TRIVANI FOUNDATION UPDATE           

       April 1, 2009

In partnership with Deseret International (DI), the Trivani Foundation® has facilitated the donation of four pallets of books to Family Literacy Centers (FLC). Doug Jackson, President of DI, Ken Deyhle, secretary of DI and founder of the Deyhle Foundation—an organization committed to worldwide literacy, Ed Green, Director of FLC, and Megan McMillan, Vice President and Director of the Trivani Foundation, met to discuss arrangements for the donation at the Deseret warehouse while Ken organized a shipment of books headed for India. In addition to providing corrective and reconstructive surgeries at leveraged costs worldwide, DI also focuses on promoting literacy by donating and shipping books internationally.

Just last week, Ed Green took a large portion of these books to Detroit in an effort to start two literacy centers with a local Seventh Day Adventists church group. During his visit, Ed was surprised to find that the public library in the downtown Detroit/Highland Park area was boarded up and closed. With the help of Trivani® and Seventh Day Adventists, and with special thanks to Deseret International, Ed hopes to incorporate a public library into the Highland Literacy Center by using the remaining books of the four pallets.

Trivani Foundation’s primary focus within the U.S. is partnering with Family Literacy Centers to establish literacy centers nationwide. Our more immediate focus is to help Ed Green start literacy centers in Detroit. Detroit currently has a staggering high school graduation rate of 21%. Join us in our efforts to combat and change this static. For more information about our domestic project, check out our March newsletter, available online at www.trivanifoundation.org.

Visit the Trivani Foundation website for more ways to contribute to the change we wish to see in the world.