- •Cactus Grants Project Proposal
- •Project Information:
- •Project summary:
- •Project goals and objectives:
- •Need statement: (why is this project necessary?)
- •Expected outcomes and measures (what will change, how will it change, how much will it change and how will you know you succeeded?):
- •Sustainability plan (what will happen after this project is finished to continue helping the community?):
- •Work plan (What are you going to do, who will be responsible and when will it be done?):
- •Budget Description (what are you buying, how much are you spending, what percentage of your total request is each category?):
Expected outcomes and measures (what will change, how will it change, how much will it change and how will you know you succeeded?):
We expect that our project will change the attitudes of the elderly. We expect to see happy smiles on the elderly faces. We hope, in our time, which will be spent with the elderly and the conversations we will have with them will make them feel more needed. We will monitor our project at each visit, we will see how many elderly will participate in our activities and conversations. After our project will be finished, we’ll use evaluations to see if they want us to come back and if the residents were happy with the volunteer visits. If students volunteer in the adopt-the-elderly program and if the residents enjoy our time then it will be successful results. When we visited the retirement house at first, we met the psychologist, who said that there are not a lot of volunteers, so she was really glad to see us. She also said that she is ready to help us with this project and she hopes it will be a successful one.
Sustainability plan (what will happen after this project is finished to continue helping the community?):
To continue helping the elderly after we have done our project, we will make an Adopt-the-Elderly program, which will make the elderly not forget about us. It will consist of one meeting for 2 weeks with one-on-one conversation with the elderly. It will involve more volunteers and continue our project goals of visiting the elderly and helping them to feel active. Also during our project we plan to give them some equipment to continue playing games or drawing pictures.
Work plan (What are you going to do, who will be responsible and when will it be done?):
Date |
Description of the Event |
Person Responsible |
August 19th |
Project meeting
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Liza, Ibrahim, Elisabeth |
Before August 22nd |
Contact to the administration of Retirement home |
Oksana |
August 22nd |
Visit Retirement home, find out their needs |
Liza, Oksana, Yulia, Ibrahim |
August 29th |
Project meeting:
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Liza, Oksana, Yulia, Ibrahim, Elisabeth |
Before August 30th |
Make advertisements |
Yulia |
Before August 31st |
Make a site or group page on Vkontakte and Facebook about our project |
Liza, Ibrahim |
August 31st |
Plan a concert program (involve all volunteers to organize this); call the psychologist, ask for an advice. |
Liza, Oksana, Yulia, Ibrahim |
September 1st |
Contact to local experts |
Oksana |
September 3rd |
Make an exact material list, buy equipment |
Yulia, Oksana, Liza |
September 5th |
Tell classmates or pupils about project; ask them make some postcards for the elderly. |
Liza, Oksana, Yulia, Ibrahim |
September 9th |
Prepare for our first day at the retirement home. |
All volunteers |
September 10th |
1st event - INTRODUCTORY VISIT:
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All volunteers |
September 17th |
2nd event – ADOPT-THE-ELDERLY:
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All volunteers |
September 19th |
Find a projector |
Ibrahim |
September 24th |
3rd event – MOVIE NIGHT:
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All volunteers |
October 1st |
4th event – CONCERT:
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All volunteers |
October 2nd |
Write an article to the newspaper, contact local newspaper |
Liza
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Before October 14th |
Submit the grant report to the CACTUS team |
Oksana |
g) Budget:
Total amount requested: 860 hrn.
Budget itemized breakdown:
Item |
Calculation |
Funds Requested |
Other contribution (not necessarily in actual money) |
Total |
Materials / Supplies (e.g. pencils, paper, toys, printer) |
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Markers |
10 x 4hrn |
40 hrn |
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40 hrn |
Equipment for embroidery |
3 x 50 hrn |
150 hrn |
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150 hrn |
Colored thread |
10 x 5hrn |
50 hrn |
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50 hrn |
Colored paper |
1 pack x 40 hrn |
40 hrn |
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40 hrn |
Flipchart |
20 sheets x 3 hrn |
60 hrn |
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60 hrn |
Board games |
4 x 20 hrn |
80 hrn |
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80 hrn |
Crossword |
10 x 8 hrn |
80 hrn |
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80 hrn |
Gouache |
2 x 30 hrn |
60 hrn |
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60 hrn |
Materials / Supplies Sub-Total |
560 hrn |
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Venue Rental, Personal fees (e.g. auditorium rent, payment for a musician’s performance) |
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Land / Venue Rental Sub-Total |
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Travel, Accommodation, Food (e.g. hotel, dinners) |
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Marshrutka |
5ppl x 12 x 2 hrn |
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120 hrn |
120 hrn |
Food for Adopt-the-elderly |
300 hrn |
300 hrn |
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300 hrn |
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420 hrn |
Travel, Accommodation, Food Sub-Total |
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Other |
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Projector for movie night |
50 hrn/hour x 3 hours |
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150 hrn |
150 hrn |
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Other Sub-Total |
150 hrn |
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Community Contributions (donations, in-kind donations, etc.) |
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Books |
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Pencils |
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Scissors |
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Glue |
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Chess |
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Community Contribution Sub-Total |
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% of total project cost |
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76% |
24% |
100 % |
Total |
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860 hrn |
270 hrn |
1130 hrn |