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Global Grant Application GRANT NUMBER STATUS
GG2012486 Approved

 
Basic Information
Grant title
Quality Improvement on Blood Transfusion practices in Butwal to combat COVID19

Type of Project
Humanitarian Project
Address community needs and produce sustainable, measurable outcomes
 
Primary Contacts

Name Club District Sponsor Role

Rajendra Lamsal Butwal 3292 Club Host

N Murali Attibele Sarjapura 3190 Club International

Committee Members
Host committee

Name Club District Role

Madhu Aryal Butwal 3292 Secondary Contact

Rajendra Dhoju Butwal 3292 Secondary Contact

International committee

Name Club District Role

H.C SRINATH Attibele Sarjapura 3190 Secondary Contact International

H N AMARESH Attibele Sarjapura 3190 Secondary Contact International

KUMAR

Do any of these committee members have potential conflicts of interest?

No

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Project Overview
Tell us a little about your project. What are the main objectives of the project, and who will
benefit from it?
The Rotary Club of Butwal assessed the community needs and worked with Rupandehi Red Cross Society to
develop the concept of using an advancedtechnology that could help increase blood collection from donors to
meet the predicted increase in demand for blood and blood components for life-saving treatment during and
after this COVID-19 epidemic condition.
Sustaining the existing donors and find new donors are equally challenging jobs. These could be improved by
this project. The main objectives of the project includes:
1.To improve the blood collection practices more systematic and safe way by using fully equipped blood
collection van.
2. To raise the awareness on blood donation and attract new young people to donate blood to meet the
increasing demand of bloods in the hospitals around some district of Province no 5.
3. To identify donors having infected blood and support them on disease prevention through further diagnosis
and treatment on time.
Beneficiaries of the Project:
i. COVID-19 patients can get plasma therapy.
ii. patients of all ages: accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, kidney dialysis
patients and those battling cancer.
iii. More than 3000 blood donors can donate blood at their door step with more safest way.

 
Areas of Focus
Which area of focus will this project support?
Disease prevention and treatment

 
Measuring Success
Disease prevention and treatment

Which goals will your activity support?

Improving the capacity of local health care professionals; Strengthening health care systems; 
 
How will you measure your project's impact? You need to include at least one standardized
measure from the drop-down menu as part of your application.

Measure Collection Frequency Beneficiaries

Method

Number of individuals reporting better quality of Direct observation Every month 50-99

health care services

Number of communities reporting an increase in Focus Every three 20-49

access to local health facilities groups/interviews months

Do you know who will collect information for monitoring and evaluation?
Yes

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Name of Individual or Organization
Dr. Manohar Joshi
Briefly explain why this person or organization is qualified for this task.
He is Past president of RC Butwal. Moreover he is a Professor at Universal medical College and he has more
than 30 years experience in medical field,
 

 
Location and Dates
Humanitarian Project

Where will your project take place?

City or town Province or state
Butwal 5
Country
Nepal
When will your project take place?
2021-08-15 to 2021-09-30

 
Participants

 
Cooperating Organizations (Optional)

Name Website Location

Nepal Red Cross Society, https://nrcs.org/blood- Butwal-6, Rupandehi District

Rupandehi Branch transfusion-service Butwal Nepal

Supporting Documents
MOU_1.jpeg
MOU_2.jpeg
MOU_3.jpeg
MOU_4.jpeg

Do any committee members have a potential conflict of interest related to a cooperating

organization?
No
Why did you choose to partner with this organization and what will its role be?
Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) is the sole organization in Nepal mandated by the Government of Nepal to
work on blood transfusions all over the country. NRCS Rupandehi is a chapter (branch) of Nepal Red Cross.
NRCS was established in Nepal as one of the oldest humanitarian organizations in 1962. NRCS has been
providing humanitarian support on health, disaster relief and management, and community development since
its establishment. Nepal Red Cross Society Rupandehi Chapter (NRCS Rupandehi) was established in 1973.The
blood transfusion service center in Butwal and the whole region was started by the NRCS Rupandehi in 1978.

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Partners (Optional)
List any other partners that will participate in this project.

