Health Projects

  • Preventing an epidemic

    A camp to diagnose and prevent the onset of mass mosquito-related fever called Chickungunya. Timely intervention helped prevent the outbreak of an epidemic. Over 2,550 people benefited from medical treatment,...
  • Bringing hope to suicide-prone Vidarbha

    The Art of Living has been working towards stopping farmer suicides in the Vidarbha, an agricultural belt in Maharashtra. Many of its farmers had taken to committing suicide owing to poor crop and rising...
  • Addressing Drug Abuse

    Anti Drug Forum (ADF) In South Africa The ADF was set up in October 2005 to address the alarming drug abuse and addiction that has afflicted the community of Chatsworth in Durban as well as surrounding...
  • Finding alternatives for traditional stoves

    Chulhas & Bio Gas In most villages Chulhas or firewood stoves are mainly used in many households for cooking. This generates a lot of smoke, which is one of the main causes for breathing problems amongst...
  • Discovering Agnihotra: an ancient secret to improve agriculture

    There are many secrets in our ancient traditions, which are alive even today. Agnihotra is one of them. Literally, it is translated as healing fire (agni is fire, hotra means healing). Having its roots...
  • Drivers breathe easy to combat road stress

    To increase road safety, The Art of Living launched the Road Peace campaign in association with the Children & Mother Welfare Society in February 2007. The General Directorate of Traffic supported...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Hands Up for Kids in Nairobi

    It all began in 2009. Based in Lamu, Kenya as an Art of Living Part 1 and Art Excel teacher, Monika Fauth organized the Art of Living Stand Up and Take Action supporting the Millennium Development Goals....
  • Stop Smoking, Start Living

    Is every other year’s resolution, but only this time a precious reality. Ujval Shankar, the initiator of the campaign, Stop Smoking, Start Living, shares the time he crossed over and came out clean on...