Transcript Autonomous Service Project Author: Natalia Bustos Pérez The Team We're volunteers of the project, “Lifting up Los Coipos”, a mix of students and professionals from Chile.

Autonomous
Service
Project
Author: Natalia Bustos Pérez
The Team
We're volunteers of the project, “Lifting up Los Coipos”, a mix
of students and professionals from Chile and abroad who have
been working every weekend to assist the communities devasted
by the earthquake
Fundamentals of the Project
 We are youth with a calling for social service.
 Gauging the magnitude of the castastrofe that occured in our country, we
know that we need to act NOW.
 We are aware that there exist small, rural communities in the interior that
find themselves isolated, and/or receive little help at a major organizational
and governmental level.
 We know that there exist muncipalities with scarce resources and a large
number of victims of the earthquake, as is the case with Hualañe.
 We believe that we have to do something for these localities in need.
Mapa de ubicación
SANTIAGO
HUALAÑE
VII REGION DEL MAULE
Background Information: Los Coipos
(Northeast Zone of Hualañé)
• Number of habitants: 250
• Number of families: 76
• Number of homes: 55
• Status of the homes after the earthquake: 37 are in the process of
being demolished, 11 are reparable and 5 are habitable.
• There is potable water and electricity, but they have never had regular
telephone coverage except for a satelite telephone.
General objective
To assist the 79 families victimized by the earthquake
in the locality of Los Coipos, in the following areas:
Emergency Assistance
Seek funding and assitance
Recreation and
Distraction
Census
Reconstruction, Architects, Engineers
Salvaging reusable materials
Repairing a warehouse
Completed tasks
(Emergency plan: Stage 1)
1. Supplying foods, toiletries,
and plastic tarps
2. Conducting a census
Completed tasks
3. Salvaging
reusable materials
Completed tasks
4. Recreation and distraction
Completed tasks
(Stage 1)
5. Evaluating the houses
Completed tasks
(Stage 1)
6. Reparing a storage space
Completed tasks
(Stage 1)
7. Workshops on reconstruction and applying for subsidies
2° phase
Extending our assistence to the entire northeastern region of Hualañé
along with the following additional goals:
Reconstruction of communal areas
and help with applying for subsidies
Organizing community members for
Leadership and advocacy
Addressing the medical and
mental health needs
A school for the villages of Hualañe
In collaboration with Rotary Reina Alta, we
request the support of all Rotary Clubs to
help us build this school in
Barba Rubia, Northeastern HUALAÑE
To LOLOL
Main paved Road
To CAONE,
ALTOS DE CAONE,
EL LLANO DE CAONE
The school's
location
To PARRONAL
Repairable rooms (Office and computer room)
Building to be demolished (classrooms)
School campus's boundaries
Main paved road
Present status of the school
At Left: Wall of a repairable room
Below: Poorly constructed structure
in a building to be demolished
SPECIFICS
CURRENT STUDENTS IN SCHOOL
BARBA RUBIA
Total: 66 Students:
• 26 PRESCHOOL,
• 40 ELEMENTARY
ADDITIONAL STUDENTS FROM:
•Los Coipos
•El Llano de Caone
•Caone
•La Palma
•Barba Rubia
•El Cobre
•Camarico
CONSEQUENCES OF CLOSING THE
SCHOOLS IN THIS ZONE
•Less investment in education
•Migration of families to more populated areas
•The disappearance of the rural villages
ADVANTAGES OF THIS
SCHOOL PROJECT IN
BARBA RUBIA
•Union and solution for 6
localities in the zone of
Hualañé
•Utilization of the foresty
resources in the zone
•Employment to the
Communities
•Possibility to construct a
Multi-purpose school to
train workers who can
work
for their own community
School project implementation
Macarena Rojas Sandoval is the architect who has volunteered her
professional time for the school's design, planning, and budget.
The school project will be constructed in 4 phases at an approximate
cost of US $400,000:
Stage 1: education
Stage 2: services
Stage 3: administration
Stage 4: recreation
Rotary's Support
We feel that this project embodies the principles of Rotary and
the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars program of extending
cultural understanding and friendship between countries.
Your investment will show support for the initiatives of
Ambassadorial Scholars, youth, and professionals from more
than 16 countries -- all of whom are passionate about rebuilding
the lives affected by the earthquake in Chile. We ask that you
contribute to this worthy cause for the protection of rural
communities at risk and in collaboration with Rotary Clubs in
Chile and internationally. With your collaboration, we can extend
the reach of Rotary to isolated destinations in need of aid.
Rotary's Support
We, the 2010 Ambassadorial Scholars in Chile, are currently
seeking pledges of US$5,000 from various Rotary Clubs by the
end of June 2010 in order to reach our benchmark of $100,000
and initiate the first phase of the project. Your support will be
publicly acknowledged and each Rotary Club's contribution will
be permanently recognized on the new school's campus.
The specific budget and plans for the school are available.
Please contact Macarena in English or Spanish:
Macarena Rojas Sandoval,
Coordinator of reconstruction, housing and communal areas
Mail: [email protected], N° Móvil: 56-09-9-2084869
Photos: State of the houses in Hualañe
Contact Information
Natalia Bustos Pérez, Project Lead Coordinator
Mail: [email protected], N° móvil: 56-09-9-7565648
Macarena Rojas Sandoval,
Coordinator of reconstruction, housing and communal areas
Mail: [email protected], N° Móvil: 56-09-9-2084869
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars and project volunteers:
Daniela Görge, Rotary Club Jena, District 1950, Germany, Mail: [email protected]
Robert Palmer, Avon Park Noon Rotary, District 6890, Florida, USA
Anna Shepard Daniel, Rotary Club of Charlotte, District 7680, North Carolina, USA
Michael Thompson, Rotary Club of La Jolla, District 5340, California, USA
Mohan Sakhrani, Rotary Club Point West, District 5180, California, USA
Rotary Club Reina Alta, District 4340, Chile
Vladimir Salvo, [email protected]
Manuel Alfaro Pérez, Katherine Benavente
Further Information Online
Rotaract raises funds for Los Coipos project in Germany: http://www.rotaractjena.de/chile
Background information:
http://mohansakhrani.blogspot.com/2010/03/lets-lift-up-town-of-los-coipos.html
Videos, presentations, publications:
http://mohansakhrani.blogspot.com/p/earthquake-relief-in-chile.html