A Message from the
President
Dear Friends,
I would like to thank you for empowering the
underprivileged people of India and Nepal. Because of your
compassion, thousands of people lived better lives in 2013
than they have ever before.
This report features many of the accomplishments that you
have made possible. Women who were once trapped in their
houses are now community leaders. Sanitation units have
saved hundreds of infants from death and illness. When
disaster struck Uttarakhand, you responded with an
outpouring of generosity, allowing IDRF to start our first
disaster rehabilitation program in years.
Thanks to your trust and your passion for development, IDRF
raised almost $1.5 million in 2013. We leveraged your funds to secure local and government cofinancing, making your donations go as far as possible. Your reviews made IDRF one of the toprated nonprofits in the US at GreatNonprofits.com and allowed us to earn a four-out-of-four star
rating from Charity Navigator.
I would like to give a special welcome to our 200 new donors and the four new members of our
Board of Directors. With your help, IDRF will scale up our most successful programs in 2014. I will
work closely with the board to strengthen our management plan, so your dreams for a better
India can come true for years to come.
Please read on to meet the people who you have empowered. We could not have helped them
without you.
Thank you,
Dr. Vinod Prakash
Founder and President
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