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At its core, a community foundation is designed to help pool local resources to meet local needs while striving to actively involve residents in determining and prioritizing their community’s needs. Through its Cultivating Community Engagement Project, CFLeads, a national support organization for community foundations, is helping local philanthropies like the Foundation for the Mid South partner effectively with local nonprofits to meet local challenges.
Community health volunteers learning about using mosquito nets to prevent malaria. Photo courtesy of Dan & Elizabeth Turk.
The Jackson, Miss.-based Foundation for the Mid South has supported a rural health care model developed by the Daughters of Charity Services of Arkansas. Through its participation with the CFLeads exchange, it is sharing this model with community foundations across the country.
This was when World Vision India intervened in her life. A kind hearted donor contributed towards Ramya’s school fees through Real Gifts. Today she goes to school and is working hard to achieve her dreams. 'I want to study medicine and become a doctor and help other people', says Ramya.
There are many people in need like Ramya. Real Gifts is a new initiative of World Vision India that seeks to identify and help these people in real and dire need. For further information you can log onto our website at www.realgifts.worldvision.in