Rtn. Krishna C. Murthy, M.D.
President 1998-1999 970 221 2370
2121 E. Harmony Road Ste 350 Fax 970 221 9654
Fort Collins, CO 80528
INTERNATIONAL AND WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
Krishna C. Murthy, M.D. has been very active in conducting International and World Community Asthma Day Camps in South India since 1987, as well as in Kenya, Africa. He has given new hope to more than 3,000 asthma patients in coping with their disease. He has given many seminars and lectures regarding allergies and asthma to public groups, physicians and at various medical schools in India. Dr. Murthy is a pioneer in implementing various World Community Service Projects through Matching Grants. So far, he has completed 54 Matching Grants and more than $550,000 has been funded. The Matching Grant Projects have helped various health, school and social needs of the various clubs in South India. Dr. Murthy has said, “Rotary International, the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and RI District 5440 have been very supportive of these projects. Without the encouragement and financial support of the Rotarians of RI District 5440, such a task would only be a dream”.
1. Matching Grant 3178 – AIDS Awareness Education Video, 1992. This $5,200 grant was helpful in providing an AIDS awareness public education video in South India. The Rotary Club of Bangalore South, RI District 3190 and the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club provided funding.
2. Matching Grant 3375 – Elisa Reader, HIV Testing Equipment, 1993. This $4,000 grant provided HIV testing equipment to a kidney dialysis and blood bank unit in Bangalore, India. The Rotary Club of Bangalore South and the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club provided funding.
3. Matching Grant 3818 – Rural School Equipment Project, 1993. This $40,000 grant was helpful in providing basic furniture to rural schools in and around Bangalore, South India. RI District 3190 and various clubs in RI District 5440 provided funding.
4. Matching Grant 4725 – Vocational Training in Computers, 1994. This $16,000 grant provided several computers for vocational training in various rural vocational training schools in South India. The Rotary Club of Bangalore West, RI District 3190 and the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club provided funding.
5. Matching Grant 4894 – Rural Specialty Medical Clinic, 1995. This $1,400 grant provided needed medications and other basic necessities for a weekly specialty medical clinic in the village of Kundapura in South India. The Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and the RI Foundation provided funding.
6. Matching Grant 5054 – Rural School Equipment Project, 1995. This $24,000 grant provided equipment for rural schools in Mysore, India. District 5440, District 2280 in Norway, and the Rotary Club of Mysore, provided funding.
7. Matching Grant 5260 – Rural School Furniture Project, 1995. This $8,000 grant provided furniture to various schools in Mysore, India. The Fort Collins Foothills Rotary Club with the help of the Mysore North Rotary Club provided funding.
8. Matching Grant 5487 – Equipment for Pediatric Ward in Rural Hospital, 1995. This $16,860 grant provided equipment to the pediatric ward for a hospital in Tarikere, Mysore, India. Funding was provided by the generous contribution of the Rotary Clubs of Sterling, Windsor, the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and RI District 5440.
9. Matching Grant 5788 – Vocational Training for Construction Workers, 1995. This $4,264 grant provided various equipment and vocational training for construction workers. The Rotary Club of Bangalore East, RI District 3190 and the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club provided funding.
10. Matching Grant 5998 – School Supplies for Handicapped Children in Rural India, 1996. This $2,800 grant provided school supplies for 200 needy handicapped children in rural areas of Bangalore, India. The Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Bangalore West provided funding.
11. Matching Grant 6006 – Vocational Training and Equipment for Mental Retardation Center, 1996. This $6,400 grant provided vocational training and equipment to a center for the mentally retarded in Bangalore, India. The Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Bangalore West provided funding.
12. Matching Grant 6032 – Furniture for a Rural School, Water Supply and Sanitation Facilities, 1996. This $10,000 grant provided various basic necessities to a rural school along with water and sanitation facilities in Santhebunnur, India, RI District 3180. RI District 7630 and the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club provided funding.
13. Matching Grant 6829 – Community Toilets. This $12,700 grant provided eight community toilets in two slums in Bhadravathi, Mysore, South India, RI District 3180. The Rotary Club of Bhadravathi, the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and RI District 5440 provided funding.
14. Matching Grant 6830 – Destitute Home Project. This $21,000 grant provided basic necessities and a homeless shelter in Bangalore, India. The Rotary Club of Bangalore West and the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club provided funding.
15. Matching Grant 7900 – Rural School Equipment Project, 1997. This $1,500 grant was helpful in providing basic furniture to a rural school in Nallur, Channigiri, India. The Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club, RI District 5440 and the Rotary Club of Channigiri, RI District 3180 provided funding.