  
 

 
Rotarian Participants

Describe the role that host Rotarians will have in this project.
Host Rotarians will be involved to purchase the equipment including blood collection van and handover it to
the NRCS Rupandehi. Moreover, it leads to provide health awareness focusing on blood donation,
communicable and non-communicable diseases among the youths in schools, colleges and local communities.
They will further play a vital role to check quality of blood tests at the blood bank and inform concern donors
for any infection finding. Moreover, they support him/her for the detail test and early treatment. The host
Rotarians will monitor the project and also prepare all the reports to the international club, district and the
Rotary Foundation.

Describe the role that international Rotarians will have in this project.
International Rotarians will play vital role to collect the funding in abroad. They further provide feedback on
the project designing and implementation.

 
Budget
What local currency are you using in your project's budget?
The currency you select should be what you use for a majority of the project's expenses.

Local Currency U.S. dollar (USD) exchange rate Currency Set On

NPR 119 2021-05-07

What is the budget for this grant?

List each item in your project's budget. Remember that the project's total budget must equal its total funding,
which will be calculated in step 9. Every global grant includes a match of at least $15,000 from The Rotary
Foundation's World Fund. Project budgets, including the World Fund match, must be at least $30,000.

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 # Category Description Supplier Cost in Cost in
NPR USD

1 Equipment Price of Febrication Remi Sales and 1680320 14120

Engendering Ltd.

2 Equipment Generator Honda Make -5.5 kva - Remi Sales and 344000 2891

silent Engendering Ltd.

3 Equipment Air-conditioning Remi Sales and 280000 2353

Engendering Ltd.

4 Equipment Chemical Toilet Remi Sales and 168000 1412

Engendering Ltd.

5 Equipment Base Vehicle Tempo Traveler DV , Remi Sales and 2829178 23775

Wb-4020 mm T2 model Engendering Ltd.

6 Supplies Transportation Remi Sales and 96000 807

Engendering Ltd.

7 Equipment Medical equipment including GST Remi Sales and 367360 3087

Engendering Ltd.

8 Signage custom duty Nepal Government 150000 1261

9 Operations Orientation and awareness on RC Butwal 100000 840

blood donation program

10 Publicity RI Logo, Club logo & etc. at Nepal Creative Tech 45000 378

equipment

11 Publicity Audio Video Promotional Program Lumbini Community 98000 824

Television

12 Project Auditing and communication Local 60000 504

management

Total budget: 6217858 52252

Supporting Documents
1__Check_List_for_Attachment.pdf
2__Quotation_of_Blood_Collection.pdf
3__ROtary_Club_of_Butwal-BLood_COllection_Bus_(1).pdf
4__Rotary_Nepal_BCTV_Van_3_Couch__T2TT.pdf
5__Technical_evaluation.pdf
6__Estimated_Expenses_of_Budget_no_9.pdf
7__Publicity_RI_logo.jpg
8__Publicity_Audio_Video_.pdf

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Funding
Tell us about the funding you've secured for your project. We'll use the information you enter
here to calculate your maximum possible funding match from the World Fund.

# Source Details Amount (USD) Support* Total

1 District Designated Fund (DDF) 3292 7,000.00 0.00 7,000.00

2 District Designated Fund (DDF) 3190 7,000.00 0.00 7,000.00

3 Cash from Club Butwal 24,852.00 1,242.60 26,094.60

4 Cash from Club Kantipur Kathmandu 1,000.00 50.00 1,050.00

5 Cash from Club Tripureswor 1,000.00 50.00 1,050.00

6 Cash from Club Kathmandu Downtown 1,000.00 50.00 1,050.00

*Whenever cash is contributed to the Foundation to help fund a global grant project, an additional 5 percent
is applied to help cover the cost of processing these funds. Clubs and districts can receive Paul Harris Fellow
recognition points for the additional expense.

How much World Fund money would you like to use on this project?
You may request up to 11,200.00 USD from the World Fund. 10400

Funding Summary
DDF contributions: 14,000.00
Cash contributions: 27,852.00
Financing subtotal (matched contributions + World Fund): 52,252.00

Total funding: 52,252.00

Total budget: 52,252.00

 
Sustainability
Humanitarian Projects

Project planning
Describe the community needs that your project will address.
Blood donation saves lives — also and especially in the time of corona virus. Several countries, including
India, are seriously looking at plasma therapy as a potential treatment for Covid-19, the disease caused by the
novel coronavirus. Plasma therapy uses blood donated by recovered patients to introduce antibodies in those
under treatment. A study showed convalescent plasma therapy was well tolerated and could potentially
improve the clinical outcomes through neutralizing viremia in severe COVID-19 cases in China
(https://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.2004168117). (See article in annex under budgeting)
Donor centers have to be implemented new measures to ensure the safety of staff, donors and patients
receiving transfusions during this time.
In 2018-19 the Blood transfusion Service Center Butwal collected 19,451 units' and distributed 22,154 units.

