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I am often asked why I decided to set up this = charity=20 foundation. Over the last three years, I had the opportunity to = travel=20 often to India and reflect on what I saw on the streets and = hospitals in=20 the country - malnourished, sick & handicapped children who = had given=20 up hope and underprivileged children on the streets without any=20 education.
As I reflected more on what I saw and tried to think = about=20 my own life, I realized that even though I had built a so called=20 "successful business" it did not guarantee happiness to me = irrespective of=20 who I was or how much I had. I thought I had built security, I = thought I=20 had built success. But in reality what I had built was an = illusion. I=20 realized that no one ever really has security or success unless it = comes=20 from within one's own self. That was when I promised myself that = the next=20 thing I built; no one would be able to take away the associated = Guaranteed=20 Happiness from me. I decided that I wanted to be in the business = of=20 imparting and spreading happiness. And the Foundation was=20 born!
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Robin = Raina
Robin was=20 the first Indian to join Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX) a 31-year old = publicly=20 traded American company and today he has lead the transformation = of this=20 company into a profitable Global Group with offices in Australia, = NZ,=20 Singapore, London, Chicago, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Park City, Walnut = Creek,=20 India & Toronto. He also moved the corporate headquarters of = the=20 company from Chicago to Atlanta.

Today, he is one of the = few=20 Indians who are the Chairman of a 31-year-old American publicly = traded=20 company, besides being the President & CEO of the=20 company.

Along the way, Robin has been strongly recognized = for his=20 untiring work by the analysts, media =96 print and television, = award=20 committees etc.

Some of the media stories on him and the = awards=20 given to him can be seen at www.ebix.com/pressroom=20

Robin Raina Foundation (RRF) is a non-profit charitable organization=20 dedicated to the providing hope to underprivileged children in terms of=20 education, food, and shelter along with a sense of belonging. =

The=20 foundation has been setup to raise funds for charity work to be carried = out to=20 empower children who need help. The foundation's focus is to make a = difference=20 in the lives of children - who are handicapped, blind, mentally = challenged, sick=20 or in need of urgent medical help and underprivileged kids who needed=20 education.

RRF is taking initiatives in = several other=20 social service programs such as

-Establish and develop = institutions for=20 the physically handicapped and disabled and/or mentally retarded = persons.=20

- Establish, maintain and run studentships, scholarships. =20
support medical field for the benefit and use of general=20 public.

-Homes for the aged, orphanages, establishments for the = relief=20 and help to the poor, needy and destitute people, orphans, widows, and = aged=20 persons.

-Relief and assistance to the needy victims during = natural=20 calamities.

Current=20 Projects
RAINA-PRAYAS = PROJECT: RRF and=20 Prayas, one of the largest charities in India (http://www.prayaschildren.com/) =20 have agreed to partner together and adopt 400 children belonging to slum = areas,=20 across two different regions in India- Bhawan in North West Delhi and = Noida in=20 Uttar Pradesh.

RAINA-CRAYON PROJECT: = RRF and=20 Project Crayon, a large charity in Bombay, India (http://www.projectcrayons.org/) =20 have agreed to partner together and adopt 100 = underprivileged=20 children across Bombay

Funding Specific = Rural Area=20 Charity Projects:
RRF has agreed to immediately donate one = medical=20 Ambulance to Grameen Seva Kendra run by Servants Of the People Society = (Founded=20 by Lala Lajpat Rai, the famous Indian freedom fighter in 1921), for = rural areas=20 around Delhi. This ambulance will have Doctors travel four times a week = to far=20 flung villages around Delhi city, to meet the medical needs of the needy = children and poor citizens in these villages and shift them to relevant=20 Hospitals to save precious lives.

Scholarship and=20 Equipment for Blind and Handicapped Children:
RRF has agreed = to=20 provide scholarship for three years to ten needy Blind children, after = they pass=20 out of 12th standard from The Blind Relief Association, New Delhi (a = 1944=20 founded, rehabilitation charity for the visually impaired) based on = merit and=20 pure need.

Sister Charity in India, the = Robin Raina=20 Charitable Trust:
RRF has committed to undertake some new = projects for=20 underprivileged children, though its own sister charity in India, the = Robin=20 Raina Charitable Trust, based in Delhi, India

RRF recently = organized a=20 celebrity based entertainment fashion and dance extravaganza on March = 13, 2004 =96=20 WAVES=9204.

On the web : http://www.rainafoundation.com/<= /A>