16. Matching Grant 7901 – Computers for Education and Training at a Children’s Library, 1997. This $5,000 grant provided six computers for education and training. The Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Bangalore South, India, RI District 3180 provided funding.
17. Matching Grant 7902 – Five-Hundred Intraocular Lenses, 1997. This $4,000 grant provided intraocular lenses for needy patients following cataract operations in Bangalore. The Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Bangalore South, India provided funding.
18. Matching Grant 7908 – Human Organ Donation Project, 1997. This $4,000 grant provided various information regarding organ donation and brochures to encourage organ donation. The Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Bangalore, India provided funding.
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19. Matching Grant 7932 – Rural School Equipment Project, 1997. This $6,471 grant provided various school equipment for a rural school in South India. The Rotary Club of Cody, RI District 5440 and the Rotary Club of Kallinpur, RI District 3180, India provided funding.
20. Matching Grant 8250 – Rural School Equipment Project, 1997. This $26,000 grant provided basic furniture to twenty rural schools in South India. The Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Bangalore, JP Nagar, provided funding.
21. Matching Grant 8295 – Blood Bank Equipment Project, 1997. This $8,396 grant provided various equipment to a blood bank in a small town in South India. The Rotary Club of Shamoga, RI District 3180, the Rotary Club of Evanston and the Rotary Club of Kemmerer, RI District 5440 provided funding.
22. Matching Grant 9025 – Promotion of Micro Enterprises for Underprivileged Youth, 1998-1999. This $4,447 grant helped underprivileged youth in rural areas of South India. The Rotary Club of Belthangady, RI District 3180, the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and RI District 5440 provided funding.
23. Matching Grant 9026 – Rural School Equipment Project, 1998-1999. This $4,903 grant helped to equip a rural school with furniture, a library and a science laboratory. The Rotary East Club, Shimoga, RI District 3180, the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and RI District 5440 provided funding.
24. Matching Grant 6976 – Columbia Water Project. This is a $150,000 project. The Fort Collins Rotary Club sponsors the project; the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club has contributed $2,000.
During the summer of 1999 following the RI meeting at Singapore, the following Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club members went to South India and visited some of the previous Matching Grant Projects and selected the following new Matching Grant Projects: Eva Sue Littleton, Mark Korb – club president 99-00, Larry Salmen and Krishna Murthy. These Rotarians had a wonderful visit and the Rotarians of Districts 3180 and 3190 were very receptive and hospitable to their guests.
25. Matching Grant 12,024 – Mother and Deaf Child Project. This $12,320 grant helped to provide an audiovisual synthesizer for identification and classification of hearing aids for children with hearing disabilities. The Rotary Club of Mysore West, RI District 3180, the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club, and RI District 5440 provided funding.
26. Matching Grant 12,296 – Rural School Equipment Project. This $1,764 grant helped provide furniture to a primary school and a girls’ high school at Channagiri, South India. The Rotary Club of Channagiri, RI District 3180, and the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club provided the funding.
27. Matching Grant 12,434 – Outreach Vehicle for Artificial Limb Center. This $16,000 grant provided a specially equipped van for an artificial limb center. The Rotary Club of Mysore, RI District 3180, the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and RI District 5440 provided the funding.
28. Matching Grant 12,760 – Street Kids Vocational Training. This $10,000 grant provided automobile driving skills training for unemployed street youth. The Rotary Club of Bangalore Northwest, RI District 3190, the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club and RI District 5440 provided the funding.
29. Matching Grant 13,669 – Rural School Equipment Project. This $1,990 grant provided furniture and lab equipment to three small rural schools at Sunthebennur, South India. The Rotary Club of Sunthebennur, RI District 3180 and the Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club provided the funding.
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30. Matching Grant 13,670 – Drinking Water and Rural School Equipment Project. This $5,200 grant provided furniture to a rural school and drinking water facilities to two rural schools. The Rotary Club of Shimoga, RI District 3180, the Foothills Rotary Club of Fort Collins and RI District 5440 provided the funding.
31. Matching Grant 16901 - Fetal Monitoring Equipment Project. This $6164.00 grant provided fetal
Monitoring equipment to K.C. General Hospital maternity ward at Bangalore, South India. The funding was provided by the Fort Collins Breakfast Club and the Rotary Club of Bangalore, North West.
32. Matching Grant 20452 – Public School Drinking Water Project 2002. This $7348 grant provided safe drinking water facilities to 8 public schools around Shimoga, South India. The funding was provided by Fort Collins Breakfast Club, RI District 5440 shared funds and Rotary Club of Shimoga, RI District 3180.
