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Los Angeles, November 14, 2006 — The Prem Rawat Foundation made a significant contribution to Oxfam America to aid people in need of water as a result of the Middle East crisis.
During the recent conflict, water pipes, generators, pumps, and electrical networks were destroyed or severely damaged in the conflict, preventing people from receiving clean water.
Oxfam is working in conjunction with local organizations like TPRF to bring clean drinking water, install water tanks, rehabilitate sanitation facilities, and promote hygiene through the distribution of hygiene kits in villages.
Oxfam is delivering 1.5 million liters (390,000 gallons) of fresh drinking water every day—enough to provide the basic daily needs for 50,000 people.
Raymond Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, reported that Oxfam is installing thousands of water tanks to displaced people who are returning to villages in Lebanon that had little remaining infrastructure. While the crisis continues in northern Israel, Oxfam is helping protect public health by funding mobile medical teams, supplying clean water, and funding equipment.
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Oxfam is an independent humanitarian organization that responds to unmet needs, acting under principles of impartiality and humanity in line with the International Committee of the Red Cross Code of Conduct. It believes that the lives of all human beings are of equal value and is committed to providing help on the basis of need alone, regardless of race, class, faith, political conviction, disability, gender, or age. Oxfam works in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Israel, and Lebanon to overcome poverty and suffering. The funds raised are used to save lives and reduce human suffering wherever it occurs on all sides of the conflict.
The Prem Rawat Foundation furthers the message of peace of Prem Rawat, widely known by the honorary title of Maharaji, and supports significant humanitarian initiatives that improve the quality of life for people most in need around the world. The Foundation’s efforts have brought relief and food aid to victims of every major disaster around the world. The Foundation recently inaugurated Food for People, a 10,000-square-foot permanent facility in a tribal area of northeastern India, where 45,000 free hot meals are served each month to villagers. This project is one of many spearheaded by Prem Rawat and his Foundation in an effort to bring basic necessities such as food, water, and adequate medical care to those in need everywhere.
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Credit: Harriet Binet, Oxfam
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