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An Educational Community

The Omprakash Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 organization that aims to be an educational resource for the world by leading people out into a community through which diverse local needs and assets can be expressed and shared on a global scale. As we help facilitate communication and collaboration between donors, volunteers, and grassroots educational projects around the world, all of us become increasingly educated and aware our of own interconnectedness. We strive to allow a global community to support the education of its children, and at the same time, to allow the world’s children the realization of such a community. At the very least, we hope that this website will encourage its visitors to reflect upon their roles as global citizens, and that this act– even if largely imaginative– will be educational in and of itself. Read more about our vision>>

What We Do

volunteer in ladakh-We work to create partnerships with diverse educational projects that need human and material resources, and offer space on our website for each partner to represent itself and its needs to a global audience. We encourage you to read more about our partners and consider volunteering or donating. Our Partners>>

- We provide informational and financial resources to people who want to volunteer their services at an educational project in need. Volunteer Opportunities>> or Volunteer Grants>>

- We allow donors and fundraisers to build relationships with projects of their choice and support these projects from afar. Fundraising Opportunities>> or Donations>>

-We help our partners publish innovative learning materials, and offer our website as a platform where these resources can be developed and shared. Educational Resources>>

- By promoting dialogue across cultures and borders, we empower everyone involved to become conscious participants in processes of social transformation. Message Board>>

You can help NOW! This Season’s Featured Partner

Project Why offers educational support to over 600 children in New Delhi, India.  What’s most exciting is their sustainability plan: by building an eco-friendly guesthouse that will generate enough income to cover all operating expenses for its ten satellite schools, Project Why is taking a crucial step towards future self-sufficiency.  Get involved with Project Why>>


What’s New- Autumn 2008

- During this past summer, we distributed over 200,000 children’s books to schools and libraries throughout India.  Learn more about the Book Distribution Project>>

-In June, 2008, we donated $25,000 to help LHA buy a new headquarters building in Dharamsala. This new building contains a library that will be open to the entire community, and also gives LHA more space to conduct its language and computer classes.  What’s even better is that this new building will also make LHA entirely self-sufficient and sustainable for years to come: the building will hold several locally-owned businesses, and the income from these businesses will cover all of LHA’s yearly expenses. It is also worth noting that all of the money LHA has paid for the building– including this donation from Omprakash– will be “recycled”: the former owner of the building is a monk, and has pledged to donate the entirety of LHA’s building payment to the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and social projects in Tibet.  Learn more about our partnership with LHA>>

-In July, 2008, we donated $15,000 to enable Project Why to continue paying classroom rent, teacher salaries, and other operating costs as resources and energy begin shifting towards establishing its “Planet Why” guesthouse and increasing sustainability. More than one-third of this donation was made possible by Microsoft, Inc., as part of its matching-grant program. Learn more about our partnership with Project Why>>

-We recently awarded Volunteer Grants to two promising young American applicants.  This fall, these grant recipients will be departing for Nepal and Thailand to volunteer at Pragya School and DEPDC for several months each.

-We are pleased to announce that we have recently formed new Partnerships with organizations in India, Uganda, Kenya, and Argentina.