Dear PRASAD Friend,

I have just returned from India and it's been a wonderful experience visiting PRASAD Chikitsa and its programs after a while. The work is magnificent and it is a tribute to our staff and volunteers on the ground, who work day after day to ensure that the PRASAD mission is being fulfilled and people’s lives are positively influenced. Nevertheless the task to uplift the Tansa Valley (Maharashtra, India) is large and will need focus and determination over many years, to achieve our goals.

The visit included some of the most remote villages and it was heart wrenching to see the difficult and tough life that people had around the catchment area in the Tansa Valley (Maharashtra, India) and in the villages near Chennai city (Tamil Nadu, India) where PRASAD is active with Tsunami relief work. The scorching heat, unrelenting poverty, a mix of disease, malnutrition and social challenges, reminds us of the many blessings we are fortunate to have in our lives.

Wherever the visit took us - whether the HIV program, the GSP Netra Chikitsa Hospital and Clinic, the Self Help Groups, the Tsunami Rehabilitation Work in Tamil Nadu or the Milk Programs in the schools, the villagers were always happy to see PRASAD volunteers and staff. And it was always for one single reason - the staff and volunteers truly cared for the villagers and offered their service in the same spirit.

In this newsletter you can find a few highlights from this visit. Our hope is to inspire you to see how you could contribute to this work. You can make a direct difference in the lives of thousands of people by giving a donation or volunteering your service in various ways (Donations: Click Here | Volunteer: Click here).

Sincerely,

Dennis Taraporewala
Director of Global Communications