NEWBORN NEWLIFE MANILA is a humanitarian project addressing one of the 7 areas of focus; Maternal and Child Health.
The target beneficiary would be the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) located in Manila. With its guaranteed "no billing policy" and being the only national referral centre for tertiary care in the entire country, their system is easily overwhelmed with the daily influx of indigent patients. In the paediatrics department alone, 1000 out of 1500 newborns in ICU admissions annually requires usage of incubators. Currently, they lack incubators in NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) and emergency ward. They also need at least one defibrillators in NICU. Another crucial equipment are the biorefrigerators that will complement or replace their inappropriate household refrigerators.
The objective of this project is to lower the no. of infant deaths occurring in Manila. In 2024, there are 989 infants deaths recorded. The highest no. of infant deaths for a city in the Philippines.
The beneficiary, for their part will provide us impact assessment for our sustainability report. ( Please see attachments for details )
Your project is "Fully Pledged". This means the amount of the pledges is equal to the total budget of the project. Now the project needs to be finalized and go through the approval process with The Rotary Foundation. This process gets started on the administration page.
Project listed for the 2025-26 Rotary Year.
The TRF Grant application number is #2573797.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Taipei Yangming (3521)
3-May-25
$2,000
$5,000
$7,000
District 3310 DDF
3-May-25
-
$7,211
$7,211
Tokyo Chuo (2750)
14-May-25
$1,000
$0
$1,000
Tokyo Musashi Kokubunji (2750)
14-May-25
$1,000
$0
$1,000
District 3810 DDF
11-Sep-25
-
$5,000
$5,000
Downtown Manila (3810)
19-Sep-25
$34,363
$0
$34,363
Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation
-
$13,768
$13,768
Total
$69,342
Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.
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