Prem Rawat — The Possibility of Peace Within

Prem Rawat Receives Key to the City from Mayor of Tainan

On May 23, at the invitation of Mayor Tain-Tsair Hsu of Tainan,Taiwa, Prem Rawat was awarded the key to the city and spoke to an audience of 800. “The Peace Ambassador has finally arrived in Tainan City,” said Mayor Hsu, “and we have to collaborate with him to contribute to peace and harmony in this world. We have to trust in peace. We cannot wait for peace to descend. We have to have the confidence in ourselves that there is a source of peace within us that is not only for ourselves but for everyone in this world.”
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Food for People — Interview with Linda Pascotto

The Prem Rawat Foundation model program, Food for People (FFP), is a10,000-square-foot facility located in a rural area in northeastern India that has become a central part of the life and well-being of several villages in the area. TPRF president, Linda Pascotto, recently returned from a visit to this facility and spoke to Inspire staff.
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TPRF Funds Breakfast Program for Elementary School Children in the Yucatán

TPRF has extended its work with Compartimos Bienestar y Salud Para Los Niños Maya I.A.P. in Mexico to provide a breakfast program for the 59 students of an elementary school in the Yucatán, who arrive at school hungry because their families face severe poverty. Maria Jose Medina Diaz, President of the Mexican nonprofit organization, said, “The teachers told us that the children were becoming more attentive in class and, in general, appeared more content.”
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TPRF Gives US$25,000 to Reduce Blindness in Rajasthan, India

The Prem Rawat Foundation has made a grant of $25,000 to ORBIS UK, a beneficiary of the 2008 Lord Mayor of the City of London’s Appeal, to support ORBIS UK and the Lord Mayor’s Childhood Blindness Programme in India. Wendy Lloyd, director of the Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2008, said, “This donation will certainly make a real contribution in achieving our aim to make the lives of future generations brighter. It is enormously encouraging to receive such fantastic support.”
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The Prem Rawat Foundation Gives US$20,000 to Provide Eye Care for Thousands in Gaza

TPRF has made a contribution of $20,000 to help St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital continue providing care in conflict-ridden Gaza. The only charitable provider of eye care in Gaza, St. John is open to all patients, regardless of race, religion or ability to pay. Dr. Jom’a El Jazzar, head of the St. John Eye Hospital Clinic, said, “The donation from The Prem Rawat Foundation will have a very real and demonstrative impact on our ability to broaden and deepen our much-needed humanitarian services.”
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TPRF Gives US$15,000 Grant to Provide Clean Water to 60 Schools in Pakistan

The Prem Rawat Foundation has made a contribution of $15,000 to the Rotary Club Lahore Mozang, which will add $5,000 in matching funds, to provide clean drinking water for 60 schools in the Punjab region of Pakistan serving approximately 20,000 elementary through high school students. The water system will benefit students, families, and communities by decreasing the spread of disease and improving educational opportunities.
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TPRF continues to reach out to bring food, water, and medical necessities to people most in need all over the world. Your support makes this possible.

TPRF Provides US$40,000 to Feeding America for US Hurricane Victims

The Prem Rawat Foundation as contributed $40,000 to Feeding America, formerly named America’s Second Harvest, to provide truckloads of food to help people returning to their homes in devastated areas of Texas after Hurricane Ike. “Disasters put yet another strain on families who face hunger issues every day,” noted Vicki Escarra, President and CEO of the Feeding America Network. “Thanks to the support of The Prem Rawat Foundation, local residents will have emergency food and supplies to help make it through these difficult days.”
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TPRF continues to reach out to bring food, water, and medical necessities to people most in need all over the world. Your support makes this possible.

TPRF Gives Grant of US$10,000 for Permanent Water Wells in Niger

The Prem Rawat Foundation has made a $10,000 grant to the Sierra Vista Rotary Club Charities in Arizona to aid 40,000 Nigeriens by providing sustainable and permanent sources of clean water at in Niger, West Africa. These grant funds will be matched by other Rotary Clubs and The Rotary Foundation, potentially bringing together over $61,000 for this project. Ernie Montagne, Rotary Foundation Director of the Sierra Vista Rotary Club Charities, Inc., said, “The number one need in this area is access to clean water. People often walk miles each day to draw water from unclean open sources where pigs and cattle drink.”
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Prem Rawat - "Touched by the Magic"

“What is life about?” asks Prem Rawat. “Is it about the excitement? Or is it about feeling a heart full of joy? I have been telling people all my life: Don’t let another day go by without being touched by the magic of what has been placed inside of you.”
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TPRF Provides US$4,500 to Bring Prem Rawat’s “Words of Peace” in Native Peruvian and Ecuadorian Quechuan Language

TPRF has donated US$4,500 to Mountains of Hope (Montanas de Esperanza or MdE) to translate and produce DVDs, CDs and text materials to bring Prem Rawat’s message of peace to 20,000 indigenous people who live in the northern highland areas of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. According to Paul Murtha, Executive Director of MdE, “The Quechua peoples are very appreciative that such an important message comes to them in their native language. They are well-aware that these days are crucial passage for humanity to a renewal of the human heart.”
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