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Helping leprosy-affected in Singapore
Helping leprosy-affected in Singapore Entering the living spaces of the leprosy-affected, The Art of Living has turned around the lives of 44 residents of The SILRA Home. Since July 2007, The Art of Living volunteers have regularly participated in The Hom ... -
Ghana village gets eye doctors after 8 years
After 8 years residents of the little hamlet of Keta got access to eye care. For these 700 Ghanains a one-day eye camp on 15 April 2011 was life transforming. “The people of this region are known to be afflicted by a variety of eye ailments,” says Ruchi G ... -
Construction Of Toilets
A 2003 study by Mumbai-based SNDT University found that of the 1,017 rural women interviewed, only five had toilets at home. Others used fields and open spaces for defecation. This prompted The Art of Living to take up toilet construction as one of the ke ... -
Unprecedented water supply for adivasis
For the first time, 1,300 adivasis in a small village in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, have plentiful water for their crops. Each household also has an individual toilet. These revolutionary changes occurred in a span of only six months and have given the locals ... -
Cleanliness Awareness Program
Inspired by Breath-Water-Sound workshop, 380 Students (8th to 10th Standard) of the New English School took part in a Cleanliness Awareness Program conducted on 9th Nov 2006 Cleanliness Camp In February 2007, the ‘Nirmal Gram Abhiyan’ (Clean Village Campa ... -
Abundant Water
The New English High School run by Shri Swami Vivekanand Shikshan Sanstha Trust was established in 1992. Rendering service to students around the area, the school did not have a water facility since its inception. In 2006, The Art of Living initiated the ... -
Better Health with Toilets
The access to toilets has helped many villages to overcome many diseases. Earlier the practice was to answer nature’s call in the fields, leading to breeding of mosquitoes. Also women would have to relieve themselves only after sunset or before sunrise, l ... -
Plentiful Water
Participants of The Art of Living’s Youth Leadership Training Program (YLTP) took it on themselves to reach out to villagers of Devool-Vadsa, a small village in Dharva taluka of Yavatmal. Starting in December 2006, the youth leaders, along with the locals ... -
Implementing Garbage Collection and Disposal System
Complete garbage removal and disposal system will be implemented in Hinjawadi village, Pune, India. This includes placing Garbage Collecting Bins across Hinjawadi Village. Employees from the local municipality will collect garbage from Garbage Collecting ... -
Stress-elimination for house helpers
Breath-Water-Sound Workshop is an Art of living initiative that was organized for Filipino house helpers sheltered at the Philippine Embassy. About 70 workers from the Ahmed Mansoor Al Aali Group in Riffa learnt stress-relief techniques. “This is the firs ...
