ICON's plan and hope

Indian Christian Orthodox Network (ICON) Charities which is a non profit organization in the USA, has been able to do some work with Prerana in 2012, where several godly individuals and volunteers came together to help Prerana, the details of which we can see here. There has been a strong push from ICON to try and get involved with Prerana at a more substantial level and try to make a difference in the future. To explore this possibility was part of the reason for my visit to Nagpur this January.

I was able to discuss this with Fr. Yohannan at length and am hopeful some good will come out of it. We are hoping that ICON can be a facilitator and a platform for connecting the children at Prerana directly with the many potential donors world wide who may want to help them. In order for this to happen, there needs to be a transparent process put in place which is professionally managed and maintained, where the work flow is smooth and followed through in a timely manner, and a feedback loop created such that the benefeciaries get directly connected with the donors, with minimal involvement of ICON. It is our hope that with God's guidance, and help from the ground staff in Prerana, this becomes a reality.

Once this process is put in place, it is envisioned that it should work similar to how the REAP projects of ICON Charities have worked with some bit of success in the past as seen here. Once this process is put in place, it is hoped that many volunteers such as readers like you, get involved to help Prerana and the children there. ICON Charities works on the strength and courage of will shown by simple and sincere individuals wanting to make a small difference in the world.