November 11, 2024 • 22 mins
Discover how a simple mission can transform entire communities as we sit down with Dep Thuani, a relentless missionary worker bringing clean drinking water to South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya. Join us as Dep recounts his inspiring journey, which began in 2009, and continues with his ambitious goal to purchase a drilling rig by 2025. Through engaging with churches and businesses, Dep is on a path to revolutionize the efficiency of his clean water projects, and we discuss the potential role of Rotary in bolstering his mission. As Dep shares his experiences, we uncover the collaborative spirit that empowers Rotarians to turn impactful ideas into meaningful action.
Moving forward, we explore the roadmap for establishing sustainable drilling projects in Ethiopia with the aid of Rotary Global Grants. Tackling logistical challenges, we discuss innovative solutions like leveraging local resources such as Zuzu trucks to cut costs. Central to our conversation is the necessity of training local communities to become self-reliant in managing and maintaining drilling equipment. We also highlight the critical role of forming partnerships with local Rotary clubs in Ethiopia, emphasizing the importance of a Memorandum of Understanding to ensure solid collaborations. Together, we envision the economic upliftment these projects could bring and the steps needed to create an autonomous operation poised for future success.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Rotary Heroes of Hope podcast.
I'm your host, judy Zolfakar,proudly serving as the current
district governor for RotaryDistrict 5330.
Co-hosting with me is JamieZinn, our esteemed immediate
past district governor.
Heroes of Hope brings to lightthe remarkable stories of impact
from Rotarians within ourdistrict.
Our episodes shine a spotlighton transformative community
(00:23):
projects taking root in ourregion and extend their reach to
initiatives making waves on aglobal scale.
Each story is a testament tothe profound influence Rotarians
exert on the lives ofindividuals and communities we
are committed to serving.
Join us in this inspiringjourney.
Dive deeper into the world ofRotary with us and witness
firsthand the extraordinary waysin which Rotary touches lives,
and witness firsthand theextraordinary ways in which
(00:45):
Rotary touches lives andreshapes our world.
Welcome to the Rotary Heroes ofHope podcast, where hope takes
center stage and the heroes arethe Rotarians among us, turning
vision into action.
So we are having a wonderfulguest here today.
He's a returning guest to ourpodcast.
Dep Thuani is here to talk withus this afternoon, jamie, about
(01:07):
one of the most importantthings we do in Rotary right.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
That's right, clean water.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Clean water.
Everybody needs it.
So, Dep, why don't you go aheadand introduce yourself and tell
us a little bit about how yourprogram is progressing and what
new updates we have with yourclean water projects?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yes, my name is Dep Dev Twani.
I am a missionary worker foraccess to clean drinking water.
I've been in South Sudan, I'vebeen in Uganda, I've been in
Kenya, and the only mission thatcan be there is to make sure
that everybody could have anopportunity to have a clean
(01:45):
drinking water.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
That's a pretty big undertaking, especially in those
particular countries.
How exactly are you going aboutthat particular initiative?
Speaker 3 (01:58):
It needs a lot of work.
When I did that for the firsttime in 2009, I did raise a lot
of money and people behind me.
They listened to my story andthen they said we can work
together.
Most of my people that listenedto me was business owner,
(02:20):
leader in our community, leaderin the Rotary International Club
, and I raised money for aperiod of one year mostly one
and a half years before Iactually go to Africa and it was
very successful because thefund that I raised managed for
(02:42):
me to drill for those threeyears 2009, 2010, and 2011.
I completed about 14 boreholesin so many locations.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
So last time you were on our podcast, you talked to
us about how you started doingthis because of your son.
How you started doing thisbecause of your son and you were
working on some other projectsand were planning on going back
overseas again.
Can you tell us since then andI think was that in May, that
(03:16):
was in May, yeah, yeah, so backsince May.
Can you give us a little updateon what you've been doing, how
the Clean Water Project isprogressing and how Rotary can
continue to support you in this?
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Yes, since we met, I've been giving presentations
to local churches, some group ofbusiness, group of business and
the mission.
The driving mission for me wasto see that I can have another
opportunity for 2025.
If I manage the goal, it wouldhave to be that I need to buy a
(03:55):
drilling rig.
