The document is a request from Prajnya, a non-profit organization working on gender issues, for donors to become founding members of "Vasundhara", a group that would provide stable funding. Prajnya has been operating for 8 years with small donations and volunteer support, conducting campaigns and education programs, but now needs more funding to hire staff and expand their work. They are asking donors to commit to giving Rs. 100,000 per year for 3 years, which would allow Prajnya to hire professional staff and continue their important work in the community.

1. The Deccan Plateau with its lava-covered surfaces
forms some of the most stable land in India.
YOU can give us just such a stable base from which to work.

2. Prajnya invites you to become a
Founding Member of Vasundhara,
a special circle of supporters who hold
firm the ground beneath our feet.

3. For eight years, Prajnya has been
a team of committed volunteers holding other jobs,
working with small individual donations,
doing what we could manage at the pace we could manage.
Even so, we’ve managed…

4. …a successful 16 Days Campaign against Gender Violence
every year for six years;

5. …scores of training sessions for gender violence awareness;

6. …done almost a dozen oral history interviews;

7. …curated three special photo-calls for the Prajnya Archives;

8. …piloted a peace education programme;

9. …created dozens of resources on gender equality and peace;
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10. …engaged actively online and on social networks as public education work;

11. …reached out to and interacted with
thousands across Chennai on these critical issues.

12. We know our work is appreciated as sincere and
credible.
We see that in the continued support of
resource persons, partners, volunteers and
donors.
We see that when our information initiatives are
used as credible resources.
We see that in our steadily growing mailing list.
We see it when other NGOs reach out to us for
help or resources or to partner.
We see it in the stream of research scholars who
come to meet us and who seek affiliation with
us.
And we see it when a FICCI Ladies’ Organisation
recognises us as an outstanding NGO in 2015.

13. But this is it.
We’re at our inflection point.

14. HELP WRITE THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR FUTURE.
• Will we be able to keep our promise to the community?
• Will we be able to undertake gender violence sensitisation, training for
policy compliance and public outreach across sectors
commensurate with need and demand?
• Will we be able to fulfil our research and communication mandate,
making information available to citizens who seek it?
• Will we be able to create the synergistic partnerships
that social change requires?
• Or will we turn away those who seek to work with us
for want of human resources?

15. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
A commitment by a dozen Vasundhara members
to support us with a gift of Rs. 100,000/- per year for three years
will allow us to hire a professional team—
will consolidate the ground beneath our feet.
So will YOU enable this journey and walk with us?
If you would like to join Vasundhara,
do email (prajnyatrust@gmail.com) or
call Dr. Swarna Rajagopalan, Managing Trustee, at 98400-79133.
Donations to Prajnya qualify for tax deduction
under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act.

16. Read more about our work online:
http://www.prajnya.in
Our Annual Reports are available here:
http://prajnya.in/reports.htm
Connect with us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/prajnyatrust
Follow us on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/prajnya

17. Be the ground beneath our feet.
Vasundhara.
Thank you!