.

1-Jul-25

by Randy Looper

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

9-Jul-25

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

9-Jul-25

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

9-Jul-25

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Pledge of $2,267 with $2,833 DDF by Jack Boatman of the Rotary Club of Estes Park, District 5440.

9-Jul-25

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

9-Jul-25

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

9-Jul-25

by Jack Boatman

System Entry: Project signed by Jack Boatman.

9-Jul-25

by Jack Ford

System Entry: Project signed by Jack Ford.

9-Jul-25

by Jack Ford

System Entry: Project signed by Jack Ford.

14-Jul-25

by Randy Looper

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

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