Out of the piles of messages in my Mac, work related e-mails and beautiful things sent by different people around the globe, the phrase “it takes a sangat to raise a child” was what really caught my eye that late evening.
How true is that, I thought. Then, a stream of quick monologues went through my mind such as Oh, Guru Ram Das that is so true. It is happening here in Belo Horizonte, Brazil right now with the 5 kids we are sending to Miri Piri Academy. If we do not join hands, resources and faith, we won’t be able to send them at all – It is also the case with the construction of our school here, if the Sangat was not united, we wouldn’t be able to do a thing.
Then, naturally, I went through the e-mail and realized it was from the Miri Piri Academy fundraising team! The video really touched my heart and I found the idea of putting up such a nice material simple genius! And on top of that, the motivation was so perfect. If MPA offers the financial aid for so many children, it is obvious that they need to have that fund restored so that they can keep on helping more kids around the world.
It didn’t take me another second to choose 40 people in the Belo Horozonte Sangat to forward this video with a message explaining the goal of the fundraising campaign and, asking them to join the chain of supporters and donate to MPA. Those people were teachers, few of them were Khalsa, and most of them were not. They simply have a deep interest in raising a child within the Sikh Dharma methodology and I knew they would embrace that idea.
Next morning, many of them had already sent me messages letting me know that they have donated! Many of them wrote me back saying how grateful they felt by been included in such a campaign and how important it was for them to help those who are helping our children!
We have the blessing of being able to send 5 children to MPA this year; four boys and one girl who have completed our Sikh Dharma Extra Class School Program. They are really motivated and inspired to go to India and complete their education at MPA.
You can see many of them here in an informal gathering with their teacher, Jiwanpreet Singh, at the home of Siri Sahib Singh Khalsa and Sat Kartar Kaur Khalsa, honoring the 40 days of their son, Dharam Raj Singh. They went there and played kirtan and meditated with their hearts and souls.
Ram Ravi Singh turned 12 and he is been leading the other kids to go to India. He received financial aid from MPA.
Guru Mander Kaur is also applying to MPA and probably will join the group in this life transforming experience.
It takes a sangat to raise a child!
It is true and I would like to inspire you to touch the people’s heart in your community and allow them to know how we are investing the money in building the future. We are working now to be able to rest later. The children we are supporting will carry on the legacy with firm hands and heads up. Free and sovereign, they will live and work to complete what we have started.
Join the chain of donors now with folded hands in gratitude!
Ram Ravi Singh
Guru Mander Kaur
It is not the responsibility of just a few to raise our children in consciousness. It is the responsibility of all of us. More than 75% of our students depend on Financial Aid. We need just 1000 people to give $54 to our Financial Aid Fund to reach our goal today.
Donors will receive:
- An Ardas (prayer) at the Golden Temple in their name.
- A t-shirt or an embroidered shawl.
- One donor between March 29th and April 8th will be randomly chosen to receive a pass for one free week of Khalsa Youth Camp in July 2012 in Espanola NM!
Humbly,
SS Dr. Guru Sangat Kaur Khalsa
Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
