Mata Annapurna
Ashrams and Schools

No child will sleep hungry in India.
No child will grow up without proper education.

 

 
Agents to Solicit Donations 

 

 Working with
Major Contributors

 What we are doing here is no small task. It will require hugh sums of money continuously for years. To raise this kind of money requires unusual imagination and efforts. This kind of money cannot be raised by common fund raising methods.

 We have appointed agents in some cities to solicit and accept donations for Mata Annapurna Ashrams and Schools. We are appointing more agents worldwide. We are paying them 10% commission plus 5% over-ride commission to Senior Agents who form their own teams of 10 or more agents.

 We are operating worldwide. We cannot reach everyone everywhere. The agents provide a very vital service of contacting people, talking to them about our work, getting their support, staying in regular contact with them, keeping them informed and involving them in our work. The agents fully deserve the 10% commission they are paid. The Senior Agents fully deserve the 5% over-ride for providing guidance and supervision to their team of agents. The donors also appreciate the agents' role. 

 Working with
Major Contributors

 Building a new school might cost a hundred or two hundred thousand pounds or dollars or a million or two million depending on school. One donor may provide all the funds or a large portion of it. Working with this class of donors and making this happen is not possible for everyone. Only a special class of people will be able to do it.

  I would describe these people like this: They are gifted with a unique combination of intellect, ability and spirituality. They will be able to see that they can make big money doing this. Raising two million dollars will earn them two hundred thousand in personal income, three hundred thousand if you are a team. Plus, when the schools open, lot of publicity, expense paid travel, ceremonies and funfare. All that is very good. But there is something much bigger than that and they will see that too. They will see the spiritual benefit. They will see that in this work they will be instrumental in building schools that will feed and educate thousands of poor children for years to come. We get the spiritual benefit of such karma life after life. That is the real benefit. We can make money doing anything but it is only material, there is no spiritual benefit. Material things stay behind. Only our karma comes with us when we go. Here we have both, the material and the spiritual.

 I am looking for only these people, not anyone else. (Ofcourse we will mentor men and women who have potential to become like them.) My vision is "No child will sleep hungry in India. No child will grow up without proper education".

 If you are the kind of person I have described here, if you see yourself playing a major part in the work ahead, please introduce yourself. Please also send your recent photo or introduce yourself in video. I would like to know you.

 
Our immediate focus is on this:

  We are building one thousand schools in villages and small towns all over India. Preparations are in full motion. We are in the market to buy land (or suitable buildings). We will build temporary structures and start the schools immediately. We will plan and build school buildings and permanent facilities as we go.

  We will create a separate non-profit organization to build and run each school. So there will be one thousand separate and independent organizations, not branches or subsidiaries of one organization. Each organization will have its own Trustees and Board of Directors. They will run the organization independently.

  We will dedicate the school to the donor who donates land for the school or who provides funds to purchase the land. We will name the school after the donor or donor's family. This donor will also become a Trustee or a Director.

If the Village/Gram Panchayat will donate land for the school we will name the school after the Village/Gram SarPanch or any member or members of the Panchayat. The SarPanch or one member of the Gram Panchayat will also become a Trustee or a Director.

  Any volunteer, our "Donation Agent" or any Real Estate Broker from the market or any private person who will find the donor and procure this donation will be paid 10% commission on the value of the land and will become a Director on the first Board of Directors.

 We will raise funds separately for construction of school buildings and other facilities. Donors who contribute 5% or more of the total cost will become the first Directors. They will also receive high honor in the school's "Donors Gallery". We will build a very elegant "Donors Gallery" in every school.

We will raise funds separately to build the Mandirs. We will give high appreciation to donors. 

Charity Begins at Home

"Charity begins at home". This is not just a catchy phrase. It has deep spiritual significance. What it means is, charity work becomes possible only if it begins in one's own heart. If you have compassion in your heart you will want to do something on your own before you ask others to join you. If you don't have that in your heart charity work is not possible. Here, if your heart doesn't make you give the first donation or give a token amount and you ask others to give major contributions, it won't work.

To be successful in this work, first you must give your own donation. When you talk to potential donors they will ask you how much you have given.

So, look within and see how you feel. If you feel happy and excited about this, introduce yourself and send in your first donation. If you don't feel happy and excited don't get involved. You are not ready for this work. Wait till it begins in your heart.

 Send your introduction and photo to:
introduce-yourself@mata-annapurna-ashram.org

Send your donation through PayPal to:
agents@mata-annapurna-ashram.org

or mail your check to 

MATA ANNAPURNA ASHRAMS AND SCHOOLS
Post Office Box 14548
Irvine, CA 92623-4548
USA

 
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