THE PREM RAWAT FOUNDATION
Dear Friends of The Prem Rawat Foundation:
2004 is rapidly winding to a close, and with 2005 on the horizon, it is rewarding to review this past year and take a moment to feel proud of Maharaji and his efforts to bring his message of peace to people around the world. What a pleasure it is to contemplate the extent of the Foundation's communication and humanitarian activities.
The funds used to accomplish all these activities and projects have come from many of you who are receiving this newsletter. It is your support that has helped make all this possible, and your efforts are very much appreciated.
In 2005 TPRF plans to continue supporting communications and charitable activities, while maintaining the volunteer status of its small base of personnel. The Keys, Inspire, and all of the on-going initiatives of 2004 will carry forward as the Foundation continues to identify and make use of new and varied avenues of expression for bringing Maharaji's message to the world.
Thank you for your continued interest and support. We invite everyone to participate so that all of our efforts, drop by drop, will create an ocean of possibilities.
Thank you for your generosity_
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Linda Pascotto
President, The Prem Rawat Foundation
P 0. Box 24-1498 - Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - 90024 - USA - 1-310-392-5700 - WWW.TPRF.ORG
2004 in Review
Making the message of peace
available around the world
2004 has been an exciting and productive year for The Prem Rawat Foundation, whose activities included producing some of Maharaji's speeches, writings, and lectures, as well as contributing to specific charitable activities. Here are some of the highlights:
- Co-sponsor of the "Keys," a self-contained set of more than one hundred hours of video material aimed at helping people prepare to learn the techniques that Maharaji shows for finding peace within.
- Inspire, the weekly newsletter sponsored by TPRF, was launched and continues to give subscribers a chance to stay connected with Maharaji and his numerous activities.
- Four very special events were sponsored by The Prem Rawat Foundation and will soon be ready in DVD, Video and CD format
:- Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia: Maharaji addressed a capacity audience of faculty, guests, and students. He was welcomed by the Director of the Asia Pacific Institute and thanked by the President of the Australian Institute for International Affairs.
- In association with the Universal Forum of Cultures, Barcelona, Spain: Dr. Pages, Chief Executive Officer of the Forum, introduced Maharaji and hailed his message as "unique."
- Italian Parliament, Rome, Italy: President Emilio Colombo, former president of the European Parliament and former Prime Minister of Italy, described Prem Rawat's visit as "singular in nature and exceptional in purpose." He expressed that "Maharaji's words provide an occasion for deep reflection," and that "they deserve to be heard because they are an invitation to explore and manifest the values residing within us - treasures very often ignored or neglected."
- Harvard University's Sanders Theatre: Maharaji presented his message to an audience of faculty, students, and guests. Many of the most venerable academic, political, and literary figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King have taken the podium at Sanders Theatre.
- Numerous interviews and articles about Maharaji's message were facilitated by TPRF:
- Living Now and Health and Healing, two Australian magazines. Ulster Tattler, the leading lifestyle magazine in Ireland.
- Indian Life and Style, a stylish magazine catering to Indian professionals in California.
- Bharat Ratna, a glossy lifestyle magazine with a distinguished readership all around the world.
- Reprints of articles previously facilitated by the Foundation in South American magazines Capital and America Economia were made available worldwide.
- Living Now and Health and Healing, two Australian magazines. Ulster Tattler, the leading lifestyle magazine in Ireland.
- Produced several audio CDs of Maharaji's addresses, one containing ten "chilled grooves" with his words put to music; three booklets featuring photos and excerpts from addresses at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Sirifort Auditorium in New Delhi, and Salamanca University in Spain
- Humanitarian and charitable projects:
- Shipment of battery-less flashlights was sent to a small community on
- the island of Grenada, still without electricity, after the area was devastated by a hurricane.
- Free medical clinic, where 7,200 optometric consultations, medicine and eye glasses were given to people in need, co-hosted by TPRF and Raj Vidya Kender, an organization that promotes Maharaji's message in India.
- Food project being developed that will provide free nutritious meals each day to several hundred malnourished children and adults in a village near Ranchi, in Northeastern India.
- Shipment of battery-less flashlights was sent to a small community on
- Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia: Maharaji addressed a capacity audience of faculty, guests, and students. He was welcomed by the Director of the Asia Pacific Institute and thanked by the President of the Australian Institute for International Affairs.
Your choice to support The Prem Rawat Foundation will help bring Maharaji's message to those seeking peace within and will enable new humanitarian projects to come to life.