Project Description Region: South-East Asia Country: Vietnam Location: Saigon Total Budget: $42,900 Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment Heart to Heart Global Grant Host Club: Rotary Club Saigon International. Int'l Partner: Fort Collins-Breakfast Rotary Club Cooperating Organizations: The VinaCapital Foundation (US-registered 501(c)(3) organization) Project objective: This global grant will provide heart surgery for Vietnamese children born with congenital heart disease. This Global Grant directly supports Rotary goals of saving children and improving economic growth by correctly a permanent disability. Assessment of the need: There is a high incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD) in Vietnam, at least partly linked to residual effects of the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam war. Specifically, 0.8-1% of live births are associated with CHD (16,000 cases annually). The per capita income is ~$4,300 and 65% of the population resides in rural areas, making access to life-saving surgery impossible for many. Without surgery, 25% of infants with CHD don't survive their first year and 85% of those awaiting surgery won't survive to adulthood. The survival rate for children undergoing surgery to correct CHD is very high. Project Design and Budget: This grant will cover surgical costs ($1400 per surgery). We are seeking $42,500 to cover 30 surgeries, plus $500 for project management. Patient selection and surgery will be managed by Heartbeat Vietnam, under VinaCapital Foundation. VCF operates six programs, one of which is Heartbeat Vietnam, which specifically focuses on surgery for pediatric heart disease. Their Rural Outreach Clinic provides free screening to identify children having heart defects. Local Rotary Involvement: Rotary Club Saigon International will provide money for surgeries, visit the children and families in hospitals, visit the families at home, talk to grassroot leaders to ensure the children selected are those with financial need, monitor the project until all funds are distributed, check invoices and payment documents. Rotary Club Saigon International will contribute $400 to the grant funding. Sustainability: The children will receive life-saving surgery, which is sustained for life. The project supports lifelong family stability by relieving economic hardship. Children receiving life-saving, one time surgery will now have a chance at a normal life. This enables contributing fully to their education, their family and community, relieving economic hardship. Please contact Marcy Woodland (marcy24148@gmail.com) for further information. Primary Host Partner District: 3350 Rotary Club of: Saigon International Primary Contact: Tuyet Nguyen Email: tuyet.rotary3350@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5440 Rotary Club of: Fort Collins-Breakfast Primary Contact: Marcia Woodland Email: marcy24148@gmail.com Project Status 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 #258053.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Saigon International (3350) 5-Jun-25 $400 $0 $400 Fort Collins (5440) 18-Jun-25 $1,500 $3,000 $4,500 Summit County (Frisco) (5450) 29-Jul-25 $2,500 $2,500 $5,000 Fort Collins-Breakfast (5440) 29-Jul-25 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 Macau (3450) 29-Jul-25 $4,200 $0 $4,200 Santa Fe Centro (5520) 3-Aug-25 $1,400 $0 $1,400 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $12,400 $12,400 Total $42,900 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee. 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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History Log Entries 29-Jul-25 by Marcia Woodland System Entry: Pledge of $2,500 with $2,500 DDF by Joan Tilden of the Rotary Club of Summit County (Frisco), District 5450. 29-Jul-25 by Marcia Woodland System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 with $10,000 DDF by Marcia Woodland of the Rotary Club of Fort Collins-Breakfast, District 5440. 29-Jul-25 by Marcia Woodland System Entry: Pledge of $4,200 by Tuyet Nguyen of the Rotary Club of Macau, District 3450. 3-Aug-25 by Tuyet Nguyen System Entry: Pledge of $1,400 by Ben Chu of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe Centro, District 5520. 3-Aug-25 by Tuyet Nguyen System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".