Latest Prem Rawat Foundation Stories

Project to serve entire village in Tamil Nadu LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) has donated US$5,000 to provide clean water and improve sanitation for an estimated 6,500 people who live in a village in one of India's most arid regions. The funds are being issued to the Society for Women Education & Economic Thrust (SWEET) to build a bore well and install pipes, taps and a motor at a girls' school serving citizens in Veedur, an...

Gardens seen as vital to full recovery in temporary housing community LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is donating US$73,000 to help fund a garden project that is part of ongoing post-disaster relief efforts in Japan's northern provinces. The grant, awarded to AmeriCares, a nonprofit global health and disaster relief organization, will benefit residents in a temporary housing community in the Tohoku region, where the 2011 9.0...

Funds to supplement diet for 3,400 children using Haitian-grown food LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) has made a grant of US$10,000 to assist an ongoing campaign to end widespread malnutrition among children throughout the island nation of Haiti. The funds will go to Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) and will buy peanuts to make Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food. The food, which is known locally as Medika Mamba or medical peanut butter,...

Wells to end long treks for often contaminated supplies LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A grant of US$10,000 from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) will help build new wells for up to 250 families in the Equatorial and Bahral Ghazal areas of South Sudan, Africa. The donation goes to Water for South Sudan, Inc. (WFSS) to help construct wells during the approaching dry season in highly populated areas associated with government-sponsored repatriation settlements...

Program may spread to towns throughout the nation LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After two floods from torrential rains overwhelmed Fiji earlier this year, The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) contributed FJ$50,000 (US$30,000) to ensure that 1,000 families in Lautoka, Nadi and surrounding towns would receive tap-fitted water-filtration systems to purify drinking water. This is the 21(st) grant given by TPRF in 11 nations to help provide basic necessities after...

Model project funding results in pipe replacements, system overhaul LOS ANGELES, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A grant of $15,860 from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) has helped finance a complete overhaul of the water-supply system serving the citizens of the village of Paragachi, Ecuador. The project was carried out by the nonprofit Fundacion de Ayuda Social Montanas de Esperanza (Mountains of Hope or MdE), not only for the people who live in Paragachi, but also to...

Grant will ensure clean water for up to 250,000 people LOS ANGELES, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In honor of World Water Day, The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) initiated a campaign to raise US$25,000 in matching funds to support The Adventure Project (TAP) effort to provide sustainable water services to almost a million people in West Bengal and the District of Sheohar in Bihar, India. The TAP vision is to train mechanics to repair wells in rural India, where over one...

As many as 25,000 expected to benefit LOS ANGELES, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Up to 25,000 people in a remote and impoverished area of Cambodia are expected to gain access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation thanks to a grant from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF). TPRF is contributing US$6,800 to fund the purchase of three portable water-purification systems by All Ears Cambodia (AEC), an organization that has expanded its services in Cambodia's...

Borehole to serve as many as 25,000 citizens and refugees LOS ANGELES, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A permanent, sustainable source of drinking water that is expected to serve as many as 25,000 people in Niger is being funded in part by a US$40,000 donation from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF). With the grant, TPRF is providing further aid to the nonprofit Amman Imman: Water Is Life for an effort already started with the financial assistance of the Vibrant Village...

Aid to help treat 35,000 children to prevent blindness LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With a gift of US$30,000, The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) continues to contribute to the cost of eye care for children in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. This is TPRF's fourth grant to the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group (SJJEH), which this year expects to provide services to more than 35,000 young people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)....