Press Releases

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  Link   TPRF to Fund Construction of Bore Wells in Indian Villages
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.
  Link   TPRF Aid to Feed Children at Johannesburg Schools
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).
  Link   TPRF Awarded 4 Stars by Charity Navigator for Third Time
Charity Navigator has awarded The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF)its third consecutive 4-star rating, its highest, for its ability to effectively manage and grow its finances.
  Link   TPRF Aid to Help Build New Wells, Provide Food in Cambodia
The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is contributing US$21,200 to assist efforts that will bring clean water and immediate food relief to more than 550 people in the Kampong Speu province of Cambodia, where malnutrition has long been a common contributing cause of death among children.
  Link   Letter from Charity Navigator to TPRF
A letter from Ken Berger, president of Charity Navigator, to Linda Pascotto, president of The Prem Rawat Foundation notifying her of TPRF's third consecutive 4-star rating.
  Link   TPRF Sponsors Eye Clinics in Rural India for Seventh Year
The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) continued to underwrite free professional eye care for under-served 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.
  Link   TPRF Launches Model Food-Aid Program in Ghana
With a grant of US $250,000, The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) has taken the first step
toward establishing its third “Food For People” (FFP) center, this time in the village of Otinibi, Ghana, on the outskirts of the nation’s capital city of Accra. The initiative builds on the success of TPRF’s current FFP facilities in Bantoli, India, and the Dhading District of Nepal.
  Link   TPRF Continues to Combat Cholera Epidemic in Haiti
A grant of US$50,000 to Mercy Corps (MC) will help to support the extensive relief and education program being undertaken in Haiti by the nonprofit, which participates in the United Nations cluster system in order to collaborate with other organizations and avoid duplication of efforts.
  Link   TPRF Helps Prevent Spread of Cholera in Haiti
Responding to a call for assistance from AmeriCares, one of the Foundation’s partners, TPRF made a grant of US$40,000 to provide clean drinking water for over 38,800 people for a month to help them remain healthy during the epidemic.
  Link   TPRF Assists Thai Farmers in Wake of Massive Flooding
The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is providing nutritious food and clean drinking water to an estimated 1,500 people in 300 households impacted by flooding in 16 villages around Amphoe Pho Thong in the Ang Thong Province of central Thailand.
  Link   TPRF Provides Meals for Orphans Attending Uganda School
The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is donating US$16,500 to provide lunches and clean drinking water for schoolchildren in a region of Uganda where 17% of the population consists of homeless orphans.
  Link   TPRF Provides School Meal Program for Mayan Children in Mexico
A grant of US$24,500 from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) ensures a daily nutritious meal for undernourished kindergarten and elementary school children in the Yucatán community of Kunché.
  Link   TPRF Grant Provides Food for At-Risk Children in Cambodia
A grant of US$25,000 from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) ensures direct food aid
to impoverished children living at a toxic landfill site on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.
  Link   TPRF Grant of US$30,000 Funds Long-term Clean Water Aid in Tanzania
A grant of US$30,000 from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) will support the longterm
Community Managed Water Supply program in remote rural areas of Tanzania that lack basic safe water.
  Link   TPRF Grant Provides Food for Pakistanis Displaced by Record Floods
Ongoing heavy rainfall after the massive floods of late July has resulted in a continued state of emergency in Pakistan affecting over a million people. A grant of $40,000 from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) will provide food and water for over 8,000 displaced flood victims in the two hardest hit provinces, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa.
  Link   Feeding the World's Neediest Peoples
TPRF has given a grant of $30,000 to Rain for the Sahel and Sahara (RAIN), one of very few organizations that is helping these nomads help themselves.
  Link   TPRF Gives $100,000 for Clean Water Relief in Flood- Stricken Pakistan
Los Angeles, September 9, 2010—A grant of US$100,000 from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) will help provide clean water and hygiene kits for people in the worst affected provinces, with a particular focus on orphans, widows, and the disabled.
  Link   Prem Rawat Inspires Hope for Peace on North American Tour
Los Angeles, September 1, 2010—Prem Rawat, known internationally as an Ambassador of Peace, has just completed an 11-city tour of North America, speaking at events in Oakland, Berkeley, Seattle, Colorado Springs, Columbus, Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore, Woodstock, Toronto, and Montreal.
  Link   The Prem Rawat Foundation Helps Fund Critical Water Well Projects in Sudan
Los Angeles, May 27, 2010 — A grant of US$30,000 from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) will help provide safe water wells in three remote villages in Southern Sudan, one of the world’s poorest regions. Each well will provide an estimated 1,000-1,500 people with fresh water for their daily needs.
  Link   TPRF Grant Provides Food for Chilean Earthquake Victims Near Epicenter
Los Angeles, March 30, 2010—The grant from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) will provide a month’s supply of food for 1,000 people most in need.
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