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TARGET COMMUNITIES
For Save Lake Atitlan Phase 3, at this time potential target communities include:
• Pamezabal and Los Planes in the municipality of Santa Lucia Utatlán in the NW corner of the basin;
• Peña Blanca in the municipality of Sololá in the north central part, nearer to the lake.
The focus will be on small villages, rather than on larger towns with potential for larger community-scale facilities, or existing facilities that need upgrading. All communities to be considered have a population almost totally composed of indigenous Maya.
Community Needs Assessments will determine which ones are technically suitable, and which have appropriate support from the communities in terms of sweat equity and monetary contribution (probably mostly from the municipal council).
TIMELINES AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE
January 2019: RC Calgary and ReC of Canada One approved funds for CNAs and engineering studies
March 2019: RCCHP approved C$5000 as seed money toward DDF funds of US$15,000
May 2019: Community Needs Assessments and Engineering Studies under way
May 2019: Promotion of Global Grant at DisCon in Olds – seeking partners
May 2019: Submittal of DDF application to D5360 (for 2019-20 FY)
August 2019: DDF approval
July – December 2019: Gathering of funding from other D5360 and D5370 clubs
September 15: Submittal of CIP grant application for C$25,000
March 2020: CIP approval
March/April 2020: Completion and submittal of Global Grant application
March/April 2020: Parallel application for Government of Canada grant under the
Rotary/Canada agreement
July 2020: Approval of TRF and GoC funding
Project start: In the first or second quarter of 2021
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