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SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Peace Education Program (PEP), based on Prem Rawat's message of peace and sponsored by The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF), has been one of the most popular classes at the Fabian Dale Dominguez State Jail in San Antonio. Jail authorities have reported a significantly positive impact upon the over 1,000 inmates who have participated in the program since it began in 2007 and a marked reduction in recidivism. The success of the...

Nearly 7,000 People Attend Five Clinics Held in Four States LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) continues to sponsor eye clinics in rural India, most recently by providing US$30,000 to cover the cost of services to nearly 7,000 residents in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Preventable blindness is a particularly serious problem in India. A few years ago, the "Times of India" reported that, "Of the 37...

Effort will assist more than 10,000 in southern Ethiopia LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is contributing US$10,000 to provide safe, clean drinking water for three months to an estimated 20,000 people who have had to rely on dirty water from local ponds amid severe drought and famine in the Borena zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. AmeriCares, a nonprofit global health and disaster relief organization, is overseeing the effort, which...

Access to water, curtailment of disease are among expected outcomes LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is funding the construction of bore wells in villages in Kadapa, India, in order to address a range of problems plaguing residents in some of the region's most remote communities. TPRF awarded US$16,756 to the Sri K. Pitchi Reddy Educational and Welfare Society (SPREAWS) for the construction of 15 wells that will serve an...

Nutritious meals at core of program to assist recovery of poverty-stricken districts LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Needy children in a township of Cape Town, South Africa, that is still reeling from years of neglect under apartheid will be served nutritious meals for a year thanks to a donation from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF). TPRF is contributing US$10,000 to the Food Security Program of Afrika Tikkun (AT) to support longstanding efforts to feed children in...

Second ACFS grant will renew support for much-needed meals LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is contributing US$30,000 to underwrite the cost of nutritious meals for about 500 children in Johannesburg for schools participating in the ACFS Children's Community Education & Feeding Scheme (ACFS). This is the second TPRF grant issued to assist the ACFS, which since its founding in 1945, has been striving to provide meals to...

LOS ANGELES, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On World Water Day (March 22), The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) partnered with the typeTAP initiative of The Adventure Project. Bloggers from all over the U.S. had just 24 hours to raise $10,000 to bring sustainable clean water to villagers in India. The response exceeded all expectations with 148 writers participating and $11,390 raised by the midnight deadline. With matching funds from TPRF, well over $22,000 will go to train local...

Funds to have immediate, lifesaving impact LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amid the massive disorder that has rocked the African nation of Libya since mid-February, The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) has made a grant of US$25,000 to help International Relief & Development (IRD) to distribute urgently needed medical relief in Libya and along the Tunisian border. "Thousands of people in Libya are being affected by the ongoing violence, some who are chronically ill and...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) continued to underwrite free professional eye care for underserved populations in rural India by donating US $10,000 for five multi-day clinics that provided services to more than 6,000 people from villages in the National Capital Territory of New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Jharkhand. The recent series of two-day clinics, held from October 2010 through January of this year, brought to 29 the...

Program to provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene education to benefit 13,000 LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is continuing its support of efforts to aid Haitians affected by the recent cholera outbreak by providing approximately 13,000 people with access to clean water, sanitation goods, and hygiene education. A grant of US$50,000 to Mercy Corps (MC) will help to support the extensive relief and education program being undertaken...