A drilling rig would make thecost less than when I go there
and rent it from other people.
I've been successfully meetinga lot of companies, but the
(04:19):
number of dollars that is beingraised is still too far to reach
the goal and the main thing forme now is that last year I did
go to Africa for delivering asoil filter that killed 99% of
(04:40):
the germs in the water.
Gather support around thosenetworks I have, including
rotary, that if it should bepossible for me to purchase
right here in USA a drilling rigthat may be able to be used
over time.
It's not only be used for ayear, one year, two, it can be
(05:03):
there for as long as it takes.
Used for a year, one, year, two, it can be there for as long as
it takes, and then that willhelp me to make sure I provided
access to clean river water tomore than the number I can
accept it In a year?
I would say maybe 10 to 15.
Well, only to target the dryseason, that has started in
(05:23):
February and it ended up inApril a year, and so that is a
goal for me now to see that, ifI reach it, 2025 would be
another blessing year for thosewho do not have clean drinking
water.
Well, that sounds like a globalproject in the making.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
I think maybe have you talked to your club or club
foundation and internationalchairperson on how you can work
on a global grant.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
I haven't been able to get somebody helping me
around and one of the ideas inmy mind.
I said let me wait until Judytakes the chair of the
presidency of the governorship,Then I can find a way to get in,
Because I also working fivedays a week.
(06:17):
But I really need somebody thatwill lead me to the process of
applying for those grants,knowing that my club will
contribute, and also that willgive me opportunity to go to the
other clubs that are in thedistrict.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Well, you know what I think?
You've got some powerfulknowledge here in your immediate
past District Governor as wellas I.
I'm not a grant specialist,however, I think this might be a
really good learning moment ofhow a Rotarian comes to a club
or to our district with a reallygood idea of something that's
really going to impact a lot ofpeople and literally save lives
(06:55):
and bring clean drinking waterto a community.
And we can work togetherthrough this podcast and
literally save lives and bringclean drinking water to a
community.
And we can work togetherthrough this podcast not
normally what we do here at thepodcast but work together
through what is the process of aglobal grant.
So why don't we take this as alearning opportunity?
And I know, jamie, you've beenthrough this probably more times
than I, so what would Deb do tojust start this process of
(07:19):
getting a global grant togetherfor his particular project?
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Okay.
So yeah, it's actually a fairlysimple process.
So again, refresh my memory,deb, I'm so sorry I don't
remember what club you're from.
No problem, menifee.
Huh, menifee Club, menifee Okay, all right, so well, that's
good, because we're down here inTemecula, we are very close and
(07:49):
I am more than happy to helpyou walk through the steps of
how to do this.
But obviously the first big stepis you need to speak with your
club president and yourinternational service chair.
That's where we start with, andI know, you know, the Menifee
Club has not engaged in a lot ofglobal grants.
So again, I'm happy to helpwith that and I can certainly
(08:11):
meet with you all three of you.
District Governor Judyobviously would probably love to
join as well, if her schedulepermits.
She's very busy, but we canmeet up.
And basically what we do is westart and we outline what the
project is.
Very simply, we already knowyou need to obtain this drilling
(08:31):
equipment, and so what we do iswe put down here's our
objective, we want thisequipment.
And then we say how are wegoing to get there?
We have to identify aninternational club who would
like to be what we call theinternational host.
And so if you don't have one inmind, we have a lot of
(08:52):
connections here in the districtthat we can find an
international club who wouldlike to be a host.
That's not a problem.
Can find an international clubwho would like to be a host,
that's not a problem.
And then the next steps fromthere is simply we write up
here's what it is, here's howwe're going to go about it.
We talk about any trainingthat's necessary, any budget.
You know we have to show howthis project is going to be
(09:14):
sustainable, the number ofpeople it's going to impact.
You know, again, I have sort ofa little checklist that I can
give you that goes of peopleit's going to impact.
You know, again, I have sort ofa little checklist that I can
give you that goes through.
Here's all the steps, here'sall the questions we need to
answer.
And then what we do is we writeup that grant and we put it out
on the Rotary Internationalwebsite as a pending grant and
(09:34):
then we get your club and thehost club or international club
to put those monies that they'regoing to designate onto that
global grant.
