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An illustration is the South African view of community
referred to as “Ubuntu,” which is usually translated
as, “I am because of who we are.” Retired
Archbishop and social rights activist Desmond Tutu
believes that Ubuntu is the very essence of what it
is to be human
“You can’t be human all by yourself, and when you
have this quality—Ubuntu—you are known for your
generosity. We think of ourselves far too frequently
as just individuals, separated from one another,
whereas you are connected and what you do affects
the whole World. When you do well, it spreads out;
Namaste /Aadab it is for the whole of humanity
A big hello to the vibrant community of the DFW In this short amount of time, we have received
metroplex. an overwhelming amount of support from the
community for our community segment. In the
I am so glad that we are connecting with the entire past few weeks segment hosted many nonprofit
community on so many levels, and “Desi Pages” is associations like ISHA foundation for their ‘save the
one of the best platforms where we can bring the soil campaign’ Sankara eye foundation, VYO and
community together. DFW Hindu temple along with Fort worth Hindu
temple & BAPS
In June we also celebrated ‘Father’s day’
We also helped to promote many big events
The nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated for many non-profit associations all across the
on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. metroplex
However, it was not until 1972—58 years after
President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day Also, I am very excited to announce that Fun Asia
official—that the day honoring fathers became a is offering a huge discount on our BIG FM-HD3
nationwide holiday channel for any religious or community shows by
non-profits
The month of June was full of community activities
and some great spiritual events. We had many Pricing is as low as $300 monthly
charity events all across the metroplex
This is a huge opportunity for each of you to get
BAPS had hosted ‘charity walkathon’ to raise the more exposure and presence in the community and
awareness for cancer and to support the charity of to spread more awareness about your association
‘Susan Kaufman’
Sankara eye foundation and Isha foundation also Once again, I am thankful to our dynamic CEO,
conducted charity walkathon. Mrs. Vaishali Thakkar, for her exceptional leadership
in our endeavor to reach out to the community.
It was great to see entire community partaking in Once again, many thanks to the community for
such charities continually supporting FunAsia Radio and helping
us in ‘Bringing the Community Together
It is impossible to build a sense of belonging
and community without some form of charitable Always at community service-
practice. Neelam Dave
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