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5. New projects outside of the presentations

We received information on three additional projects outside of the group presentations:
• Kitchen and dining room equipment for Idelfonso Velazquez school in Toluca
area (420 students in one shift, grades unknown, budget $9,000 - $10,000 and
details needed)
• Auditorium equipment for Mariano Riva Palacio school in Toluca area (871
students in AM, 130 students in PM, grades unknown, budget $24,000 and
details needed) – also stated need to repair the auditorium roof and library
equipment, with no details and no budgets
• Sewing machines and workshops for women in Pachuca (budget in mid 30’s,
grant draft partially developed)
• David Carranza noted on Tuesday that he had received a grant project request
from the Sayavedra club that D4170 will review and send to us if it is viable

POSITIVE PEACE GRANTS AND PROGRAM UPDATES

Jorge Meruvia (Rotary Peace Fellow and Rotarian from Puebla in D4185) and Carlos
Juarez (Rotary Peace Fellow and Mexico coordinator for the Institute for Economics and
Peace in Mexico City) gave an enlightening and energetic review of the positive peace
concept, the relationship of Rotary and the IEP, the first Mexico global grant for positive
peace, and the current global grant for positive peace (GG 1873991, $152,010, host
District 4170, sponsor Chattanooga Hamilton Place TN). The new grant project includes
participation for Rotactors in all seven Mexico Rotary districts.

Monday, November 12

Stop 1 – Holtz-Beahon kidney transplant program (ABC Hospital)

Nacho Holtz led an outstanding program for all the participants in the audience. Nacho
believes that the next global grant (Carlinville) for $192,000 will start around September
2019 and be completed by September 2020. The party fundraiser for patient support has
been moved to Rotary’s birthday on February 23, 2019. Many kidney transplant recipients
and donors spoke, and some of the donor relationships were not family but just friends.
One recipient recalled the pain before his transplant, noting that he “didn’t’ have that smile
before” in reference to a picture shortly after his transplant, and later he added “the
damage in our bodies is so bad that we don’t want to wake up.” Several other speakers
made brief remarks, and they were all excellent.

Stop 2 – Hospital Pediatrico

This stop started with a brief overview and an introduction of the team that has been
assembled for their comprehensive approach to cleft lip and palate issues. The team
includes a speech therapist, an ENT specialist, a genetics doctor, a plastic surgeon, and a
o-something –ologist who knows when the exact right time is for each surgery. The
hospital has been doing one surgery a month and is now up to 12 per month. Small