The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) advances the efforts of Prem Rawat, known also as Maharaji, to bring dignity, peace, and prosperity to people around the world. The Foundation has funded humanitarian initiatives in 29 countries.
Prem Rawat has traveled the world for forty years, bringing a message of peace. More than ten million people in fifty countries have come to hear him speak. Countless people have expressed how his inspiration has helped them find hope and fulfillment in their lives.
May 2009 — On May 23, at the invitation of Mayor Tain-Tsair Hsu of Tainan,Taiwan, 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.” Read more
April 2009 — TPRF gave a $20,000 grant to address a dire shortage of clean water in Haiti. Over 7,000 people will be helped over the course of the coming year. Linda Pascotto, President of TPRF, says, “Our hearts go out to the children and people of Haiti, who suffer from such severe malnutrition, dehydration, and disease. It is part of our mission to help provide human beings with the simple basics in life—clean water to drink, to cook with, to bathe in, and basic nutrition—in hopes of living a better life and with dignity.” Read more
March 2009 — The Prem Rawat Foundation has given a grant of $20,000 to the Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF), its second grant in two years, to provide food for over 1,000 people in a landfill area of Phnom Penh, where children spend their days scavenging for food. Read more
February 2009 — Agrigento and Mazara del Vallo have joined Corleone in recognizing Prem Rawat’s international efforts for peace and awarded him honorary citizenship of their cities. Giornale di Sicilia reported: “In his addresses Prem Rawat expresses an idea of peace as a ‘new essential need,’ which is fundamental for relationships between people and a reality existing within each individual.” Read more
February 2009 — TPRF has made a grant of $25,000 to help the internationally known WaterAid charity continue its projects throughout Asia and Africa to provide people access to safe water and proper sanitation. Read more
January 2009 —The Prem Rawat Foundation donated $50,000 to sponsor five eye clinics in poor, rural areas of India during November and December, 2008, with its partner, Premsagar Foundation India. Read more
