- Health Care
- Sustainable Development
- Disaster Relief
Kids bring creativity, awareness to World Environment Day
Ganeshpuri, India— On June 5, the people of Ganeshpuri celebrated World Environment Day with activities organized by representatives from PRASAD Chikitsa, and from local schools and youth groups. At the Primary School of Ganeshpuri, enthusiastic children created drawings and Rangoli to express how trees benefit both people and the environment. Read more…
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Donor, Margareta Blix, is celebrating the life of her beloved late sister, Gudrun, with a grant of up to $20,000 that will provide a dollar-to-dollar match for new donations to PRASAD Children's Dental Health Program (PRASAD CDHP) received through October 31, 2010. Read more...
“Paddlers for Humanity” Open Ocean Paddle to benefit PRASAD Children’s Dental Health Program
Sunday, September 5th
(rain date September 6th)
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As part of its mission to help communities in distress, The PRASAD Project responds to natural and manmade disasters in two ways. Our immediate response includes providing food, shelter, medical supplies and emergency services. Over time, we continue to support recovery efforts, by helping survivors and those affected to rebuild their lives.
Whether responding to earthquakes, tsunamis or hurricanes, teams of PRASAD Project volunteers have rushed to the sites of disasters and provided aid, hope, and courage to those affected. PRASAD’s most recent disaster relief work has been in response to the earthquakes that devastated Haiti and Chile in the beginning of 2010.
Earthquake in Haiti
On January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. The catastrophe left hundreds of thousands dead and many others injured and homeless. PRASAD immediately joined the aid efforts through its relationship with Direct Relief International (DRI) a not-for-profit organization based in California. DRI continues to provide a steady flow of medical supplies, water-purification products, food and other necessities to those affected.
Earthquake in Chile
When an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile on February 27, 2010, PRASAD teamed up with Operation USA of Los Angeles, California, to send health care supplies and other materials to disaster relief volunteers in Chile.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, U.S.
When hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, The PRASAD Project collaborated with DRI to distribute emergency aid where it was most needed. With their help, we provided medicine and other essential supplies directly to health clinics in Texas and Louisiana that were serving evacuees from the affected regions.
Tsunami in Southeast Asia
In the aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Southeast Asia in 2004, PRASAD received thousands of financial contributions for relief efforts in the region. We distributed the funds through Direct Relief International. PRASAD volunteers also worked closely with local organizations, such as The Round Table, in Pondicherry, India, and Help for the Helpless, in Sri Lanka.
The PRASAD Project also sponsored a team of volunteer doctors who set up a mobile clinic in partnership with another non-government relief agency funded by Oxfam Australia.
In addition to providing immediate relief, it is PRASAD’s practice to work with communities over time, until they are back on their feet and living in a sustainable way. In the village of Kovalam, in Southern India, PRASAD volunteers and other aid workers helped the village fishermen to rebuild their damaged boats and replace their fishing nets. Through this collaboration, the fishermen were back on the water within just a month of the disaster.