Strategy
Material-aid, trauma-relief, and longterm rehabilitation
Impact
Provided aid in all major disasters
Outreach
5.6 million people benefited
Overview
Every disaster whether natural or human-made and its specific geographical location, poses its unique set of challenges. Through our global network of volunteers, The Art of Living and our partner organization, The International Association for Human Values (IAHV), has been able to respond swiftly to natural and human-made disasters in different parts of the world. As a result, today the two organizations have established themselves as vital providers of, both, short term and long term disaster rehabilitation programs in India and in many countries around the world.
In India alone, we have mobilized relief teams in all major disasters since 2001 and through our efforts brought relief to 150,000 lives.
Strategy
When disaster strikes, our work starts by providing immediate material aid and care. These emergency services provide food, clothes, medicine, and shelter. Doctors, counselors and other physical and mental health experts form an integrated part of these immediate relief efforts.
For survivors of disasters, who have experienced severe physical and emotional trauma, material help alone is not sufficient. Alleviating trauma and helping people to reclaim their lives is essential. Our trauma relief programs teach participants how to process their emotions and stress through various breathing techniques and to shift their attention from the past towards possibilities for a future.
True relief can happen only when disaster survivors are completely rehabilitated – physically and emotionally. To support communities in developing sustainable solutions, our global volunteers work in villages and with local communities, building homes, sanitation systems, roads, schools, vocational training centers, and other necessary infrastructure.
Our strategy
Provide immediate support
material aid and emergency services
Trauma relief workshops
Providing emotional support
Long-term rehabilitation
by rebuilding basic infrastructure
Impact
From extensive relief and rehabilitation work in tsunami-affected areas worldwide to earthquake relief operations in Gujarat, our volunteers have worked with compassion, commitment, and care to address physical, emotional, and material needs of disaster victims. Some of the work that we have done in the recent past includes:
Gujarat Earthquake
India (January 2001)
Bam earthquake
Iran (December 2003)
Kashmir-Pakistan Earthquake
India (October 2005)
Gorkha Earthquake
Nepal (April 2015)
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