We have a situation in Vrndavan

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Prabhu,

 

With apologies for disturbing you yet again, I write to remind you and give you

an update on the

Temporary Vrndavan Hospice Fund and the grim situation in Vrndavan.

 

We placed a classified ad on all the Vaishnava networks, on HYPERLINK

"http://delhi.craigslist.org/hea/"http://delhi.craigslist.org/hea/, and India’s

top job placement

website called HYPERLINK "http://www.naukri.com/"www.naukri.com.

 

According to Krsna Kumari in Vrndavan, they have had four accidental deaths in

the last few weeks,

the volunteer devotees taking care of Kushakrata are both bed-ridden

themselves; they are just short

handed and no one else has time, if you can imagine.

 

Our donation fund grew to 25% of our goal in just the first month, which is

pretty impressive and

encouraging. However, 50% of those donations were one-time sums exclusively

aimed and dedicated for

Kushakrata prabhu who is currently our only hospice patient aside from the four

accidental deaths,

which I just mentioned above. Moreover, pledges have stopped coming in and we

still are way short

of the goals needed to rent rooms, hire nurse(s), doctor visits, medical

supplies, etc. It also

appears from the pattern of events that injuries in Vrndavan are a constant and

my report states

that there is no longer a nurse available for everyday matters. We are hoping

that the nurse we hire

will be able to utilize down time to help the Vrndavan pilgrims and devotees in

general.

 

If you have not already made a pledge of $12 or even $5 each month, would you

kindly look in your

heart and justify this monthly need? Even if you are already giving to other

charities or programs,

please remember that it is only these specific targeted funds that are actually

going directly

towards the practical needs of this temporary hospice set-up. The amount that

we are asking are so

insignificant that we even have folks on SSI and welfare pledging $1, $5, and

$12 already, and their

funds have already reached the hospice and touched Kushakrata prabhu—they are

demonstrating that

anyone can give that small amount each month.

 

I have no detail information yet on the four accidental deaths but I will post

something on

HYPERLINK "http://www.buddhiyoga.org/"www.buddhiyoga.org as soon as I get the

details which have

been requested. As for Kushakrata’s condition, he is down to skin and bones,

is not able to turn in

bed by himself, and his body is covered with small boils. I hear that Baladeva

Vidyabhusana Prabhu,

who is taking care of him personally, may need to be hospitalized for an acute

complication with

jaundice and there is no one to replace him, as Krsna Kumari dd has damaged her

leg and is not able

to get around.

 

By Krsna’s grace we hope that a qualified administrative nurse answers our call

on the classified ad

and that between all of you we are able to come up with enough monthly pledges

to keep him/her

employed professionally on, until other resources become available, and ideally

into the indefinite

future with the Permanent Hospice.

 

If you have not already, please got to HYPERLINK

"http://www.buddhiyoga.org/Hospice"www.buddhiyoga.org/Hospice and make a pledge

online.

 

If you are not able to use PayPal kindly send your monthly checks (no cash

please) to:

Wanda Kennedy

Memo: Hospice Fund

(UjjalaDevi ACBSP)

3755 Watseka # 5

Los Angeles, CA

90034

310-204-1601

HYPERLINK "ujjaladevi (AT) excite (DOT) com"ujjaladevi (AT) excite (DOT) com

 

Sincerely,

 

Yadunandana Pada Dasa

 

 

 

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