33. Matching Grant 20471 – Rural School Equipment Project 2002. This $1000 grant provided desks to 3 classrooms and water supply to a rural high school in Gullehalli, Near Channagiri, and South India. The funding was provided by Fort Collins Breakfast Club and Channagiri Rotary Club, RI District 3180.
34. Matching Grant 20472 – Radiotherapy-Cobalt 60 Cancer Treatment Project 2002. This $46,404 grant provided Cobalt-60 teletherapy source to Bharat Cancer Hospital, Mysore, and South India. The funding was provided by Fort Collins Foothills Club, Bharat Cancer Trust, and Mysore Area Club, RI District 3180.
35. Matching Grant 21589 - Asthma Nebulization Machine Project 2002. This $4000 grant provided nebulization equipment to 56 primary health care centers in the state of Andhra Pradesh, South India. The funding was provided by Fort Collins Breakfast Club, RI District 5440.
36. Matching Grant: 22297-Multi-utility van for the Rotary Blood Bank 2003. Rotary Midtown Eye Bank and Rotary Diabetic Forum, Shimoga, India. This $12,000 grant will provide a much needed transportation vehicle for the Midtown Rotary, Shimoga and RI District 3180 and Ft. Collins Breakfast Club 5440.
37. Matching Grant: 22493-Rural School Equipment and Drinking Water Project 2003: This $2050 grant will provide much needed school equipment, toilets and drinking water to a Higher Primary School at Nallur in South India. Rotary Club of Channagiri and RI District 3180 and Ft. Collins Breakfast Club provided the funding
38. Matching Grant: 22933-Driving Training for Street Youths 2003. This $6120 grant will provide necessary education and training in driving skills for disadvantaged youths (both boys and girls) of Bangalore, India. Ft. Collins Breakfast Club, RI District 5440, Northwest Bangalore Club and RI District 3190 provided the funding.
39. Matching Grant: 22934 – Satellite Blood Storage and Distribution Center 2003: This $17,600 grant will provide necessary deep freezers and equipment to Rotary TTK regional blood bank and Satellite Blood bank at K.C. General Hospital, Bangalore, India. Ft. Collins Breakfast Club, RI District 5440, Northwest Bangalore Club and RI District 3190 provided the funding.
40.Matching Grant: 23837 – Additional Equipment for Satellite Blood Storage and Distribution Center 2003: This $5100 grant will provide necessary deep freezer and equipment to Satellite Blood Bank at K.C. General Hospital, Bangalore, India. Ft. Collins After Hours Club, the Ft. Collins Breakfast Club and the Northwest Bangalore Club provided the funding.
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41.Matching Grant: 51626- Multi –Rural School Equipment Project: This $2000 grant will provide much needed basic school equipment and library needs to two rural schools at Channagiri, South India. Rotary club of Channagiri,India,RI District 5440 and Fort Collins Breakfast club provided the funding.
42.Matching Grant: 51627- Rotary Youth Center-A Youth Gymnasium Centennial Project: This $12,000 grant will provide equipment at a Gym to promote physical and health among youngsters at Shimoga.The Rotary Club of Shimoga,South India, RI District 5440 and Fort Collins Breakfast Club provided the funding.
43.Matching Grant: 53458 -Drinking Water and Sanitary Facilities at rural High School in South India – an Extension of an Interact Project-This $5614 grant will provide clean drinking water and basic sanitary facilities at SVN High School in south India. Fort Collins Club, RI District 5440, Fort Collins Breakfast Club and Karkala Rotary Club, India provided the funding
44. Matching Grant; 58840- Sringeri Multiple Rural School Project-This $22,394 grant will provide basic infrastructure like Lab equipment,furniture,drinking water and sanitary facilities to7 public school in and around Sringeri,South India. Fort Collins Club,RI District 5440,Fort Collins Breakfast Club,Sringeri Rotary Club provided the funding.
45. Matching Grant: 61416- 2006-07 Channagiri 12 rural public schools project-This $15,000 grant will provide basic school equipment like benches and desks to 12 rural schools in around Channgiri, South India. Fort Collins Breakfast club,RI district 5440 and Channgiri Rotary clubs provided the funding.
46. Matching Grant: 62370 2006-07 Koppa Rural School Project-This $19,871 grant will provide benches,desk,computers,LCD projector,lab equipment,sanitary facilities,librarty books and furniture to 5 rural schools in Koppa and surrounding rural areas. Fort Collins Breakfast club, RI district 5440 and Koppa Rural Rotary Club provided the funding along with RI foundation.