And hopefully we can get someother clubs here within our
district who would like to helpwith that global grant, because
they do have global grant fundsas well that they can put to it,
(09:56):
global grant funds as well thatthey can put to it.
We then submit that to RotaryInternational, to our
representative, who is CeciliaWalters, and then she will
review that, have us make anychanges that she feels is
appropriate.
We submit it back again andvoila, they approve it and then
the money gets distributed andwe have to continue to do
(10:17):
reporting to show how we've metthe objectives that we've
outlined.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
And I think there's a lot of key elements, because
that was a lot but it's not alot.
I mean it's a lot and not atthe same time.
I mean you're going forwardwith a pretty big project.
The project has to be a minimumof $30,000 or more.
When you're talking aboutpieces of equipment, typically
they're going to want to havethose pieces of equipment
sourced in the country or atleast on the same continent of
(10:43):
where the services are going tobe, because transportation is
typically prohibitive.
Correct, we're going to get adrill and we're going to send it
(11:04):
over there.
It's also going to be aboutokay, what kind of training
needs to be done for those thatare in country to be able to run
the equipment and maintain theequipment?
Is there a place to store theequipment?
So there's a lot of questionsthat need to be answered.
But there's also a lot ofpeople in our district.
Jamie is one of them, heleneKalfas is another one, and the
international chairperson andour Rotary Foundation
(11:26):
chairperson.
All these individuals areresources for you as an
individual Rotarian that has agreat idea.
Here's the pathway where you canget to your solution, and it
also comes into play once youhave received that global grant
number, then other clubs in ourdistrict can donate to your
(11:47):
project.
That's, you don't go around andactually start talking to the
clubs until you get that globalgrant number because they can't
give you the money or their DDFmoney, which is district
designated funds.
This is money that is sittingin a pool in a bank account that
came to our district from threeyears ago, our Rotarians in our
(12:09):
district giving to the RotaryFoundation.
So it goes.
We donate to the RotaryFoundation, it goes to Rotary
International, sits in RotaryInternational for three years
and then they send most of thatmoney back to our district for
projects just like this.
And that's kind of how ourorganization runs.
As total, the interest that isearned on those dollars that are
(12:29):
sitting at Rotary Internationalfor three years.
That's what runs ouradministrative services at the
Rotary International level,which is what makes Rotary so
strong, because we're not payingpeople out of the money that's
being donated, that we'redonating on a regular basis.
We're using the interest to payfor.
(12:50):
You know the very few officeswe have and the very few
employees we have.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
We are one of the largest nonprofit organizations
in the world that has the leastamount of administrative funds
that are dedicated, that most ofour money is going towards
projects like you're describingwe can put that out on a website
(13:22):
which is rotarygrantsorg andthat then people can go out
there and you can even do itright now is you can go out
there and search and say whohasa project related to water or
who has a project in thiscountry related to x, you know.
So other people who may have aslight amount of funds that they
don't know what to do with.
They can call up your projectand they can donate it to it as
well.
(13:42):
So lots of resources to be ableto get additional funds for
your project.
So what is the amount ofdollars that you're looking to
get and how close are you tothat?
Speaker 3 (13:58):
I hear a lot of good things that you guys are talking
about and I appreciate all ofyou for the overview of how it
could look like and how it'sgoing to go through.
I appreciate your volunteers tosee if we can sit down together
.
One of the things that Ialready made a research is that
(14:19):
the good thing is the drillingrate is right here in the USA
and it has to be transportedfrom here.
I already find two differentlocations of my team that can be
used over time, like having thecapacity of up to 200 feet.
Like you know, some drillingrigs are not competitive when
(14:44):
they use an air filter.
The one thing that I did useback in 2010,.
It was bought.
I buy the truck in Japan, thenthey ship it to USA and then we
assemble it in Alabama where theDibrop company.
(15:06):
They put the machine into thetruck, then they assemble it
together to the one unit, so ittook a long process.
It cost a lot of money.
I don't want to go that routebecause I've seen how it looks
like.
So this I think there is apotential to buy it here.
Instead of buying a truck, wecan get what they call a Zuzu
(15:29):
truck that can be used togetherwith a drilling rig and ship it
from here right here, probablyin LA, then it can go to
Ethiopia, a location that we canpick it up from there.
