MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC
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I have enjoyed my time serving as a volunteer with The Miracle Foundation. It has opened my eyes to how an efficient non-profit is suppose to be run. I love the company culture of The Miracle Foundation and I firmly believe that their mission statement is being fulfilled.
As a volunteer I am able to help out in many areas, including working with the databases and general organization of everyday tasks. Also, I have loved working with the employees of this foundation and learning from their work. They are truly transforming children's lives in India and for that I am grateful to be able to volunteer for such a powerful organization.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I've experienced results of this organization in seeing before and after pictures of the children that this organization has helped. It blew me away how much healthier and happy the children look after being affected by this foundation. It's truly amazing.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I would continue to encourage everyone to consider spreading the Miracle Foundation to more locations around the world. :)
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When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
I am a volunteer, donor/sponsor, and Ambassador for this organization. I started out just sponsoring a child and giving as able to various projects. I occasionally volunteered. Then I went to India and personally experienced what the organization was doing there. It was absolutely amazing and continues to be one of the most profound, memorable, and life changing trips I'll ever take. I fell in love with the children and The Miracle Foundation staff made sure that our time was spent really serving the children...by loving them and playing with them. What an amazing gift! TMF staff also handled so many details of the trip so that I could focus on the work and the children and the experience and not worry about how to buy a train ticket and navigate a very very confusing country (to say the least!)
I have been back twice since and will go again and continue to support their mission.
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Would you volunteer for this group again?
Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
Life-changing
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Very Well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
In spite of the challenges that any group like TMF may encounter, it's clear that the members of this organization are dedicated and remain focused on the immediate and future needs of these orphans- it seems to drive them forward, stay the course and remain true to their vision & mission.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
As a sponsor and physician-volunteer, I had an opportunity to travel to 3 orphanages in India in 2009. I met 500 children and saw the real-time impact TMF affords these orphans. After my trip, I felt inspired and relieved that the efforts of the sponsors, volunteers and members of the TMF family is not just fluff and philosophy, but rather translates into practical and realistic goals that for real impact the health, personal development and education of these orphans.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
My hope is that these folks continue their relevant, daunting and often unrecognized efforts. My thanks to family/friends for the introduction to TMF.
I have been involved with The Miracle Foundation since 2004, as a volunteer and donor. I have sponsored children, done pro bono work for the organization, made donations and have traveled to India five times on their volunteer orphanage trips. I can't say enough about the importance of the work they are doing, or the quality of the organization. I was so inspired by The Miracle Foundation that, as a writer, I even published a book about the issues and work with orphaned/homeless children (The Weight of Silence, 2009). If every non-profit organization could be run like this one, the world would be a better place.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
seeing the difference they make in the lives of individual children. I have personally witnessed specific children that, without The Miracle Foundation's work, would likely not have made it. Sumitra, for example, was brought to the TMF orphanage in 2006; she was a 9-month-old starving infant who had been found in the bushes. I have since visited Sumitra twice, and today she is a thriving, chubby, playful and happy five year old child!
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Increase their funding and capabilities so that more of the 25 million children in India who need such homes could have one; and so that the model could be expanded to other countries. The TMF homes are not institutional orphanages - they are village models with house mothers and family-oriented living. Just what all children need!
LIke many other non-profits, TMF is a well-run, much needed organization. But unlike many others where involvement means attending a fund-raising dinner or writing a check, TMF offers the opportunity to develop strong connections between people in the US and people in India with rewards running in both directions. Such connections are heart-felt and can last a lifetime. They also extend well beyond the basic goals of TMF.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
the hearing and reading of the stories from those who have worked in India and from the children who have been served.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
wish for a huge endowment for TMF.
