Flood Relief Efforts

  • Orissa Floods 2011

    Floods wreaked havoc in 30 districts of Orissa. Districts like Kendrapara, Puri, Jajpur, Sambalpur, Sundergarh, and Balasore were the worst affected. Around 14 lakh people were affected across 19 districts...
  • Uttarakhand floods: Immediate call for relief-action

    Uttarakhand floods: Reaching out to the affected In an initiative to provide immediate material and trauma relief to the evacuees of the calamity-struck Uttarakhand, The Art of Living volunteers in Dehradun...
  • The Ten Days That Changed Their Lives

    As Sumeet Dayma, Tushar Bhamare, Abhishek Joshi and Vilas Sonawane from Nasik, Maharashtra watched the horrific aftermath of the Uttarakhand Floods unfold on TV, a burning desire to leave the comfort of...
  • Champion of the masses

    Until few years ago, he was unruly, rowdy and alcoholic, indulging in all kinds of nefarious activities. Today the reformed soul is a charismatic youth volunteer of the Art of Living, doing yeoman service...
  • A Doctor Heals the Hills

    As Uttarakhand reeled under the onslaught of floods, an anatomy professor at the Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Government Medical College, who also happens to be an Art of Living faculty, started relief...
  • Young Achievers of Uttarakhand

    Hope is not lost yet in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand as thousands of youth volunteers of the Art of Living join hands for path breaking action. Their steely resolve to bring about an effective change,...
  • The Iron man of Uttarakhand

    In a rare display of indomitable spirit, third year student of engineering, and active volunteer of the Art of Living, Maninder Singh unwaveringly faced daunting odds, as he fought his way through narrow...
  • How the young risked lives to serve Uttarakhand

    Shashank Paliwal, an electrical engineer from Dehradun, was frantically hunting for a job when the June disaster happened. He rushed to the hills after seeing the distraught crying on TVs As nature unleashed...
  • Flood relief work in Srinagar

    1. Debris clearance from Shakti Vihar, Srinagar Shakti Vihar, near SSB Training ground, on the banks of River Alakananda in Srinagar was badly hit due to the floods. The debris was 8 feet high and 63 houses...
  • Re-Kindling Hope in Uttarakhand

    While death and destruction continue to hound the dark alleys of Uttarakhand, six young women dynamos of the Art of Living Foundation risked their own lives to bring about an awe-inspiring transformation...