And ship it from here righthere, probably in LA, then it
can go to Ethiopia, a locationthat we can pick it up from
there.
Ethiopia is kind of having thecourse with Djibouti.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
This is kind of detail that we can talk about
later on and you'll definitelyneed that detail, along with the
financial obligation that wouldgo along with that, because
that's how the global grant getsstarted.
You have to have those detailsin that budget together.
It can't just be a wish or anidea.
It definitely has to have somesolid numbers to it, because
that's what allows it to gothrough the process, to go
(16:16):
through the process.
And again, one of the reallygreat things about Rotary and
Rotary International and all ofthe grants that we do do
throughout the world whetherthey be a global grant or larger
grants we have a lot of largeprojects is that they're vetted
pretty intensely so that there'sa higher chance nothing's ever
(16:37):
perfect but the higher chance ofit being a success.
So a lot of those questionsthat you're talking about right
now is great that you'rethinking about how this could
happen, because those thingsneed to be determined before
your grant can be finished, sothat has a higher chance of both
being completed as well asbeing sustainable once the
(16:58):
equipment gets to where it needsto be, and how it can be
maintained as it goes throughthe process of drilling those
wells for the various villagesthat you're talking about.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Right, and one of the questions that you asked me is
how much the budget shouldlocalize.
You know, roughly the drillingrate is probably going to be
$10,000.
But the cost of putting the rigfrom here through the ocean,
that may cost something that I'mnot sure what it's right now,
(17:30):
because back in 2010, it can belike $5,000 per one truck that
you loaded into the, into the,what they call a shipping
company.
So there's a lot of things thatwe can discuss in detail, but
(17:50):
the main thing for me now isthat I put myself into the test
because of my son that passedaway, and as long as I'm here in
this country, I will still talkabout that and taking myself
back to the country, also to bea part of the success and the
(18:11):
training, for those who receivethe thing would be educated so
they can use it according to thesafety that we're looking for,
and then that would allow me tocome back again for another year
to continue drilling when wehave the drilling rig over there
.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Well, and it's going to be a real key point in your
global grant to show thesustainability by not having it
be reliant on you to come backto that country to continue to
drill, but to teach and showthose individuals in that
country how to do the drilling.
(18:51):
And you know I mean essentiallywe want to make them autonomous
so that they can do it on theirown.
You know obviously contributesto the economic development
there.
It contributes to them beingable to have jobs, all kinds of
things we're doing through that.
So keep that in mind as you'rethinking about your project, as
how we can push this so thatthey become independent and
(19:15):
sustainable on their own.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
That's good, yes, indeed.
Independent and sustainable ontheir own that's good, yes
indeed.
And also, you were talkingabout the host country.
I met with a group of Rotariansin Addis Ababa, ethiopia.
They have a very good club.
I met with the president, I metwith the new president right
now, and they all are willing tosay we can work together.
(19:40):
You know, this would be anaddition to whatever you guys
already researched, you know,since the target location and
the location of the host countryfor that club would be very
easily accessible and they arewilling already to say we can
work together with them.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Well, and that's great, I mean, and we would, you
know, we could be District 5330, and your club would be the
host side and they would be theinternational partner.
Actually, the first, very, very, very first step is solidifying
that relationship and creatinga MOU, so that you identify what
(20:24):
each side is going to do, andthen from there you start
building the global grant andputting in all the other aspects
.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
And that's a memorandum of understanding.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Again, I think there's probably some templates
that are there that can kind ofI have a template for you to to
map that out.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
So we appreciate you coming and joining us.
This has been a fun lesson onhow Rotary Global Grants work
and we hope that, uh, you'reable to make those connections
work with your club, work withyour partner overseas and be
able to put that together andonce that's completed and you're
off and running and you've gotthat drill where it needs to be,
(21:05):
maybe then you can come backand have a chat with us.
How does that sound?
Speaker 3 (21:09):
It sounds great.
And also to let you know also,judy, you already met with
George.
Yep, george is the newpresident for my club and he's
already well committed, and Iwill just have to have another
one-on-one conversation with himand also, if you have the
opportunity, to share ourdiscussion with him on the
(21:31):
podcast, that would be lovely soyou know what we are talking
about, and and also to see if wecan have another time to sit
down in detail so I can benefitfrom your explanation of the
thing that I need to do, andthen from there we can see if
(21:54):
the engagement of speaking toother Rotarian would be utilized
in time to come throughout theyear.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Absolutely Well, one step at a time.
