Project Description Region: North America Country: Mexico Location: Ensenada, Baja CA Total Budget: $50,000 Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) spread by brown dog ticks is an often fatal infection caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Between 2019 and 2024 almost 400 confirmed cases were reported in Baja California with a mortality rate of 35%. Ensenada has experienced 21 RMSF deaths in 2025-26. Most RMSF cases occur among children in poor communities with many stray dogs. Prevention of RMSF involves the community-wide use of long acting tick-killing collars on dogs and spraying insecticides. The grant will provide the collars in high risk communities in Ensenada. The timeline for the project is September 2026 through 2027. Rotary club members will actively assist the Baja California health department in distributing collars and education the community about RMSF prevention. Primary Host Partner District: 4100 Rotary Club of: Ensenada Centenaria Primary Contact: Ivan Celis Email: ivancelisg@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Downtown San Diego Primary Contact: Stephen Waterman Email: shullwater@gmail.com Project Status Need $22,000 This project needs to receive some pledges to go to the next level. Please check the "Financing" tab to see the list of current pledges. Once the amount pledged is equal to the project budget, the status of the project will be automatically changed to "Fully Pledged". Click here to pledge support for this project. Project listed for the 2026-27 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #2696156.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Ensenada Centenaria (4100) 29-Jun-26 $3,000 $0 $3,000 Downtown San Diego (5340) 29-Jun-26 $6,000 $5,000 $11,000 Old Mission (San Diego) (5340) 10-Aug-26 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $22,000 - $22,000 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $4,000 $4,000 Total $50,000 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-Jun-26 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 14-Jul-26 by Stephen Waterman System Entry: Pledge of $34,000 by Stephen Waterman of the Rotary Club of Downtown San Diego, District 5340. [Deleted on 14-Jul-26] 14-Jul-26 by Stephen Waterman System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 14-Jul-26 by Stephen Waterman System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 10-Aug-26 by Stephen Waterman System Entry: Pledge of $10,000 by Stan Vogelsang of the Rotary Club of Old Mission (San Diego), District 5340.