1º Omprakash Foundation The Omprakash Foundation is an organization based in the USA that works to support grassroots educational projects around the world. By representing the needs of different projects on its website (www.omprakash.org), Omprakash allows volunteers and fundraisers to learn about how they can help organizations such as Helping Hands. The Omprakash website contains information about our need for volunteers (http://omprakash.org/volunteerperu.html) and also contains a profile of our project that outlines our future plans and our financial needs (www.omprakash.org/helpinghands.html). The Omprakash site also contains a forum in which Helping Hands volunteers can post their reflections www.omprakash.org/forums.html

In addition to offering us this representation and networking resource, the Omprakash Foundation also allows us to collect donations from Americans more easily. The Omprakash Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 charity in the USA, which means that all donations to the Omprakash Foundation are fully tax-deductible. Thus, we encourage American supporters of Helping Hands to donate to Omprakash (www.omprakash.org/donate.html), and simply earmark their donation for Helping Hands. Then, donors can receive a tax-deduction, and Helping Hands will still receive every penny of their donation.
We encourage all supporters of Helping Hands to visit the Omprakash website and help this organization expand its efforts to “connect the dots” between volunteers, donors, and educational projects such as our own.