That's the key right.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
We got to go one step at a time.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Make sure we got everything in order so that we
can help you with your project.
So thanks again for joining ustoday.
We appreciate it and we lookforward to talking to you more
about it at a later time.
Have a great day.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
Thank you, judy.
Bye-bye, you guys have awonderful day, you too.
Bye-bye, bye-bye.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
So that wraps up this episode of Heroes of Hope.
We are so happy that we have anaudience out there listening.
We want you to subscribe, shareand tell your friends about the
Rotary Community Heroes of Hope, because that's how we get the
word out about.
Welcome to the Rotary Heroes of Hope podcast.
I'm your host, judy Zolfakar,proudly serving as the current
district governor for RotaryDistrict 5330.
Co-hosting with me is JamieZinn, our esteemed immediate
past district governor.
Heroes of Hope brings to lightthe remarkable stories of impact
from Rotarians within ourdistrict.
Our episodes shine a spotlighton transformative community
(00:23):
projects taking root in ourregion and extend their reach to
initiatives making waves on aglobal scale.
Each story is a testament tothe profound influence Rotarians
exert on the lives ofindividuals and communities we
are committed to serving.
Join us in this inspiringjourney.
Dive deeper into the world ofRotary with us and witness
firsthand the extraordinary waysin which Rotary touches lives,
and witness firsthand theextraordinary ways in which
(00:45):
Rotary touches lives andreshapes our world.
Welcome to the Rotary Heroes ofHope podcast, where hope takes
center stage and the heroes arethe Rotarians among us, turning
vision into action.
So we are having a wonderfulguest here today.
He's a returning guest to ourpodcast.
Dep Thuani is here to talk withus this afternoon, jamie, about
(01:07):
one of the most importantthings we do in Rotary right.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
That's right, clean water.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Clean water.
Everybody needs it.
So, Dep, why don't you go aheadand introduce yourself and tell
us a little bit about how yourprogram is progressing and what
new updates we have with yourclean water projects?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yes, my name is Dep Dev Twani.
I am a missionary worker foraccess to clean drinking water.
I've been in South Sudan, I'vebeen in Uganda, I've been in
Kenya, and the only mission thatcan be there is to make sure
that everybody could have anopportunity to have a clean
(01:45):
drinking water.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
That's a pretty big undertaking, especially in those
particular countries.
How exactly are you going aboutthat particular initiative?
Speaker 3 (01:58):
It needs a lot of work.
When I did that for the firsttime in 2009, I did raise a lot
of money and people behind me.
They listened to my story andthen they said we can work
together.
Most of my people that listenedto me was business owner,
(02:20):
leader in our community, leaderin the Rotary International Club
, and I raised money for aperiod of one year mostly one
and a half years before Iactually go to Africa and it was
very successful because thefund that I raised managed for
(02:42):
me to drill for those threeyears 2009, 2010, and 2011.
I completed about 14 boreholesin so many locations.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
So last time you were on our podcast, you talked to
us about how you started doingthis because of your son.
How you started doing thisbecause of your son and you were
working on some other projectsand were planning on going back
overseas again.
Can you tell us since then andI think was that in May, that
(03:16):
was in May, yeah, yeah, so backsince May.
Can you give us a little updateon what you've been doing, how
the Clean Water Project isprogressing and how Rotary can
continue to support you in this?
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Yes, since we met, I've been giving presentations
to local churches, some group ofbusiness, group of business and
the mission.
The driving mission for me wasto see that I can have another
opportunity for 2025.
If I manage the goal, it wouldhave to be that I need to buy a
(03:55):
drilling rig.
A drilling rig would make thecost less than when I go there
and rent it from other people.
I've been successfully meetinga lot of companies, but the
(04:19):
number of dollars that is beingraised is still too far to reach
the goal and the main thing forme now is that last year I did
go to Africa for delivering asoil filter that killed 99% of
(04:40):
the germs in the water.