What a blessing the Miracle Foundation is!!! On so many levels - helping orphans in under-served populations of India, helping their communities and surrounding low-income families, providing jobs and places for WOMEN of all ages, rank and background who are traditionally not empowered, and most of all, providing a way for the rest of us to feel like we are helping and can be of service in this world. This last is incredibly important - Miracle Foundation organizes and leads groups of Americans to live and work in the actual children's homes - getting to them in rural India is challenging in and of itself but then to be there living with the children in their space, surrounded by so much, both good and bad all at once is just soul-expanding.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
seeing children, house mothers, staff and admin able to smile and thrive in even harsh surroundings. Though the 'things' TMF can provide are important and worthy, even more heart-rendering and important are the IDEAS they are providing - that people with 'more' CARE - they are seen - that there is hope and it is ok to risk LOVING despite circumstances - providing this knowledge to so many children while it ripples out to ALL of us is incredibly inspiring and important.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
provide a link to the various government agencies and byzantine regulations, both domestic and internationally, to allow children to be placed and cared for safely and efficently; to streamline the 'process' without unnecessary hinderance. Provide for more staff in India and more checks and balances in general.
The Miracle Foundation was started out of the love of one woman for the children of India after she visited there on vacation and saw the dire conditions that orphans live in. This charity was started from scratch for the sole purpose of housing, educating, and nurturing orphaned children to become wonderful adults and contribute to their community and their country. There are very little overhead or "administrative" costs that take from the charity because Caroline Beudreaux, the founder, has the most efficient and dedicated hand picked staff that hold her belief that the children are the ONLY reason they are in business.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I have not had the privilege of going to India, but have seen hundreds of before and after pics of kids that came to the orphanage. Miracle Foundation seeks to be the model for what a really good orphanage can be and their "family model" of housing has been greatly successful.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I would not make one single change. This charity will grow into a leader in the field.
As an ambassador, I was empowered to express love, care, and understanding to the children of The Miracle Foundation. As a voice for the sponsors, donors, and contributors here in the US, I was able to tell and show these wonderful children that they do matter, are loved, and have the potential to live a great life. Likewise, I was told to be a voice for the children here to those that would listen in the US. Also, to express their dire need for continued support of both money and time. I have now been on the Lullaby Trip each of the last two years in March ('10 & '11). What a wonderful blessing it has been to me...and I feel to the children of The Miracle Foundation. Furthermore, the people on staff in the US and in India are stellar individuals. People whom I hold dear to my heart. They all do it out of love and because they care, but mostly because they know that every child in this world matters...regardless of their country of birth, socio-economic situation, etc.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
To see a child smile, to feel their hand grasp your hand tightly, or to see the sparkle in their eye because they know you and others care about them...I encourage every person to see for themselves. There is no denying we are making a difference one child at a time.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Expand this wonderful model to other parts of India and other countries in the world. As the support continues to grow, so too will this worthwhile movement that The Miracle Foundation has begun.
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Would you volunteer for this group again?
Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
Life-changing
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Very Well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
What one change could this group make that would improve your volunteer experience?
I'd like to do this work in other countries with this particular organization.
Did your volunteer experience have an effect on you? (teaching you a new skill, or introducing new friends, etc.)
It re-awakened my ability to see the goodness and oneness of this world.
How did this volunteer experience make you feel?
Indescribably wonderful.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
The Miracle Foundation is an amazing non-profit that is actually working towards the empowerment of children. In addition, sponsors or anyone that is interested in just loving these children and meeting them in person can go to the children's home and spent time with them. You will be amazed by the innocence, intelligence, and how wonderful they are. TMF knows how to manage every dollar and cent that is donated, and is looking towards the improvement of these children's lives. I believe that every non-profit organization should observe TMF's model, because it is a new non-profit that has been around for about 4-5 years (I am not that sure for how long) but it has accomplished so much. TMF empowers, helps, and gives hope to these children so that one day they can attend college and become someone in life, become our next physician, or our next lawyer. I strongly recommend TMF.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
how they work with children and how they carefully manage the donated money from sponsors and donors.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
None
I have gone to India twice with The Miracle Foundation and I can say that I have never been involved with an organization that does more for children than they do. We have sponsored a child for several years and it is so great to be able to go and actually see the children and see how your money is being spent. The children are happy and healthy. They are in a loving home environment with house mothers who treat them like they are their own children. The model that The Miracle Foundation has created should be copied and used all over the world. I highly recommend this organization to anyone who wants to make a difference in a child's life.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
By seeing the children and working with them.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Wish I could give them more money so they could build more orphanages around the world.
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