The scope of this project is to provide a reliable, safe, potable water supply within the village of Kutsutkao. This village has no system for mechanically transporting water from the river to the village, and has no central, nor individual, purification systems.
The project includes Innovative Water Technologies' (a Colorado based company) SunSpring Hybrid portable solar and wind powered self-contained microbiological water purification system capable of producing up to 20,000 liters of water per day for up to and typically well exceeding ten years. This system includes a submersible pump to supply water to the filtering unit (run from a self-contained solar/battery unit), a bottle buddy - a water bottle clean/sanitize/rinse station designed to be used with the SunSpring Hybrid water purification system. The SunSpring Bottle Buddy cleans, sanitizes and rinses any size water bottle in seconds. Also included will be 100 collapsible 2.5 gallon water carriers for individual families. The water from the filtration unit can either be "pressure on demand", or clean water can be pumped to a storage tank with a level control switch to activate the purification unit/pump.
The Sunspring Hybrid has no consumables that need to be replaced periodically. It is relatively maintenance free, with only the occasional backwash required. These units have been installed worldwide for over 20 years. Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary members would be fully trained to install and start up the unit and train the locals. Installation is typically done in 6 to 8 hours.
4 Project Objectives:
• Provide Clean Potable Water to the People of Kutsutkao
• Further Empower the Women of the Village
• Enhance Villages Opportunities for Eco-Tourism
• Enable MAANA Chicken Hatchery Project
With Innovative Water Technologies, Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary would be responsible for procurement, transportation to Kutsutkao (fits in a Cessna 182 once de-crated), set up on site, and training. We have partnered with Club Rotario Morona-Macas and Club Rotario Puyo, to be in-country host partners. Obviously we will need some assistance in coordinating logistics in country. We are also partnered with a Tucson based non-profit organization and two Ecuadorian non-governmental organizations Fundacion Mente and Maketai. Timeline for this project is December 2024 or February 2025, depending on project approval. Project funding will come from 3-5 clubs in Ecuador as well as D5440 clubs and private funds.
Several members from Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary Club will go to the Achuar for the installation, accompanied by Innovative Water Technologies who has installed these systems in over 38 countries.
Your project is "Fully Pledged". This means the amount of the pledges is equal to the total budget of the project. Now the project needs to be finalized and go through the approval process with The Rotary Foundation. This process gets started on the administration page.
Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Estes Valley Sunrise (5440)
2-Feb-24
$6,000
$12,000
$18,000
Morona-Macas (4400)
27-Mar-24
$400
$800
$1,200
Puyo (4400)
27-Mar-24
$400
$800
$1,200
Estes Park (5440)
31-May-24
$1,500
$3,000
$4,500
Greeley (5440)
4-Jun-24
$60
$0
$60
San Marino (5300)
15-Aug-24
$1,000
$1,000
$2,000
Greeley (5440)
18-Aug-24
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation
-
$14,080
$14,080
Total
$42,040
DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.
Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.
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History Log Entries
2-Feb-24
by Jean Rissmiller
System Entry: Creation of project page.
2-Feb-24
by Jean Rissmiller
System Entry: Pledge of $50,950 with $6,000 DDF by Jean Rissmiller of the Rotary Club of Estes Valley Sunrise, District 5440.
27-Mar-24
by Jean Rissmiller
System Entry: Pledge of $400 with $800 DDF by Lenin Zea of the Rotary Club of Morona-Macas, District 4400.
27-Mar-24
by Jean Rissmiller
System Entry: Pledge of $400 with $800 DDF by Lenin Zea of the Rotary Club of Morona-Macas, District 4400.
27-Mar-24
by Jean Rissmiller
System Entry: Pledge of $400 with $800 DDF by Veronica Masson of the Rotary Club of Puyo, District 4400.
31-May-24
by Jean Rissmiller
System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 by Ron Gordon of the Rotary Club of Estes Park, District 5440.
4-Jun-24
by Jean Rissmiller
System Entry: Pledge of $60 by Neil Best of the Rotary Club of Greeley, District 5440.
15-Aug-24
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $2,560 by Jean-Pierre Mainguy of the Rotary Club of San Marino, District 5300.
18-Aug-24
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Nina Lewis of the Rotary Club of Greeley, District 5440.
18-Aug-24
System Entry
System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".
13-Oct-24
by Jean Rissmiller
Global Grant is complete and has been submitted to a)Regional Grant Officer, Susan Doxitar, in Ecuador for project approval and b)to WASH Rotary Action Group's Professional Services team for critique prior to being submitted to Rotary International.