Gather support around thosenetworks I have, including
rotary, that if it should bepossible for me to purchase
right here in USA a drilling rigthat may be able to be used
over time.
It's not only be used for ayear, one year, two, it can be
(05:03):
there for as long as it takes.
Used for a year, one, year, two, it can be there for as long as
it takes, and then that willhelp me to make sure I provided
access to clean river water tomore than the number I can
accept it In a year?
I would say maybe 10 to 15.
Well, only to target the dryseason, that has started in
(05:23):
February and it ended up inApril a year, and so that is a
goal for me now to see that, ifI reach it, 2025 would be
another blessing year for thosewho do not have clean drinking
water.
Well, that sounds like a globalproject in the making.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
I think maybe have you talked to your club or club
foundation and internationalchairperson on how you can work
on a global grant.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
I haven't been able to get somebody helping me
around and one of the ideas inmy mind.
I said let me wait until Judytakes the chair of the
presidency of the governorship,Then I can find a way to get in,
Because I also working fivedays a week.
(06:17):
But I really need somebody thatwill lead me to the process of
applying for those grants,knowing that my club will
contribute, and also that willgive me opportunity to go to the
other clubs that are in thedistrict.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Well, you know what I think?
You've got some powerfulknowledge here in your immediate
past District Governor as wellas I.
I'm not a grant specialist,however, I think this might be a
really good learning moment ofhow a Rotarian comes to a club
or to our district with a reallygood idea of something that's
really going to impact a lot ofpeople and literally save lives
(06:55):
and bring clean drinking waterto a community.
And we can work togetherthrough this podcast and
literally save lives and bringclean drinking water to a
community.
And we can work togetherthrough this podcast not
normally what we do here at thepodcast but work together
through what is the process of aglobal grant.
So why don't we take this as alearning opportunity?
And I know, jamie, you've beenthrough this probably more times
than I, so what would Deb do tojust start this process of
(07:19):
getting a global grant togetherfor his particular project?
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Okay.
So yeah, it's actually a fairlysimple process.
So again, refresh my memory,deb, I'm so sorry I don't
remember what club you're from.
No problem, menifee.
Huh, menifee Club, menifee Okay, all right, so well, that's
good, because we're down here inTemecula, we are very close and
(07:49):
I am more than happy to helpyou walk through the steps of
how to do this.
But obviously the first big stepis you need to speak with your
club president and yourinternational service chair.
That's where we start with, andI know, you know, the Menifee
Club has not engaged in a lot ofglobal grants.
So again, I'm happy to helpwith that and I can certainly
(08:11):
meet with you all three of you.
District Governor Judyobviously would probably love to
join as well, if her schedulepermits.
She's very busy, but we canmeet up.
And basically what we do is westart and we outline what the
project is.
Very simply, we already knowyou need to obtain this drilling
(08:31):
equipment, and so what we do iswe put down here's our
objective, we want thisequipment.
And then we say how are wegoing to get there?
We have to identify aninternational club who would
like to be what we call theinternational host.
And so if you don't have one inmind, we have a lot of
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connections here in the districtthat we can find an
international club who wouldlike to be a host.
That's not a problem.
Can find an international clubwho would like to be a host,
that's not a problem.
And then the next steps fromthere is simply we write up
here's what it is, here's howwe're going to go about it.
We talk about any trainingthat's necessary, any budget.
You know we have to show howthis project is going to be
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sustainable, the number ofpeople it's going to impact.
You know, again, I have sort ofa little checklist that I can
give you that goes of peopleit's going to impact.
You know, again, I have sort ofa little checklist that I can
give you that goes through.
Here's all the steps, here'sall the questions we need to
answer.
And then what we do is we writeup that grant and we put it out
on the Rotary Internationalwebsite as a pending grant and
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then we get your club and thehost club or international club
to put those monies that they'regoing to designate onto that
global grant.
And hopefully we can get someother clubs here within our
district who would like to helpwith that global grant, because
they do have global grant fundsas well that they can put to it,
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global grant funds as well thatthey can put to it.
We then submit that to RotaryInternational, to our
representative, who is CeciliaWalters, and then she will
review that, have us make anychanges that she feels is
appropriate.
