By Ray Umashankar | Executive Director
ASSET India Foundation has made the top 100 among hundreds of thousands of charities and is now competing for the top prize of $ 1 Million. The contest is organized by J.P Morgan/Chase Giving and people around the globe can vote for ASSET India Foundation only on Facebook.
We won Round I and and received $25,000. Round II of the voting contest starts at:
Midnight (EST) Friday, January 15th
and ends at:
Midnight (EST) on Friday, January 22nd.
ASSET will get the prize of $ 1 million by receiving the highest number of votes on Facebook with your help.
In this contest we are only seeking votes and not donations.
We have identified more than 5,000 girls who are children of sex workers and or rescued from trafficking (many of whom are HIV positive) and only 300 of them are presently able to participate in the ASSET program due to limitation of space and resources.
With the $ 1 million Prize, ASSET will expand its program to serve all the 5,000 + girls and set up centers in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. We are working closely with the Clinton Foundation.
Documentary film producer Pat Loewi produced this video of students at the ASSET center Delhi. You can use this for the campaign to get votes in the facebook competition
Here is the link::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCw_KvOpBiM
The voting link is: http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/717045
Our target is 100,000 votes and you can help us reach the goal. I am writing to request you to share the contest information and the voting link with all your global contacts, friends and family and urge them to vote now.
Thanks so much for your help
Ray Umashankar 2008 Purpose Prize Winner Executive Director ASSET India Foundation www.assetindiafoundation.org 520-869-2004 (cell)
rayu42@gmail.com
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