India Rural Development Fund: Committed to upliftment of Rural India

When I type “Rural India” in Google search engine, hell lot of links pop-up, amongst them one of the neglected links is of www.indiarural.org of India Rural Development Fund (IRDF).

Is the work of IRDF neglected in the same way as our Rural India? Why organization like IRDF who have different focus, different motive are not being noticed? The members of this organization are the change agents and they are the ones who are translating their dream of giving something back to the country of their birth.

As it is often said, knowing the cause of problem is more important than finding the remedies. IRDF have been able to realize that education is the reason why people are not coming out of their biggest problem i.e. poverty. This gives rise to several other issues like healthcare, social and economic development etc.

India Rural Development Fund is one of many tax- exempt organizations under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Section 501 (c) (3). All the members of this organization work on a voluntary basis without expecting any financial gain out of their activity. Through the financial support of thousand of successful India living in the US, IRDF projects have been helping many poor families to come out of their financial problem by offering them proper education, proper earning opportunities, etc.

The Organization is strictly committed to their mission statement of enhancing the lives of the underprivileged Rural India primarily through education. The organization is partnering with several non-profit organizations and is ready to achieve following objectives:

Giving access to primary as well as vocational education
Reduction in population growth rate
Reduction in Infant mortality rate, improvement in healthcare
Upliftment of Rural people in terms of socio-economic development

Dr. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United State of America has right opined that “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”

The efforts of such organization are really appreciated. No doubt, getting into Fortune 500 companies is one of the dreams of every company. But companies like IRDF deserve even better place than Fortune Companies’ list. You will surely get to read more and more about such companies in near future through the medium of this site.

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