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HYGIENE
Yc’s have worked in
the following areas:
Tree Plantation
Yc’s have gone and met the farmers in
the villages and have imparted the knowledge of various income
yielding trees such as Mangos, Teak, etc.
Yc’s have gone door to door spreading
the message of a forestation and the positive effect of growing tree
on the environment.
Saplings are procured free from forest
department, nurseries, etc. Mango sapling has been purchased at
around Rs.20/- per sapling.
Yc’s have planted many saplings and
are taking regular care of the sapling to see that they grow into a
tree.
Yc’s have personally met the farmers
and educated them about the benefits of growing teak in their land.
Yc’s have given them a statistical explanation of the monetary
benefits of growing teak, mango tree.
Wells
Drinking water has been a problem in
the village. The source of drinking water has been rain water,
which is not available all around the year.
Yc’s have helped villagers in digging
such surface water wells (known as “Veri” in Gujarati).
The Art of Living Foundation helped by
providing cement, and other materials, labor was provided by the
beneficiary.
Yc’s have completed 14 surface
water wells till date. Lot many well is possible but are awaiting
donations.
Gobber Gas Plant (GGP)
Yc’s have educated the people of
villages the benefit of having a Gobber Gas Plant (GGP).
Yc’s have technically explained the
working of GGP to the villagers. The time and energy saved by the
housewife in procuring dry wood for cooking purpose.
Yc’s have convinced those villagers
having at least 5 cattle's and a supply of water for 365 days to
have GGP.
Yc’s got aid from the government in
the form of cement, steel, labor was put by the beneficiary and
remaining amount of approximately Rs.3000/- per GGP was through Art
of Living donation.
In all 7 GGP are ready. 15
more are under construction.
Toilets
Many villages in South Gujarat do not
have the concept of toilets.
Yc’s motivated the villagers to
contribute Rs.3000/- in the form of labor and some materials.
Additional Rs.3000/- was through donation from Art of Living
Foundation. Complete RCC toilets with white glazed tiles (good
enough to last 10 years) are ready for use.
Many such toilets have to be
constructed.
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SL No. |
Persons involved |
Amount |
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1. |
Beneficiary |
Rs.7,000/- in the form of labor |
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2. |
AOL-Ashram |
Rs. 3,000/- per home |
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3. |
AOL-Donor |
Rs. 4,000/- per home |
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Total Cost |
Rs. 50,000/- |
HOMES FOR
THE HOMELESS
Under the Sardar Awas Yogna
of Government of Gujarat 94 homes have been completed by Yc’s.
The contribution by the Government,
Beneficiary and the Art of Living is as follows:
By the Grace of H.H Gurudev the homes
have come out very well and the Taluka Development officer wants Art
of Living to take 200 homes this year. The entire project has been
executed with Zero corruption.
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HARMONY IN DIVERSITY
Joint meals in
Villages
Yc’s have organize a total of
248 (till August 2005) joint meals in the villages.
Samuh Vivah (Group
Marriage)
In order to save expense of
wedding, Yc’s have organized “Samuh Vivah” (group marriages)
of villagers.
Around 5 such Samujh Vivah
have been organized in which around 416 couples have got
married at “Nil” expense.
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HUMAN
VALUES
Satsangs
Satsangs and follow up have been
carried out by YLTP Phase I & II in local languages making it
more effective.
De-addiction
Details available with Gujarat
Coordinator.
Free Cloth distribution
Rich citizens of Surat city have
donated lot of clothes, food grain, foot wares and have reached
various villages through the YC’s.
In last one year 2,500 pair
of cloths has been distributed.
Economic development of poor
tribal
Self help group (SHG)
Yc’s have formed SHG of people
living below poverty line. The SHG formed by Yc’s have received
government help by aid and loan of around Rs 2 lakhs. Members
have set up their own business like nursery, growing and selling
vegetables etc.
Setting up job work for the
Surat textile industry
Yc’s trained and skilled in the
areas of embroidery have trained villagers, located in and
around a area of 100 kms of Surat, in the area of embroidery.
Yc’s have then got them job work
from Surat to help them earn their living by becoming self
reliant and independent. This has helped in reducing
unemployment in villages.
Widow/Old age / Divorcee
pension scheme of Govt. of Gujarat
Govt. of Gujarat has a pension
scheme for Widow, Old age people and Divorcee. Yc’s of South
Gujarat have done the following:
Understood the Govt.’s pension
scheme
Identified eligible beneficiaries
Processed the paper work on their
behalf.
Submitted it to the concerned Govt
department.
This action of Yc’s has helped
many such villagers in getting benefit from such schemes of
which they never had any information.
We wish to say at this point all
the aforesaid achievement of the Yuvacharyas has been possible
only by the Divine Grace of Guruji. We surrender all our
achievements to the Lotus Feet of our Beloved Gurudev.
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