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Journey of Ravi Meher: From an unknown cobbler to becoming Mayor of Sakri
Year 2000 Seventeen-year-old Ravi Meher packed his bags after yet another day in the government school at Sakri, a small village in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, and headed towards the little shanty on the footpath where his father sat. His father, a humble cob ... -
First Art of Living course in Sudan
“We breathed our insecurities out of our systems and eased our minds through the techniques taught in the course.” Sudan had a brush with spirituality when the very first Art of Living Part I workshop took place in Khartoum, the capital city. Hiteshini Ju ... -
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 ... -
Building homes, building divine Karnataka
Reshma Hamumantesh looks at the newly built houses in the village and smiles with contentment. These homes have been built in Malur, Kolar district of Karnataka, India for the homeless for the region. The homes have been built for people of different reli ... -
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 ... -
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 Phalton-Satara highway. His days of long wait for tankers are over. He no longer looks out from Phalton for tankers that used to bring 12,0 ... -
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 ...
Founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,The Art of Living is an educational and humanitarian movement engaged in stress-management and service initiatives.
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