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ORGANIZATIONS

Isha USA

through individual transformation. Guided by HUMANITY
Sadhguru, it is an essential resource for exploring Sadhguru has often said that “society is overripe
the ancient science of yoga in all its depth and for a spiritual process.” From this vision stem a
dimensions. multitude of projects, programs, and methods,
all towards the same aim: to raise every human
HIGHLIGHTS being to the peak of their potential, so that they
The organization received the Indira Gandhi are exuberant, all-inclusive, and in harmony
Paryavaran Puraskar, the Government of India’s within themselves and the world.
environmental award in 2010.
COVID-19 RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS
Action for Rural Rejuvenation (ARR) is a health The Isha Yoga Center, which issued travel
and community-oriented program focusing on rural advisories well before COVID-19 was declared
Tamil Nadu. a pandemic by the World Health Organization
(WHO), was reported to be a COVID-19 free zone
Isha Vidhya, an education initiative, set up to educate by the Public Health Department and continues
rural children. Seven Isha Vidhya Schools are in to be a safe haven. Also Isha Volunteers are
operation which educate around 3000 students. running a food bank feeding over 12,000 people
every day.
The Cauvery Calling project aims to support farmers
in planting an estimated 2.4 billion trees through INSPIRING STORY
agroforestry, thereby covering one third of Cauvery Rally for Rivers is a campaign launched in
basin with trees, as a means of conserving it. 2017 to tackle the scarcity of water across
rivers in India and instill awareness about
Isha Foundation hosts the Isha Yoga Center, which protecting rivers. A river revitalization draft
offers yoga programs under the name of Isha Yoga. proposal was presented to the Prime Minister
The foundation is run entirely by volunteers and it of India. Six states signed Memorandums of
has over nine million volunteers. Understanding (MoU) with Isha Foundation to
plant trees along river banks. Niti Aayog and the
MAJOR PROJECTS Ministry of Water Resources have constituted
Action for Rural rejuvenation (2003) committees to study the draft policy proposal.
Project GreenHands (2004)
Rally for Rivers (2017) The Cauvery Calling project aims to support
Youth and Truth (2018) farmers in planting an estimated 2.4 billion trees
Cauvery Calling (2019) through agroforestry, thereby covering one third
of Cauvery basin with trees, as a means of
IMPORTANCE OF DHARMIC NETWORK FOR conserving it.

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