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How this lady is bringing communities together to fight against open-defecation and superstitions
The tribal community and the economically backward community in Jharkhand’s Khuchidih village had, for the first time, come together for an event. The occasion was a community-building and empowerment program. The communities that could not entertain the ... -
Health and Hygiene
Overview 5.6 million people benefited by 165,000 free stress-relief camps 49,500 hygiene camps and 25,950 medical camps 5,418 toilets built in rural village and urban slums communities Over the last 37 years, The Art of Living has uniquely addressed healt ... -
The unbelievable story of Kapsi: From drought to water sufficiency
Life has changed completely for Dadasaheb Khatar, a farmer who lives in Kapsi village located on the dusty two-lane Phaltan-Satara highway. His days of long wait for tankers are over. He no longer looks out from Phaltan for tankers that used to bring 12,0 ... -
Kathewadi: An ideal village from another time
Sangeeta Anand visits Kathewadi village in Maharashtra's Nanded district to see an amazing transformation. We are finally in view of Kathewadi, a tiny village in the back of the beyond in Nanded district in Maharashtra. It's been a six-hour jour ... -
Creating ODF villages one area at a time
Creating ODF villages, one area at a time An ordinary and inevitable room of a house can change someone’s life. Extraordinarily. We’re talking about a bathroom, more specifically, a toilet. A one-pointed determination to realize an open defecation free (O ... -
Constructing toilets to combat open defecation
A software engineer constructing toilets in the villages of Andhra Pradesh is a rare sight. This is precisely what you will find Sudhakar Veeravalli doing. Armed with a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas, Sudhakar qu ... -
A clean sweep makes a difference in Hisar
“For a boy like me who has never cleaned up his room, I picked up a lot of waste material lying on the streets of Red Square Market,” shares Arjun Singh, a student. “I am grateful for having an opportunity to be part of the Clean Hisar campaign.” Arjun, w ... -
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 ...
