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RRF has recently
undertaken a project to build 6000 concrete homes for slum dwellers
in Bawana in North Eastern Delhi. These slum dwellers have been
living in make-shift huts and temporary structures where they
were subject to the elements of nature as well as to accidents
like fires which burned down their homes and their belongings.
There were several catastrophic fires in the slums last year.
In this project, RRF will build brick and concrete homes for these
slum dwellers. Your contribution will help with the construction
costs of one house. Each house costs roughly $ 1,500-2,000. A
number of houses are currently under construction. RRF expects
to build 300 homes by the end of this year and a few thousand
homes in the next couple of years. Sponsor a home today and provide
the comfort of a safe shelter to these poor families. Your contribution
will be acknowledged with a marble slab with your name engraved
on it. This slab will be put inside the house you choose to sponsor.
You may chose to sponsor a home in 1 payment
of $ 1,650 or 3 payments of $550 each or monthly payments of $
140. More...
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Robin Raina Foundation lays out a $15 Million Plan to Build 6000
Homes
for Delhi Slum Dwellers. Possession
for 65 Beautiful Concrete Homes handed over yesterday!
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for Press Release.
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ROBIN RAINA FOUNDATION AND DELHI BASED SHINE TEAM UP TO LAUNCH A
NEW SCHOOL FOR NOIDA’S SLUM CHILDREN
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Press Release.
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A Recent Interview with Robin Raina. Click
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Letter
from the founder I am often
asked why I decided to set up this charity foundation. Over the
last three years, I had the opportunity to travel often to India
and reflect on what I saw on the streets and hospitals in the country
- malnourished, sick & handicapped children who had given up
hope and underprivileged children on the streets without any education.
As I reflected more on what I saw and tried to think about my own
life, I realized that even though I had built a so called "successful
business" it did not guarantee happiness to me irrespective of who
I was or how much I had. I thought I had built security, I thought
I had built success. But in reality what I had built was an illusion.
I realized that no one ever really has security or success unless
it comes from within one's own self. That was when I promised myself
that the next thing I built; no one would be able to take away the
associated Guaranteed Happiness from me. I decided that I wanted
to be in the business of imparting and spreading happiness. And
the Foundation was born!
I realized that giving is something that no one can take away from
you. The rewards of giving go far beyond money and material things.
Giving is something you will be able to take with you wherever you
go for the rest of your life.
The foundation has been setup to raise funds for charity work to
be carried out to empower children who need help. The foundation's
focus is to make a difference in the lives of children - who are
handicapped, blind, mentally challenged, sick or in need of urgent
medical help and underprivileged kids who needed education. Each
and every bit of money collected will be spent on these children.
For me, one of the hardest things is to see parents of sick children
who have been unsuccessful to secure the medical help their child
needs, for want of money. As a parent, I can feel the pain associated
with such helplessness. This troubles me greatly. We are in the
process of identifying sick and disabled children in the Delhi and
Noida regions of India, who need urgent help. We can make a difference
in the lives of such people & impart happiness to their families.
Through the outreach programme, we will make sure we are in touch
with disabled children in their villages. These children do not
go to school, so we will arrange to bring teachers or tutors to
their villages to give them at least some basic education and skills.
We intend to help children who have been rejected by society and
help them grow into confident, educated adolescents and young adults.
Many children who are presently destined to a lifetime of crawling
in the dust could get much needed surgery and physiotherapy and
could now be up on their feet. This benefits not only their prospects
in life but also their self-esteem.
We intend to bring hope to children at high risk of becoming street
children. How? By offering street school to children with no other
access to education. And by offering parents, the chance to learn
a profession which will help them to escape exploitative labor,
so that they can look after their children properly. It is infinitely
satisfying to rescue a street child and give them a home, a hope
and a future. But perhaps more rewarding still is to prevent a child
from being made homeless through circumstances.
Children are amazingly kindhearted, unselfish, innocent, intelligent,
friendly and interesting youth. You cannot help but to love and
admire them. To get the ball rolling, I have personally contributed
in excess of $1,000,000 to the foundation towards this cause.
Please donate howsoever much you can to the Foundation for the sake
of these kids. Make giving a priority in your life. The rewards
are immeasurable.
On behalf of these kids and their parents, thank you in advance
for your generous support.
Sincerely,
Robin Raina |
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