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 The distributed units were more than the collected units due to the blood component separation technology
introduced by the NRCS Rupandehi in 2008. They provide whole blood, Fresh Frozen Plasma, Plated Rich
Plasma Pack Red Blood Cell as per need and recommendation of a doctor. In the last FY (2019-20), the
collection was 22,534 units and distribution was 23,821 units. This figure shows that there is increasing
demand of the blood.
The blood transfusion service center has no transportation vehicle. They are using public transport like e-
rickshaw. Donated blood and blood components should be transported by a secure system using transit
containers, packing materials and procedures which have been validated for the purpose to ensure the
component surface temperature can be maintained within the correct ranges during transportation.
The following needs are identified:
1. There is always shortages of Blood and blood component at any pandemic situation like spread of dengue
or any other accidental cases increases because interested blood donors are located in diversified places which
can not be easily approached by the blood transfusion center with existing resources.
2. There is no proper blood transport container.
3. There is lack of equipment to maintain temperature of collected blood for long time at
It is expected that there will 20% increase in blood collection and distribution capacity after implementation
of project.

How did your project team identify these needs?

The committee members of Nepal Voluntry Blood donors' association requested RC Butwal to support blood
transfusion management at Butwal. A five members team of RC Butwal (President Rtn.Dilli Kumar Shrestha,
Past President Rtn. Dr. Manohar Joshi, Past President Rtn. Rajendra Lamsal, Service Project ChairRtn.
Bonin Piya and Director Rtn. Mr. Madhu Prasad Aryal) discussed with the authorities of Rupandehi Red
Cross Society (Chirman Premlal uadsh, Tresurer Mr. Rupma Hirachan, Member Mr. Sudarshan Prasad Nepal
and Mr. Dinesh Panthi) and Nepal Voluntary blood donors association of Rupandehi ( Chirman Mr.Krishna
Chauhan Chhetri, General Secretary Mr. Uday bhattarai, Secretary Mr. Prasanna Shrestha, Member Mrs.
Janaki Nepal and Miss Bhagawati Aryal) using Google Hangout meet. Several equipment were identified
from the discussion and interaction.

How were members of the benefiting community involved in finding solutions?

Most of the blood donors and staff of blood bank suggested to have sophisticated transportation facility, They
advised for blood collection and donation van to resolve issues concern with effective blood transfusion
process.

How were community members involved in planning the project?

They were actively involved in the identifying equipment and accessories of the project.

Project implementation
Summarize each step of your project’s implementation.
Do not include sensitive personal data, such as government ID numbers, religion, race, health information, etc. If you
include personal data, you are responsible for informing those whose personal data is included that you are providing it
to Rotary and that it will be processed in accordance with Rotary’s Privacy Policy.

# Activity Duration

1 Procurement 15 days

2 Installation and operation 10 days

Will you work in coordination with any related initiatives in the community?
Yes

Briefly describe the other initiatives and how they relate to this project.
There are 415 different organizations and about 1000 individuals are associated with blood donation. Besides

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 there is Blood donors association which supports blood transfusion.

Please describe the training, community outreach, or educational programs this project will
include.
These are not included in this project as qualified staff will handle the medical equipment.

How were these needs identified?

Needs of the project has been identified after considering;
1. Rapid spreading of COVID-19.
2. Increasing mortality rate of COVID-19 patients all over the world.
3. Very poor blood collection system in blood transfusion service center.

What incentives (for example, monetary compensation, awards, certification, or publicity), will
you use, if any, to encourage community members to participate in the project?
1. Every donor will be recognized in social media by posting their pic.
2. Most frequent blood donor will be recognized with medal and certificate.
3. High blood donating organization will also be awarded with medal and certificate.

List any community members or community groups that will oversee the continuation of the
project after grant-funded activities conclude.
The management committee of Rupandehi Red Cross Society will oversee the continuation of the completion
of the project.

  
  
 

Budget

Will you purchase budget items from local vendors?

Yes

Explain the process you used to select vendors.

