UPF intro movie

Here is the begining of a introduction slide show type movie for UPF. The main focus of this slide show is trying to define what UPF stands for.
In it we can see a few projects in which UPG is involved. Projects are seperated in categories such as:
- Introduction to the country of Nepal
- Celebrating life.
- Helping each others: with Angel's Heaven Nepal orphenage.
- Planting for the future: UPF plantation projects around Nepal.
- Respect and Love for the Earth we all share.

Enjoy the viewing, and please come with any comments or suggestions for future changes to the movie.
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Introduction movie to UPF 2010

Universal Peace Flow

I started the UPF Internal blog to keep track of all incoming concepts that need to be put on the table and dealt with. While the blog's only really relevant for people working with the UPF in one capacity or other, it's open for all to read.

Please don't be shy to contribute, we need your feedback to make UPF reach its full potential. To dissipate the friction still existing in the Universal Peace Flow... To make our workflow smooth and seamless.

http://upfinternal.blogspot.com/

Angel's Heaven - Mission Statement

This is a copy of a recent proposal my friend Amrit, the director of the Angel's Heaven orphanage, handed over to me. Attached to it was a sheet with a breakdown of the annual expenses, which I'll be posting later.

Contributors can send donations through me by 1. Credit card, 2. PayPal, 3. Bank transfer (Finnish and Indian accounts), or 4. Western Union. Otherwise, visitors can give cash on visiting or contact Amrit for further details.

Angel’s Heaven Nepal

Child at Risk Rescue and Care Foundation — Since 1999

Govt. Regd.:
CR No. 5
CDO No. 1598
SWC No. 22728

Mailing address: Post Box No. 8975 EPC-1104
Tel: 470-0718
Mobile: 985-102-6344
E-mail: st_angels@hotmail.com

Mission Statement
Angel’s Heaven

Children at Risk, Rescue and Care Foundation

Nepal is an underdeveloped country with a total population of 25 million per capita income per year of USD 240. The total literacy rate is 28%.

Since 1996 Nepal is suffering from civil war. Due to this reason, orphans are increasing and a large number of population cannot afford education and health care for their children.

Angel’s Heaven is a child care home formed in 1999, working towards giving homeless and orphans an opportunity for a safe life and a good future. The organization is committed to help children who are socially neglected and rejected in the society. The orphanage is aimed towards providing an atmosphere full of love, respect and kindness towards each other.

Started with one child from eastern Nepal in 1999, by 2002 the organization was looking after 12 children. Currently with 20 children from the age group of 5-15, Angel’s Heaven emphasizes on providing proper education and better future for the children. We believe in raising the children in a manner so they grow up to be independent, great individuals.

Angel’s Heaven is a non-profit, non-political, independent organization with a vision to serve disadvantaged children by providing basic necessities and globally recognized education.

Angel’s Heaven is self-supported organization funded by its 7 members to their best ability in a country where 82 percent of the population is living in villages and mountains. This is a small attempt to obtain financial support to help us improve the current lifestyle and education support for our children. By your small help, we can save their lives.

Our mission is to provide safe, healthy and better life to under-privileged children from various parts of Nepal.

We urge you to support these needed children. Your support can help them become responsible individuals, creating a better tomorrow.

Few of the many ways you can support:

• You can sponsor food, clothing, and medical requirements for an individual child or for all the children.
• You can sponsor education for an individual child or a group
• You can provide charity funding for the orphanage for various activities assisting our children
• You can help by purchasing land or supporting in construction of accommodation/school
• You can volunteer to teach English or music to our children

Long term objectives:

• Angel’s Heaven aspires to use land owned by Mr. Amrit Bikram Shahi (St. Angel) to construct a larger, permanent facility where more children can be accommodated.
• The next priority is a school where we can educate all our children and also assist the poor and helpless by providing free education.
• We intend to open a free dispensary / health centre to support the unfortunate people who suffer due to lack of money and education.

Angel's Heaven - Photos of Children (1)

Whatever my trips may have been in the past, under the convenient mask of spirituality, and however much of that may have crumbled down to rubble, some base ideals remain. One needs to do good things in his life. Good things.

There was a time when I thought it was about saving the universe. Several recent vivid experiences of real life have given me a golden understanding of the fact that there is no universe deprived of its integral constituents. And while there's little one can do for subatomic particles, there is a world of good one can do for other sentient beings.

There was a time when welfare meant creating an abstract spiritual impulse in others — a sneaky echo of the holy name, or a tidbit of profound metaphysics — all rooted in my subjective faith. There is, however, a platform for everything — and for example in the case of these children, a sound platform is created by unreservedly extending love and care wherever it is in demand.

Yes! Contributing to the need of the moment without fruitive calculations of future spiritual profundity, another petty feather in the cap. Holy names my ass. Feed those children first.

Here are a couple of recent photos taken at the rooftop of the Angel's Heaven orphanage.

This is Aishwarya, Amrit's wife, with some of the children. Sarina, the kid at the right, is the latest addition to the family — and has sure enough had hard time adjusting to her new life. For some reason, she found a backup daddy in me... There was no going to bed, no end to tears without going to uncle first...

Two girls busy working with colorful papers....

A little toddler busy playing with an extraordinary device...

My friend Santos, president of the Universal Peace Foundation, visiting the orphanage and teaching an origami trick to the kids.

Mami, Santos' Japanese wife, playing with the children. The girl at the front is sitting on Santos' djembe, a popular Japan-made percussion instrument.