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Home for Change Projects

Greatful Women Recipients of A new Home, Gujarat, India

Re-Newed Hope For Families With New Home,Karnataka,India

Mother And Child Anticipating Their New Home,Karnataka, India

Bhanumathi Narasimhan, Director,Women Empowerment & Child care Projects

Overview

A big challenge in the world is people living on the streets or in sub-standard housing. The 5H programme helps rural communities with basic building needs such as homes, schools, toilets and shelters. The 5H Programme through its ’Homes for Change’ initiative builds durable structures for impoverished families, at no cost to the recipients. A home brings a sense of security, a foundation for the whole family.

After the earthquake in Gujarat in January 2001, over 400 homes have been built in Navsari, Dahod, Dang and Vansad districts under the Sardar Awas Yojana scheme with the Art of Living Foundation. Homes have also been built in :

Mallur, India - 80 homes
Kutch, India - 100 homes
Hoskote, India - 30 homes
Nagapattinam, India - 180 homes after the Tsunami
Homes are being built in North Karnataka, India after the floods in September 2009

Testimonials

Vilasrao Deshmukh
Chief Minister, Maharashtra at a gathering of half a million people in Mumbai, Nov 2006
The Art of Living has given a new lease of life and stopped the suicides (in Vidarbha). This is what His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been able to do, for which the Government is very happy. I am happy that the organization has given farmers the strength to live.

Pravin Thakre
Rural Development
I gave up alcohol and tobacco after the training workshop. It helped me to regain my confidence. There was a time when I used to lease my land to other farmers. The chemical-free farming skills I have learnt have given me the confidence to cultivate my own land.

Jayant Bhole
Coordinator, Project Vidharbha - Swavalamban Programme
There has not been a single instance of suicide in the 509 villages we have worked in so far. There are about 1, 000 villages in the Amravati region of Vidarbha. We are training more youth leaders to reach out to all the villages.

Devendra Borde
A farmer from Vidarbha
Before Art of Living, there was depression and debt everywhere. I'm confident that with the zero budget farming taught in the course, the produce will improve and debts will be cleared.

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