The project committee will approach local vendors and select best option from them.

Did you use competitive bidding to select vendors?

Yes

Please provide an operations and maintenance plan for the equipment or materials you
anticipate purchasing for this project. This plan should include who will operate and maintain
the equipment and how they will be trained.
The equipment will be handled by its qualified staff.

Describe how community members will maintain the equipment after grant-funded activities
conclude. Will replacement parts be available?
The blood transfusion service center will earn nominal amount which will be sufficient to maintain equipment.
Furthermore local government has agreed to support the project.

If the grant will be used to purchase any equipment, will the equipment be culturally
appropriate and conform to the community's technology standards?
Yes

Please explain.
The equipment will be purchased by local supplier which is made in India. Therefore the equipment will be
friendly and parts will be easily available.

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After the project is completed, who will own the items purchased by grant funds? No items
may be owned by a Rotary district, club, or member.
All the equipment will be handed over to the blood transfusion service center.

Funding

Does your project involve microcredit activities?

Have you found a local funding source to sustain project outcomes for the long term?
Yes

Please describe this funding source.

Blood transfusion service center will charge a reasonable price to patients.

Will any part of the project generate income for ongoing project funding? If yes, please
explain.
No

 
Supporting Documents
Activities_of_community_to_support_blood_collection.pdf
Article_effectiveness_of_blood_plasma_therapy_pdf.pdf
Blood_donation_global_grants_community_assessment_results_en.pdf
Conflict_of_Interest_Sttatement.jpeg
Letter_from_Blood_Donors_association.pdf
Letter_from_Doctor.jpg
Letter_from_Red_Cross_Society.jpg
letter_from_Butwal_Sub_-Metro.jpg

 
Authorizations
Authorizations & Legal Agreements

Legal agreement
Global Grant Agreement

I confirm and agree to the following:
 
1. All information contained in this application is, to the best of our knowledge, true and accurate.

2. We have read the Terms and Conditions for Rotary Foundation District Grants and Global Grants ("Terms
and Conditions") and will adhere to all policies therein.

3. The grant sponsors (“Sponsors”) shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Rotary International (RI) and
The Rotary Foundation (TRF), including their directors, trustees, officers, committees, employees, agents,
associate foundations and representatives (collectively “RI/TRF”), from and against all claims, including but
not limited to claims of subrogation, demands, actions, damages, losses, costs, liabilities, expenses (including
reasonable attorney’s fees and other legal expenses), awards, judgments, and fines asserted against or

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recovered from RI/TRF arising out of any act, conduct, omission, negligence, misconduct, or unlawful act (or
act contrary to any applicable governmental order or regulation) resulting directly or indirectly from a
Sponsor’s and/or participant’s involvement in grant-funded activities, including all travel related to the grant.

4. The failure of the parties to comply with the terms of this Agreement due to an act of God, strike, war, fire,
riot, civil unrest, hurricane, earthquake, or other natural disasters, acts of public enemies, curtailment of
transportation facilities, political upheavals, acts of terrorism, or any similar cause beyond the control of the
parties shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement. In such an event, the Agreement shall be deemed
terminated and the Sponsors shall refund all unexpended global grant funds within 30 days of termination.

5. TRF’s entire responsibility is expressly limited to payment of the total financing amount. TRF does not
assume any further responsibility in connection with this grant.

6. TRF reserves the right to cancel the grant and/or this Agreement without notice upon the failure of either
or both of the Sponsors to abide by the terms set forth in this Agreement and the Terms and Conditions.
Upon cancellation, TRF shall be entitled to a refund of any global grant funds, including any interest earned,
that have not been expended.

7. The laws of the State of Illinois, USA, without reference to its conflicts of laws principles, shall govern all
matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including, without limitation, its interpretation,
construction, performance, and enforcement.

8. Any legal action brought by either party against the other party arising out of or relating to this Agreement
must be brought in either, the Circuit Court of Cook County, State of Illinois, USA or the Federal District
Court for the Northern District of Illinois, USA. Each party consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of these
courts, and their respective appellate courts for the purpose of such actions. Nothing herein prohibits a party
that obtains a judgment in either of the designated courts from enforcing the judgment in any other court.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, TRF may also bring legal action against Sponsors and/or individuals traveling
on grant funds in any court with jurisdiction over them.

9. This Agreement binds and benefits the parties and their respective administrators, legal representatives,
and permitted successors and assigns.

