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·     Royalties to Charity

Profits from the sale of the book will go to charities which give help, heal and educate street children and orphans in India, including:

·      Children of Mother Earth

CoME was founded by Ravi Rai, who at age 35, decided to leave his job as a Civil Engineer in Singapore and move to India to fulfil his childhood dream of helping underprivileged children and serving humanity. Beginning with one home of seven children in a small village, CoME currently runs 5 residential homes in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in the northern part of India. CoME provides more than a refuge and schooling; children get a sense of safety, self-esteem and possibility. Positive moral values are also encouraged, such as compassion, co-operation, sharing, honesty and a positive attitude towards life.

For more information, check out: http://www.comeinternational.org

·      Ramana’s Garden

During the 1990’s, an American Prabhavati Dwabha, spent time on the banks of the River Ganges, and her compassion for the many homeless, destitute, and abused children she met grew until ultimately, she decided to make them her life’s work.

Ramana’s Garden is now home to over 60 at risk children and a free English medium school for over 160 students from Ramana’s Garden and local underprivileged families.  On a shoestring budget, she provides a growing number of children with education, nourishment, and a future where they had little or no hope. Prabhavati says;

“You don’t have to be an orphan to live in Ramana’s Garden. You have to be at risk. Every child is here because they would be at risk of either being murdered, forced into prostitution, child labour, begging, starvation or total neglect if they weren’t here. Ramana’s Garden takes children from brutal circumstances and provides a healthy and loving environment in which they can heal and grow.”

Children are provided children with a home and the security of an extended family, in addition to the education and training they need to become independent and functioning adults.

For more information check out http://sayyesnow.org/

·      Food for Life Vrindavan (FFLV)

In 1990 Rupa Prubhu began distributing food to hungry children on the streets of a small town called Vrindavan, in Uttar Pradesh, India. As Rupa realised that the key to breaking the cycle of poverty was education, he began a charity with the aim to educate the poorest of children, such that they become financially independent in adulthood. Because of the low status of women in Uttar Pradesh, women there suffer the highest rate of malnutrition in India. So empowering young girls through education has become a priority focus. FFLV currently runs two schools for girls with approx. 1200 girls attending, most from the slum areas and villages.

For more information check out http://fflvrindavan.org

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Reasonable Questions – an interview with Julie Starr

Q. Why these three charities?

All three charities help, house, heal and educate vulnerable children. I know of the work of two of them personally; I met an American lady called Prabhavati Dwabha, who began Ramana’s Garden, a few years ago and she simply amazed me. I also visited one of Ravi Rai’s children’s homes (CoME International) on Christmas day and that was a humbling and inspiring experience. The third charity, (Food For Life), was shown to me by my book designer; again this is amazing work grown from humble beginnings and heartfelt intentions. Healthy and empowered young adults emerge from the efforts of these organizations and we need to help sustain this positive cycle.

Q. Why help with books?

With all these three charities, stories of hardship and suffering are transformed as children are first helped, and then taught positive principles from which to live. The messages of Magic to Memphis (and the second title due out in 2015) have a natural synergy, namely, how your life turns out is largely up to you. So there’s a natural message of empowerment and freedom and so once I realized the idea I knew I must follow it.

Q. How can people get involved and help?

In lots of ways – check out the Charities web links and consider donating directly, or creating your own fund-raising project (your only limit is your imagination!). Of course I’d love everyone to buy Magic to Memphis, and help promote it to friends, family etc. Just sharing awareness of the book, and using the social networking links, helps tremendously. We’re also up for people writing stuff on our blog, if you’ve got something relevant to say – get in touch.

Q. What about the next book?

I’m already well through completing the first draft of the second one, which we’d like to publish in the spring of 2023. This novel is very different, set in the UK, and still written mostly for young adults but hopefully, all ages will enjoy it – more on that later!

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