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Maputo, Mozambique, March 30, 2007 — The Prem Rawat Foundation made a critical grant to The Foundation for Community Development (FDC), by supporting a program with the aim of providing relief efforts for the victims of the floods and cyclone that occurred in the central and southern regions of Mozambique.
The contribution is to be used to provide emergency food supplies for children and women in the Vilankulo and Caia districts affected by the cyclone and floods that occurred in the first two months of 2007. The funds will help make nutritious food available for 1,000 children and 300 women and their families.
In recognition of the Foundation’s contribution for flood relief, Graça Machel, FDC president of the board and Nelson Mandela’s wife, said: “We would like to express our sincere gratitude to The Prem Rawat Foundation for the help provided to the communities of Vilankulo and Caia districts affected by the recent cyclone and floods. Thanks to your support, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and their families in the benefited areas can now cope with the extreme difficulties posed by the natural disasters. On their behalf, FDC would like to express its heartfelt appreciation.”
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FDC is a Mozambican non-profit foundation that aims to strengthen the capacity of disadvantaged communities with a view to overcoming poverty and promoting social justice in Mozambique by empowering local communities to take the lead in their own development.
Over the last 10 years, FDC has been present in all 11 provinces of Mozambique, contributing to community development initiatives by providing resources to improve people’s living conditions in the areas of education (with a focus on girls’ education), health (with an emphasis on the reduction of infant and maternal mortality), prevention of HIV/AIDS and reduction of its impact on infected and affected people, water supply, food security, and income generation. FDC also contributed to the strengthening of the capacity of civil society organizations and engaged in advocacy activities through co-financing and participating in several advocacy groups such as the Mozambican Debt Group, G20 civil society platform, Mozambican Education Network, Forum for African Women Educationalists - Mozambique, Regional Campaign against Child Abuse, Network of NGOs against Drugs, Land Tenure Campaign, Anti-Personal Landmines Campaign. During the 2000 floods, FDC made a significant contribution toward relief for the population affected in the Gaza and Maputo provinces and during the follow-up phase of reconstruction.
For further information on the Foundation for Community Development, visit:
www.fdc.org.mz/.
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The Prem Rawat Foundation supports significant humanitarian initiatives that improve the quality of life for people in need around the world by providing basic necessities such as food, water, medical care, and disaster relief. The Foundation also makes significant grants to effective relief organizations such as the United Nations World Food Programme.
In addition to its humanitarian activities, the Foundation also furthers the message of peace of Prem Rawat, widely known by the honorary title of Maharaji. Prem Rawat has spent the last four decades traveling around the world with the message that each person can find fulfillment by discovering “a peace that is already within, waiting to be discovered.”
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