We submit it back again andvoila, they approve it and then
the money gets distributed andwe have to continue to do
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reporting to show how we've metthe objectives that we've
outlined.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
And I think there's a lot of key elements, because
that was a lot but it's not alot.
I mean it's a lot and not atthe same time.
I mean you're going forwardwith a pretty big project.
The project has to be a minimumof $30,000 or more.
When you're talking aboutpieces of equipment, typically
they're going to want to havethose pieces of equipment
sourced in the country or atleast on the same continent of
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where the services are going tobe, because transportation is
typically prohibitive.
Correct, we're going to get adrill and we're going to send it
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over there.
It's also going to be aboutokay, what kind of training
needs to be done for those thatare in country to be able to run
the equipment and maintain theequipment?
Is there a place to store theequipment?
So there's a lot of questionsthat need to be answered.
But there's also a lot ofpeople in our district.
Jamie is one of them, heleneKalfas is another one, and the
international chairperson andour Rotary Foundation
(11:26):
chairperson.
All these individuals areresources for you as an
individual Rotarian that has agreat idea.
Here's the pathway where you canget to your solution, and it
also comes into play once youhave received that global grant
number, then other clubs in ourdistrict can donate to your
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project.
That's, you don't go around andactually start talking to the
clubs until you get that globalgrant number because they can't
give you the money or their DDFmoney, which is district
designated funds.
This is money that is sittingin a pool in a bank account that
came to our district from threeyears ago, our Rotarians in our
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district giving to the RotaryFoundation.
So it goes.
We donate to the RotaryFoundation, it goes to Rotary
International, sits in RotaryInternational for three years
and then they send most of thatmoney back to our district for
projects just like this.
And that's kind of how ourorganization runs.
As total, the interest that isearned on those dollars that are
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sitting at Rotary Internationalfor three years.
That's what runs ouradministrative services at the
Rotary International level,which is what makes Rotary so
strong, because we're not payingpeople out of the money that's
being donated, that we'redonating on a regular basis.
We're using the interest to payfor.
(12:50):
You know the very few officeswe have and the very few
employees we have.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
We are one of the largest nonprofit organizations
in the world that has the leastamount of administrative funds
that are dedicated, that most ofour money is going towards
projects like you're describingwe can put that out on a website
(13:22):
which is rotarygrantsorg andthat then people can go out
there and you can even do itright now is you can go out
there and search and say whohasa project related to water or
who has a project in thiscountry related to x, you know.
So other people who may have aslight amount of funds that they
don't know what to do with.
They can call up your projectand they can donate it to it as
well.
(13:42):
So lots of resources to be ableto get additional funds for
your project.
So what is the amount ofdollars that you're looking to
get and how close are you tothat?
Speaker 3 (13:58):
I hear a lot of good things that you guys are talking
about and I appreciate all ofyou for the overview of how it
could look like and how it'sgoing to go through.
I appreciate your volunteers tosee if we can sit down together
.
One of the things that Ialready made a research is that
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the good thing is the drillingrate is right here in the USA
and it has to be transportedfrom here.
I already find two differentlocations of my team that can be
used over time, like having thecapacity of up to 200 feet.
Like you know, some drillingrigs are not competitive when
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they use an air filter.
The one thing that I did useback in 2010,.
It was bought.
I buy the truck in Japan, thenthey ship it to USA and then we
assemble it in Alabama where theDibrop company.
(15:06):
They put the machine into thetruck, then they assemble it
together to the one unit, so ittook a long process.
It cost a lot of money.
I don't want to go that routebecause I've seen how it looks
like.
So this I think there is apotential to buy it here.
Instead of buying a truck, wecan get what they call a Zuzu
(15:29):
truck that can be used togetherwith a drilling rig and ship it
from here right here, probablyin LA, then it can go to
Ethiopia, a location that we canpick it up from there.
And ship it from here righthere, probably in LA, then it
can go to Ethiopia, a locationthat we can pick it up from
there.
Ethiopia is kind of having thecourse with Djibouti.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
This is kind of detail that we can talk about
later on and you'll definitelyneed that detail, along with the
financial obligation that wouldgo along with that, because
that's how the global grant getsstarted.
You have to have those detailsin that budget together.
It can't just be a wish or anidea.
It definitely has to have somesolid numbers to it, because
that's what allows it to gothrough the process, to go
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through the process.
