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Sensitizing Masses Against Sex-Selective Abortions
Overview Location: Pan- India Duration: 2005- 2009 Partner: UNFPA- IMA “As a future doctor, I swear that I will never involve myself in sex selection also I will not allow my colleagues to do it.” – Sarika Patil, a participant in our outreach program from ... -
Reeta Singh- Voice of courage
“December 11, 2005, Purbi Champaran District, Bitauna Village- at around seven in the evening, around 50-60 naxalities (a Maoist Communist group in India that has been declared as a terrorist organization under the Unlawful Activities {Prevention} Act), b ... -
Snjezana Nisevic: Healing the Trauma
Snjezana Nisevic, is director of The Art of Living programs in Kosovo and Albania. The Kosovo area of the Balkans has been the scene of conflict many times in the last millennium, most notably the Kosovo War in 1998-1999. The Art of Living has carried out ... -
Mawahib: Working towards a better Iraq
The Art of Living began its work in Iraq in 2003 with a focus on bringing relief and peace to people affected by the war. Several teachers from around the world were sent to Iraq in the face of ongoing bombings to conduct trauma care workshops, provide re ... -
Shabari: Educating first generation learners
The beautiful villages in the North East of India have been ravaged by many challenges, due to lack of infrastructure, inappropriate development, and militancy. Shabari created a revolution in education in the North East, through the creation and sustenan ... -
The Peanut Butter Project empowers women in Zimbabwe
Every morning, Mary, a resident of Murewa in Zimbabwe, would wake up before dawn and toil making peanut butter with stone. The tiresome process would take hours, giving just enough butter to survive. Low on funds, she hardly had enough money to send her k ... -
Deepali Patel unites warring tribes, becomes an ambassador of change
Civil war, the tension between ethnic groups and poor health care have long plagued Ivory Coast, a country in the African continent. When Deepali Patel, an Art of Living faculty from India and a small team of volunteers began working in this region to res ... -
VISTA India
The Beginning The VISTA project was started in 1985 near Bangalore to empower illiterate women, abused women and women in poor health. The Training It provides vocational training in sewing and embroidery, while women are also taught literacy and informed ... -
Beans are These Ugandan Women’s Best Friends
October, 2016 From Uganda comes a great story: how spunky women from 5 villages in Uganda scripted a success story – with beans. The non-profit project, called Empowered Voices, was set up in 2012 by Lene Martinsen from Norway and Kaley Sweeney from the U ...
