Service Initiatives
A partial list of service initiatives include:
Girl Child Education
Funds accrued during IWC were dedicated to providing scholarships to 500 girl children who attend VVMVP schools across tribal and rural areas of India.
VISTA, India
Women Welfare
VISTA is an independent non-governmental organization dedicated to fighting poverty and gender related injustice in India, specifically targeting marginalized women to empower them.
India’s Missing Daughters
Campaign Against Female Foeticide
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, joined more than 36 religious and spiritual leaders, representatives from government, civil society and the media to launch a nation-wide campaign that drew thousands against the practice of female selective abortions.
HARA
AIDS Awareness
HARA Program, started in 2009, promotes HIV/AIDS awareness among rural communities, and helps women with HIV/AIDS achieve economic self-sufficiency.
Peanut Butter Project
Zimbabwe
82 out of 797 women formed a group to start a small scale peanut butter production and manufacturing factory.
Mission Green Earth 2020
Mission Green Earth 2020 is an initiative that seeks to plant 10 million trees around the world and nurture them till they self-sustain, to restore biodiversity, leading to a measurable impact.
When you train a woman, you help the entire family, community and nation.
- Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar