PRASAD Australia https://prasadaustralia.org Philanthropic Relief, Altruistic Service and Development Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:37:00 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 Winter Newsletter 2026 https://prasadaustralia.org/winter-newsletter-2026/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:35:21 +0000 https://prasadaustralia.org/?p=2568
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Hello again PRASAD Australia Donors,

In our last newsletter in June we spoke of the difference that your generous donations to PRASAD Australia have made to the people of the Tansa Valley. Well, now we have received a full and detailed Impact Report from PRASAD Chikitsa, giving comprehensive and up to date facts and figures of all the initiatives and programmes implemented over the last 30 years.
What an amazing achievement !
Manju Kochhar, Trustee of PRASAD Chikitsa, has asked that we share this with you, so you may see the huge difference that your caring and giving has made to so many lives, in so many ways.
She wants you to know that PRASAD Australia’s support has been a large part of making this transformation possible and is vital in continuing its role to sustain this great work. All of your donations and ongoing commitment to improving the life of others are valued gifts.
There is much more to be done and PRASAD Australia is dedicated to ongoing support.

With Gratitude, your PRASAD Australia Team

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Ladies planting a sapling from the PRASAD Chikitsa nursery.

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THE GOAL IS TO PLANT 50,000 TREES BY FEBRUARY 2024

Will you help?
Each tree planted is not only helping the people of the Tansa Valley – it is helping us, each individual, and indeed all of planet earth.

Each tree costs: $4 per sapling, including planting and caring for the tree for 2 years.

5 trees just $20

10 trees $40

25 trees $100

50 trees $200 100 trees $400

*All donations to PRASAD Australia over $2 are tax deductible.

We thank you all for your past support and your open hearts.
We also invite you to share this project and all of the other ongoing health and educational programmes of PRASAD Chikitsa with your friends and family.
Remember: PRASAD IS NOT A SECRET
So feel free to speak of the great work being done by this amazing and impactful charity.

Nalini Rae, of your PRASAD Australia team.

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Nirmala Poona, a participant of the Self-Help Group for women, standing outside her shop.

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A local villager collecting saplings from PRASAD Chikitsa nursery.

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 Village women during PRASAD Chikitsa’s midwife training- 2004

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Community Shares

Photo circa 1992- Share by Nalini Rae, PRASAD Australia Director

On 4th February this year we are celebrating 20 years since the inception of PRASAD Australia. I am Nalini Rae- one of the Board Directors of PRASAD Australia and as I sit quietly and reflect on all the great work that has been done, all the lives that have changed, all the doors that have been opened, and the pathways to a bright future that have been created, I feel so honoured and privileged to be part of this.

I recall back in 1992, I went to India and volunteered with PRASAD starting first on the milk project which would take milk to more than 8 schools in the district. We would rise early, and warm huge pots of milk flavoured with spices and a little sugar, transfer that to several huge milk urns, load them onto a four-wheel drive and off we would go, bumping miles along the dirt tracks to the schools. Some were just simple one or two huts with mud floors and others were larger, stronger constructions and had many more students. Regardless, the reception we received from these village children was the same – welcoming, joy filled smiling faces that lit up our hearts.

Most of the time it was just me and an Indian driver and throughout the morning we would serve more than 600 children. We would pour the milk from the urns into jugs, by which time teacher would have the pupils sitting in rows and singing with full voices.

Each one received a cup of the warmed milk which would ensure that they had protein nourishment for the day and were able to concentrate on learning.

To see the children sitting with big wide smiles and frothy milk moustaches is a scene which will stay with me forever. Even now more than 30 years later I feel my own heart full of joy from reflecting on that scene and how not only it changed their lives, but mine too.

PRASAD truly is a gift that carries blessings – for the giver as well as the receiver.

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