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  1. 9/11 terror attack in New York, USA

    9/11 Terror Attack New York, USA (September 2001) On September 11, 2001, nineteen Islamic terrorists affiliated with Al-Qaeda carried out coordinated suicide attacks, hijacking and intentionally crashing commercial passenger jet airliners into the Twin To ...
  2. War, Kosovo (2002)

    Rebuilding war-torn Kosovo Kosovo (2002) The Art of Living Foundation has been working in Kosovo since 2000, helping war victims recollect their lives. A Harvard Medical Group assessing the war effects found that 80% of Kosovo’s population suffers from Po ...
  3. Sowing Seeds of Peace in Israel and Palestine

    The long-drawn conflict between Israel and Palestine on the one hand and war with Lebanon on the other took a very high mental and emotional toll on the people of the region. Despite the danger, Art of Living volunteers actively worked in Israel and Pales ...
  4. School Hostage Crisis, Beslan, Russia (September 2004)

    Overcoming the horrors of the Beslan crisis Within hours of the shootout at a school, the Art of Living volunteers reached the site to assist in any way possible.This three day hostage crisis affected over 1,100 people which ended in the deaths of over 30 ...
  5. Sharing the pain of terror attack victims in Madrid

    The 2004 Madrid train bombings were a series of coordinated bombings against the commuter train system of Madrid on the morning of March 11, 2004, which killed 191 people and wounded over 1700. Witnesses and victims were so traumatized that they could not ...
  6. Reaching out to war victims in Afghanistan

    The Art of Living, through its trauma relief workshops, brought relief and peace to war victims, including women and children, and others traumatized by over two decades of war and strife. Through the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crimes, Afghan coun ...
  7. Helping war refugees in Lebanon and Israel

    During the one-month long war in 2006 between Lebanon and Israel, The Art of Living aided people on both sides of the conflict. Trauma relief courses were held for people living in northern Israel. The Art of Living also provided immediate supplies to the ...
  8. Erasing memories of the blast

    Suburban railway bomb blasts, Mumbai, India On July 11, 2006, Mumbai, India's financial capital, was hit by a series of seven bomb blasts within 11 minutes on its suburban railway. The attacks left 209 dead, over 700 injured in the attacks, and cause ...
  9. Ethnopolitical conflict in Ossetia

    Peace in times of conflict Since August 2008, the region witnessed tension and clashes on the brink of war between Georgia and South Ossetia. Despite numerous peace efforts, the ethnopolitical conflict in South Ossetia, which began in 1989, remained unres ...
  10. Xenophobic attack in Cape Town, South Africa

    The Art of Living awarded for peace work during Xenophobic attacks The Masiphumelele community, Cape Town, South Africa was awarded the annual Reconciliation Award from the Institute of Justice and Reconciliation Commission (IJR) in recognition of its eff ...