CHARITIES
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A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM BHAKTI FEST GO TO THE FOLLOWING CHARITIES: "A need is a right."
Amma has inspired innumerable humanitarian activities all over the world. Some of them are free food and clothing programs, charitable hospitals, hospices, disaster relief programs, free homes for the poor and the needy, medical camps, orphanage, schools, educational institutions, widows' pension scheme, free legal advice, preservation of nature and so on.
"Together we can save lives." Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.
"Urban Youth + Yoga = Success"
Y.O.G.A. for Youth is a non-profit, non-denominational program that provides urban youth with tools for self-discovery that foster hope, discipline and respect for oneself and community. J/P Haitian Relief Organization "Saving lives and bringing relief to the Haitian people quickly and effectively."
Since the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, J/P HRO has been on the ground, working every day to help Haitians not only recover from the earthquake--but to build a better future. One month after the earthquake, J/P HRO launched the Beat the Rain campaign to hep relocate and provide shelter for Haitians before the rain and hurricane seasons began.
"Be the change."
Mercy Corps helps people in the world’s toughest places turn the crises of natural disaster, poverty and conflict into opportunities for progress. Driven by local needs and market conditions, their programs provide communities with the tools and support they need to transform their own lives. Their worldwide team of 3,700 professionals is improving the lives of 16.7 million people in more than 40 countries. For more information, see www.mercycorps.org.
"Why stretch when you can reach?"
Off the Mat, Into the World® uses the power of yoga to inspire conscious activism and to ignite grassroots social change. They do this by facilitating personal empowerment through leadership trainings, fostering community collaboration, and initiating local and global service projects.
"Your compassion can change the world."
For 30 years, Seva Foundation has served people around the world who are struggling for health, cultural survival and sustainable communities.
"Fostering a global value shift towards a sustainable and secure future."
Global Green USA – the American arm of President Gorbachev’s Green Cross International – was founded in 1994, and is a national leader in advocating for smart solutions to climate change. As one of the leading green voices in New Orleans, Global Gree is responding to the nation’s largest environmental disaster by supporting the communities impacted, helping to document the devastation, and fighting for more legislative regulation of the oil industry and increased investment in renewable energy and clean technologies.
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