Shri K. Pattabhi Jois . Charitable Trust

The Grant

BENEFICIARIES
Learn more about the organizations the Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Charitable Trust has supported:

Rotary Artificial Limb Centre (2005)
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Rotary Mysore Mahaveer Artificial Limb Centre (RMMALC) has been focused, from the outset, in the direction of rehabilitation of the handicapped with the fabrication and fitting of light, sturdy and user friendly artificial limbs, free of cost, to identified beneficiaries. Our donation covered the costs of 30 prosthetic limbs.
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Siddalingeshwara School (2005)
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Siddalingeshwara School is a primary school that teaches children up to 7th standard, located in Vijayanagar, II stage, Mysore. Our donation went to purchase benches for the students.
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Rehabilitation Society for the Visually Impaired (2006)
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Rehabilitation Society for the Visually Impaired (RSVI) manages a blind hostel that serves 20 girls and 20 boys, all of whom were present for a charity show held on 23 September 2006 at Vontikoppal Club at Mysore. They desired to have kit bags to safely carry their belongings. Further, our donation enabled the hostel to buy proper vessels and equipment for cooking, a fan and a large water boiler.
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Pratham Mysore (2007)
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Pratham was initiated by UNICEF in 1994 with 2,000 children in Mumbai. It now serves over 20 states across the country, reaching out to over a million children. Pratham Mysore, functioning since May 2002, works with the state school system and the community through various interventions that begin at the pre-school level and include remedial education for children in the school system. The Pratham Mysore goals are to ensure that every child in Mysore goes to school and learns well, to impart teaching skills to as many educated unemployed women as possible, to improve educational standards in primary schools, and that there be no new generation of illiterates by 2010. Our donation helped to open up educational opportunities for Mysore children.
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Nagarhole & Bandipur National Parks (2008)

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Chetana Trust (2008)
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Chetana Trust aims to provide comprehensive mental health care for the needy and deserving, and also undertake programs to educate society about the attitudinal changes required regarding mental health.
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GRANT INFORMATION
Grants will be considered in response to a Request for Proposals (RFP), or a specific invitation to apply, issued from the Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Charitable Trust. Independent requests for funding are not generally considered. If after careful review of the descriptions of our past supported projects, you feel that your organization fits within the scope of our Trust's goals, please email an introductory letter to info@kpjtrust.org.

NEWS & EVENTS
In honor of Guruji's 93rd birthday, a party and silent auction were held in Mysore on Guru Purnima Friday, 18 July 2008. About 400 students and guests attended the function, and the Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Charitable Trust raised over 170,000 rupees for wildlife conservation and to help mentally challenged children.

Guruji and his family also invite and encourage students and friends around the world to participate in an online auction. Dates will be announced shortly.

Online items for auction will include:
1 photo of Guruji in samasthiti, signed
1 photo of Guruji (more recent), signed
5 private classes in Mysore with Sharath
2 photos of Sharath taken by Govinda Kai, signed by Sharath

WAYS TO GIVE
By donating now, you will be helping to make a difference in the lives of people and communities in and around Mysore. Please indicate if you would like to support a specific community project or provide long-term support for our endowment/corpus fund. No contribution is ever too big or too small. *

Help raise awareness by wearing the Shri Pattabhi Jois Charitable Trust T-shirt.

Celebrate and honor Guruji by buying Shri K. Pattabhi Jois: A Tribute (available fall 2008). This soft-covered book includes old and rare photos and an informal interview, recorded in January 2001 during one of Guruji's weekly student-teacher conferences. 100% profits from this purchase will be donated to the Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Charitable Trust.

To donate online you can follow the link below and use our PayPal account:

Another important way to help is to give your time. Local Mysore organizations are in great need of capable, committed volunteers. If you are interested in making a difference and volunteering with any of our past grant beneficiaries or would like to be directed to other community groups, please contact info@kpjtrust.org.

* At the moment, donations made are tax deductible only for Indian taxpayers. American taxpayers may receive a tax receipt if the donation is sent directly to our fiscal sponsor, Yoga East in Louisville, Kentucky. To correspond with Yoga East, please click here.