About the BDA: Objectives and Guiding Principles
Objectives
1. To establish a set of activities for the on-going support
of community projects in the Bodhgaya region, Bihar, India.
2. To raise funds and secure donations for use in community
projects targeted to the poor and needy of this region. The projects
should deliver benefits such as:
Education, Health, Literacy, Community Care.
3. To raise the self-esteem and self-reliance of the communities
involved.
4. To raise and distribute funds with minimal operating costs,
thus ensuring the greatest transfer from the donor to the final
recipient.
Guiding Principles
1. The Association will be a secular non-profit body and all
its members will offer their services to the Association on a
voluntary basis. Members will not be paid for their services.
2. The Association in the conducting of its activities will
attempt at all times to act with compassion, integrity and a
high regard for the natural and social environment.
3. The Association, with regard to its distribution of funds
raised, will focus its attentions on the poor and needy in the
Bodhgaya region Bihar State, India. Every attempt will be made
to ensure that supported projects raise self-reliance and alleviate
suffering in these communities. The beneficiaries will not be
limited in accessing these benefits by virtue of their gender,
race, religion or caste.
4. The Association will endeavour, whilst conducting its activities,
to enrich the local community by raising awareness and giving
opportunity to participate in the Group's compassionate activities.
5. The Association will ensure that wherever possible the
funds raised are distributed in line with the association's objects.
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