Rivers of the World Foundation - Welcome



      Greetings from Rivers of the World
   A Foundation Dedicated to Restoring/Protecting Rivers and Streams of the World


Welcome to the Rivers of the World(ROW)Foundation, Crofton, MD USA

Riverpainting

Latest News and Updates

Victor Wooten Concert April 10 Victor Wooten benefit Concert for Clean Water- Saturday, April 10, 2010 - New!
Summary Reports from the Field Workshops (2009-10) in India
March 22 - World Water Day 2010 - Yamuna River Trash Cleanup by ROW Foundation
Yamuna River with Floating Foam - Jan 15, 2010
Newspaper reports on the Yamuna Workshops (2009-10) in India
Hindusthan Times Article on Yamuna Cleanup Effort
Join the Musi River Trash Cleanup on February 20th in Hyderabad, India
ROW Foundation's Annual Meeting Report 2009
Dr. Satinder Ahuja Joins Rivers of the World Foundation
Why Trash Cleanup? Dead Birds from Human Trash
Dead Birds - from Human Trash Superb Performance by Facing East Trio - Benefit Concert for Yamuna: Short Clip
Successful Youth Camp for Yamuna
ROW Foundation Meeting, Sep 27, 2008 - Summary of Discussion with Pictures of Activities
Inspiring Painting by Curie Agrawal, Oklahoma City,OK
Rivers of Nepal 2009 Presentation by Dilli Neupane w/ Pictures
Rivers of Oklahoma Presentation by Iris Resources Team, Poteau, OK w/ Pictures
See Pictures of a few Rivers of the World below
Yamuna River: Cry of Yamuna (left) and Clarity Testing (right)


Mission

The primary objective of the ROW Foundation is to make all efforts to cleanup highly polluted Rivers in US, India, SE Asia, S. America, Africa, Europe, and Other Parts of the World. This corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated hereunder, including the following charitable, educational, and scientific activities:

  1. Evaluate the eco-environmental status of the major rivers and tributaries of the world, primarily US, India, SE Asia, S. America, Africa, Europe, and Other Parts of the World.
  2. Identify ten Rivers initially which could be easily undertaken in the program to meet the primary objectives of the ROW foundation.
  3. Inform and involve the public in activities that foster the protection, enhancement, and establishment of clean rivers and sustainable development along the river banks and riparian areas.
  4. Identify, evaluate, and address threats to the biological, cultural, and economic components of conservation of the river and riparian areas.
  5. Acknowledge and promote the significance of the rivers, streams, and their adjacent riparian areas, including the effects on the ecosystem.
  6. Facilitate cooperation between private landowners, state and federal agency personnel, and other interested parties through a non-political forum concerned with area-wide needs of conservation of the river and riparian areas.
  7. Encourage voluntary participation of all potential partners to enhance and restore the biological, economic, and cultural well being of the rivers and riparian areas through educational, technical, and financial involvement.
  8. To engage in any other lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Code; provided, however, that such activities would not disqualify the organization as being one described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated there under.

Our strategy is to start with a small first step... and we have been trying to take that first to start cleaning the dranage canals that discharge to the Yamuna River, starting in Uttaranchal and flowing through northern India to Uttar Pradesh, and to create a better ecosystem in New Delhi.
There is a more detailed summary for further information.


Pictures of Rivers

Some Useful Links - Donations to Rivers of the World or

for Benefit Concert(suggested donations- General:$25; Front Rows $35)

arrow

To Donate - Please click on the Donate Button

Victor Wooten benefit Concert April 10, 2010

You can help the Yamuna Foundation by purchasing anything from the following links.   Amazon.com will donate a part of your purchase cost to the Yamuna Foundation. Please consider purchasing Books, Computers, Notebooks, or any accessories using the Following Links. This will help the Yamuna River and other Charitable Efforts in India

Engineering Books

Computers

Need Help Navigating?

The links are always on the navigation bar on the top of your screen.

Best viewed with Mozilla Firefox web browser. [:::>=-------+

Website Statistics


Note: All Blue Yamuna team members are participating in the Yamuna Cleanup activities on their personal time and contributing their personal funds. Not a single volunteer of the Yamuna Foundation is receiving any compensation, rather they are paying towards the cause. They are conducting the activities in compliance with applicable regulations (US 18 U.S.C. ? 207 , 5 CFR ?2635, and others; India - IPC for Ethics) in their respective countries. They are dedicated To Turn the Yamuna Water Blue for the poor and needy who have no access to municipal or bottled water.