Seven Billion Smiles One Person at a Time
Inspired by Prem Rawat’s vision that peace is a fundamental need for all people The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) helps to make his message of peace available to people throughout the world and to support efforts to provide nutritious food, clean water, and eye care to people in need. Read more

The Mission of TPRF is a simple one: to address the fundamental human needs of food, water and peace so that people can live with dignity, peace and prosperity.
A Message of Peace Heard Around the World
In November of 2011, the first vice-president of the European Parliament, Gianni Pittella, hosted representatives from more than 25 countries to a conference in Brussels simply titled: "Peace and Well-Being." Read more

Peace for People — Personal peace, a fundamental human need, provides the foundation for world peace.
TPRF Food for People in India, Nepal, and Ghana
Six years ago the doors opened to TPRF’s first Food for People facility, located in a tribal area of northeast India in the state of Jharkhand, near the village of Bantoli. The success of the program has led to establishing additional FFP programs in Nepal and Ghana. Read more

TPRF Food for People - a model food program helps communities emerge from poverty.
Helping People Discover Their Inner Resources
The Peace Education Program (PEP) is an innovative educational program, facilitated by trained TPRF volunteers, with a curriculum that consists of 10 videos, each focusing on a particular theme. It has been incorporated into rehabilitation programs in over a dozen countries around the world. Read more

TPRF's Peace Education Program is providing a curriculum for peace education in prisons, hospitals, colleges, and community groups.
Water Day 2012 Showcases TPRF Donor Response

World Water Day 2012 marked another occasion for TPRF to call on its quick-responding supporters to take action in helping alleviate critical water distribution problems in poverty-stricken regions. Read more

TPRF has helped provide rapid and effectively placed humanitarian assistance in 37 countries.

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TPRF News

Message of Peace

Prem Rawat Lights the Flame of Peace

Prem Rawat recently spoke at two events in São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil. While in Brazil, he was invited to light the flame that marks the beginning of the “Third Festival of Peace” at the International Festival of Peace to be celebrated in September. In a previous event at UNIPAZ (University of International Peace), Rector Pierre Weil awarded Prem Rawat the title of “Ambassador of Peace.”

Ex-Inmates Join Correctional Official to Plan Peace Education for Parolees

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Hope Cavillo, who has been involved with the San Antonio, Texas correctional systems for more than 25 years, recently became fascinated by the effect that TPRF’s Peace Education Program (PEP) has had on inmates of the Dominguez State Jail.

Humanitarian Aid

Otinibi Celebrates Food for People Opening

May 15, 2012 was a red-letter day in the tiny village of Otinibi, near Accra, Ghana. After months of construction, preparation, and dress-rehearsal meals, TPRF’s Food for People (FFP) program officially opened its third feeding facility, and its first on the African continent.

In Ebagueye, Water Brings Life to the Desert

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The traditional people of the Azawak of Niger, a grassy plain the size of Florida that runs along the edge of the Sahara Desert, have for generations been nomadic herders, following their livestock across the plains in seasonal patterns.

Independent Initiatives

Sowing Seeds of Peace at Miami Springs Festival

In April the community of Miami Springs (northwest of Miami) held its annual 3-day Springs River Festival. This is a hugely popular event which has been held ever since the 1970's. Around 3000 people enjoyed a fun-packed program including a cake bake-off, youth Chess Tournament, a High School reunion, live entertainment from local bands, competitions, side-shows and stalls.

Local residents Luz and Oscar realised that the festival offered an ideal opportunity to promote Words of Peace Read more

Real Stories - The TPRF Blog

Real Stories from Around the World

The TPRF Blog is expanding with more eyewitness stories from both volunteers and the people who interact with them "on location" around the world. Along with updates and photos from signature programs like TPRF's Food for People, Peace Education Program, and special Message of Peace events, we'll be sharing more first-hand stories that often don't get the spotlight they deserve. Real stories from real people whose lives have been touched in big and small ways through the work of the foundation, partnering organizations, and volunteers.