10.If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining
provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

11.Sponsors may not assign any of its rights under this Agreement except with the prior written consent of
TRF. Sponsors may not delegate any performance under this Agreement without the prior written consent of
TRF. Any purported assignment of a Sponsor’s rights or delegation of performance without TRF’s prior
written consent is void.

12.TRF may assign some or all of its rights under this Agreement to an associate foundation of TRF. TRF
may delegate any performance under this Agreement to an associate foundation. Any other purported
assignment of TRF’s rights or delegation of performance without the Sponsors’ prior written consent is void.

13.Sponsors will comply with all economic and trade sanctions, including those implemented by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of Treasury, and will ensure that they do
not support or promote violence, terrorist activity or related training, or money laundering.

14. This Agreement constitutes the final agreement between the parties. No amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in the form of a writing signed by the parties.

15. Rotary International (RI) and TRF may use information contained in this application and subsequent
reports to promote the activities by various means such as The Rotarian, Rotary Leader, rotary.org, etc.
Unless indicated otherwise in writing, by submission of the photos, the parties hereby grant to RI and TRF
the worldwide right to publish and use the photos, including but not limited to, in RI and TRF publications,
advertisements, and Web sites and on social media channels and to license use to others, including, but not
limited to, media outlets and its partners and through RI’s online image database, for the purposes of

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 promoting Rotary. By submitting the photos, the parties represent and warrant that all persons appearing in
the photos have given their unrestricted written consent to use their likenesses and to license use to third
parties.

16. The Sponsors agree to share information on best practices when asked, and TRF may provide their
contact information to other Rotarians who may wish advice on implementing similar activities.

17. The Sponsors will ensure that all individuals traveling on grant funds have been informed of the travel
policies stated in the Terms and Conditions and have been made aware that they are responsible for obtaining
travel insurance.

Primary contact authorizations

Application Authorization

By submitting this global grant application, we agree to the following:

1. All information contained in this application is, to the best of our knowledge, true and accurate, and we
intend to implement the activities as presented in this application.

2. The club/district agrees to undertake these activities as a club/district.

3. We will ensure all cash contributions (as detailed in the grant financing) will be forwarded to The Rotary
Foundation (TRF) or sent directly to the global grant bank account after Trustee approval of the grant.

4. Rotary International (RI) and TRF may use information contained in this application to promote the
activities by various means such as The Rotarian, the RI international convention, RVM: The Rotarian Video
Magazine, etc.

5. We agree to share information on best practices when asked, and TRF may provide our contact
information to other Rotarians who may wish advice on implementing similar activities.

6. To the best of our knowledge and belief, except as disclosed herewith, neither we nor any person with
whom we have or had a personal or business relationship are engaged, or intend to engage, in benefiting from
TRF grant funds or have any interest that may represent a potential competing or conflicting interest. A
conflict of interest is defined as a situation in which a Rotarian, in relationship to an outside organization, is in
a position to influence the spending of TRF grant funds, or influence decisions in ways that could lead directly
or indirectly to financial gain for the Rotarian, a business colleague, or his or her family, or give improper
advantage to others to the detriment of TRF.

All Authorizations & Legal Agreements Summary

Primary contact authorizations

Name Club District Status

Rajendra Lamsal Butwal 3292 Authorized Authorized on 25/06/2021

N Murali Attibele Sarjapura 3190 Authorized Authorized on 27/06/2021

District Rotary Foundation chair authorization

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 Name Club District Status

Mithilesh Jha Rajdhani 3292 Authorized Authorized on 28/06/2021

S.K. Bhagavan Bangalore 3190 Authorized Authorized on 28/06/2021

Southwest

DDF authorization

Name Club District Status

Mithilesh Jha Rajdhani 3292 Authorized Authorized on 28/06/2021

Rajib Pokhrel Kathmandu Metro 3292 Authorized Authorized on 26/06/2021

S.K. Bhagavan Bangalore 3190 Authorized Authorized on 18/05/2021

Southwest

Nagendra Prasad Bangalore Peenya 3190 Authorized Authorized on 18/05/2021

Legal agreement

Name Club District Status

S N Attibele Sarjapura 3190 Accepted Accepted on 27/06/2021

KRISHNAPPA

Sunil Shrestha Butwal 3292 Accepted Accepted on 25/06/2021

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