And again, one of the reallygreat things about Rotary and
Rotary International and all ofthe grants that we do do
throughout the world whetherthey be a global grant or larger
grants we have a lot of largeprojects is that they're vetted
pretty intensely so that there'sa higher chance nothing's ever
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perfect but the higher chance ofit being a success.
So a lot of those questionsthat you're talking about right
now is great that you'rethinking about how this could
happen, because those thingsneed to be determined before
your grant can be finished, sothat has a higher chance of both
being completed as well asbeing sustainable once the
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equipment gets to where it needsto be, and how it can be
maintained as it goes throughthe process of drilling those
wells for the various villagesthat you're talking about.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Right, and one of the questions that you asked me is
how much the budget shouldlocalize.
You know, roughly the drillingrate is probably going to be
$10,000.
But the cost of putting the rigfrom here through the ocean,
that may cost something that I'mnot sure what it's right now,
(17:30):
because back in 2010, it can belike $5,000 per one truck that
you loaded into the, into the,what they call a shipping
company.
So there's a lot of things thatwe can discuss in detail, but
(17:50):
the main thing for me now isthat I put myself into the test
because of my son that passedaway, and as long as I'm here in
this country, I will still talkabout that and taking myself
back to the country, also to bea part of the success and the
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training, for those who receivethe thing would be educated so
they can use it according to thesafety that we're looking for,
and then that would allow me tocome back again for another year
to continue drilling when wehave the drilling rig over there
.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Well, and it's going to be a real key point in your
global grant to show thesustainability by not having it
be reliant on you to come backto that country to continue to
drill, but to teach and showthose individuals in that
country how to do the drilling.
(18:51):
And you know I mean essentiallywe want to make them autonomous
so that they can do it on theirown.
You know obviously contributesto the economic development
there.
It contributes to them beingable to have jobs, all kinds of
things we're doing through that.
So keep that in mind as you'rethinking about your project, as
how we can push this so thatthey become independent and
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sustainable on their own.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
That's good, yes, indeed.
Independent and sustainable ontheir own that's good, yes
indeed.
And also, you were talkingabout the host country.
I met with a group of Rotariansin Addis Ababa, ethiopia.
They have a very good club.
I met with the president, I metwith the new president right
now, and they all are willing tosay we can work together.
(19:40):
You know, this would be anaddition to whatever you guys
already researched, you know,since the target location and
the location of the host countryfor that club would be very
easily accessible and they arewilling already to say we can
work together with them.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Well, and that's great, I mean, and we would, you
know, we could be District 5330, and your club would be the
host side and they would be theinternational partner.
Actually, the first, very, very, very first step is solidifying
that relationship and creatinga MOU, so that you identify what
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each side is going to do, andthen from there you start
building the global grant andputting in all the other aspects
.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
And that's a memorandum of understanding.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Again, I think there's probably some templates
that are there that can kind ofI have a template for you to to
map that out.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
So we appreciate you coming and joining us.
This has been a fun lesson onhow Rotary Global Grants work
and we hope that, uh, you'reable to make those connections
work with your club, work withyour partner overseas and be
able to put that together andonce that's completed and you're
off and running and you've gotthat drill where it needs to be,
(21:05):
maybe then you can come backand have a chat with us.
How does that sound?
Speaker 3 (21:09):
It sounds great.
And also to let you know also,judy, you already met with
George.
Yep, george is the newpresident for my club and he's
already well committed, and Iwill just have to have another
one-on-one conversation with himand also, if you have the
opportunity, to share ourdiscussion with him on the
(21:31):
podcast, that would be lovely soyou know what we are talking
about, and and also to see if wecan have another time to sit
down in detail so I can benefitfrom your explanation of the
thing that I need to do, andthen from there we can see if
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the engagement of speaking toother Rotarian would be utilized
in time to come throughout theyear.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Absolutely Well, one step at a time.
That's the key right.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
We got to go one step at a time.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Make sure we got everything in order so that we
can help you with your project.
So thanks again for joining ustoday.
We appreciate it and we lookforward to talking to you more
about it at a later time.
Have a great day.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
Thank you, judy.
Bye-bye, you guys have awonderful day, you too.
Bye-bye, bye-bye.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
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