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> Food for Life Vrindavan, Indian Charity, Raises Funds for New School  
> for Impoverished Children despite Credit Crunch
>
> London, UK December 5, 2008  —
>
> Despite tight economic times, guests at the 8th Asian Achievers  
> awards on December 3rd, reached into their hearts and wallets to  
> pledge help Food for Life Vrindavan, a registered Indian charity,  
> build its third school for desperately poor children in India.  The  
> awards, hosted by Gujarat Samacher, raised £130,000 toward FFLV's  
> goal of £150,000.
>
>
> Food for Life provides educational, environmental and social  
> development programs to the poorest residents of the city of  
> Vrindavan, in Uttar Pradesh.  Its two Sandipani Muni schools provide  
> free education, wholesome meals and health care for 1000 poor  
> children who would otherwise spend their days on the streets or  
> engaged in back-breaking physical labour.   Demand among local  
> parents to send their children to FFLV's schools is so great that  
> the schools now have a waiting list of over 650 children.  FFLV's  
> director, Rupa Ragunath, came to London to appeal to the Asian  
> community to help him build a third school.   Proceeds from the  
> Asian Achievers Awards will finance the majority of the construction  
> costs of the new school.  .
>
> "Before the event, we were apprehensive about how much we could  
> raise in these difficult economic times.  The Asian Achiever's  
> Awards exceeded my hopes and expectations," said Rupa Ragunath. "I  
> will be returning to India with a joyful heart, because now I can  
> answer the six-hundred odd children who tug at my sleeve everyday,  
> asking when I will build them a school.  Thanks to Gujarat Samachar,  
> CB Patel and London's Asian community, construction can start in  
> early 2009!"
>
> Food for Life Vrindavan is a charity in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh,  
> India, dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor.  With our  
> schools, medical services, social and environmental development  
> projects,  FFLV gives the needy – especially children – an  
> opportunity to live and learn, eventually pulling whole families out  
> of the vicious cycle of poverty and desperation.
>
> FFLV has been serving the poor of Vrindavan since 1990.   
> fflvrindavan.org
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