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69760 Farmers 2019-20 2019-20 With some love for every life around us and some sense, we can transform our environment and the world we live in. 2 WELCOME MESSAGE We are delighted to present Anukampa 2019-20, the report on Isha Outreach activities in the past year. Isha Outreach comprises environmental and social initiatives that focus on ecological preservation as well as community revitalization through quality education, healthcare and welfare for rural and tribal communities to enable them to rewrite their future. Our projects are supportive of Isha’s larger goal of raising human consciousness, as we address the critical challenges that prevent individuals from realizing their full potential. Our ecological initiatives are designed to reignite our intrinsic connectedness with nature. These initiatives are interwoven into the community’s way of life, creating a strong sense of ecological ownership and an experiential understanding of the interdependence of species. They create in human beings a conscious understanding that as the most evolved life form, we have a responsibility to protect all other life forms and assist them to flourish on this planet. It is only because of dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly as an offering to humanity that Isha Outreach has been successful in touching millions of lives and received global recognition for its work. A community that is invested in the wellbeing of their fellow citizens is a true demonstration of awakened humanity. We hope the stories of hope and success you will read on these pages will not only make for enjoyable reading but will also inspire you in your own journey. We are grateful to everyone who is part of Isha Outreach, bringing meaning and richness to our own experience of life as well as the lives of all we serve. With gratitude, Swami Kalaghata Project Director, Isha Outreach 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD HIGHLIGHTS COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING Action for Rural Rejuvenation Rural and Tribal Welfare ENVIRONMENT Isha Gramotsavam Rally for Rivers Kayanta Sthanam Cauvery Calling Velliangiri Uzhavan - FPO Project GreenHands Save The Weave RAISING HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS Isha Yoga Programs RURAL EDUCATION Youth and Truth Isha Vidhya Schools Government School Support Program 4 5 FOREWORD Over the last few decades, I have been traveling across the world and speaking at top universities, to the highest level of academia, scientists, as well as ordinary crowds. What I see is if you just take a hundred random people from the streets of India, you will generally find the highest level of intellect compared to anywhere else in the world. I am not saying this with any kind of Indian prejudice; we have had a certain cultural history which gives us a natural active intelligence. Especially in rural India, I see that the level of intelligence is extremely high. They are very innovative and enterprising, but social and political situations have put such a cast on their lives that they cannot really come out of it without assistance. If we want India to flourish, it cannot happen without transforming the lives of rural Indians, who make up about 60% of the population. Isha Outreach is an endeavor to address the social, educational and environmental challenges that stand as obstacles for people to reach their full potential. Only by clearing these road blocks will we be able to create an atmosphere for the flowering of individual genius and wellbeing for the nation. What is a problem for one person is a possibility for the person who knows how to turn it into solution that works for all. The effort of all Isha Outreach initiatives is to create inspired human beings who can turn every problem into a possibility. Our projects are not just about fixing a dilapidated education system, providing medical care or trying to save the environment. They are about empowering human beings with the skill, competence and inclusiveness to address the situations they find themselves in, while becoming an inspiration for many others. For it is only where there are great human beings, there will be a great nation, and a great world. 6 HIGHLIGHTS Highlights 162 Million People supported National Water Award From Government of India Part of the “Decade of Action for Water” United Nations Listed as an exemplary solution in UN Climate Action Plan RALLY FOR RIVERS Compendium 2019 Launched in 2017 to raise awareness about Project in Maharashtra to revitalize India’s dying rivers. Waghadi River 8 Environment Highlights Game-changer for Water Crisis and Farm Distress to Impact 84 Million People CAUVERY CALLING A Global Blueprint for Tropical Nations with Launched in 2019 to revitalize river Cauvery. Will enable farmers to plant 242 crore high- 4.7 Billion People value trees and bring one-third of the 83,000 sq km Cauvery basin under shade. UNCCD Accreditation Isha accredited by United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification 2 weeks on 2 wheels Motorcycle ride led by Sadhguru 270,000+ Farmers reached in 25 days 9 Highlights Enabled plantation of over 38 Million Trees 4 Million 100% naturally grown saplings annually 69,760 Farmers Shifted to tree-based agriculture Mahatma Green India PROJECT GREENHANDS Mission Nurseries renamed to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi The largest grassroots afforestation program in India, launched in 2004, aims to increase green cover in Tamil Nadu to the mandated 33%. 10 Environment Highlights Highlights ISHA VIDHYA Delivers quality education to children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds in 8500+ rural India. Students are being impacted in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh 60% Students On full scholarship 49% Girl students 8800+ Students benefited under Government School Support Program 11 Highlights 5,226,075 Patients treated 7 Million+ Lives impacted 6500+ Villages Covered under programs ACTION FOR RURAL REJUVENATION Aims to transform the lives of India’s rural poor through a range of health, livelihood and community revitalization programs. 12 Environment Highlights First VELLIANGIRI UZHAVAN Rank in Tamil Nadu FARMER PRODUCER 13th ORGANIZATION Rank in India Established in 2013 to enhance farmers’ bargaining power and ensure sustained high 1063 incomes. Members with 12,000 hectares of farm land 70% Small and marginal farmers 38% Women farmers 13 Highlights Worldwide events held in 60 Leading Institutions 349 Million+ Online views 3 Billion+ Impressions YOUTH AND TRUTH A campaign launched in 2018 to reach out to youth globally 14 Environment Highlights Yoga for Soldiers Sadhguru with defence forces for 5th ISHA YOGA PROGRAMS International Day of Yoga Offered to equip individuals with mental and physical wellbeing through scientific tools that 14,000+ bring inner balance and clarity. Defence personnel taught yogic practices across India 400+ Indian Army and Border Security Forces trained at Isha Yoga Center 17,368 Police personnel and prison wardens taught simple yogic practices 15 ENVIRONMENT This is once in a lifetime, not just in our lives — in the nation’s life. Everyone who consumes water must Rally for Rivers. 17 Environment 18 RALLY FOR RIVERS Sadhguru launched Rally for Rivers in September 2017 to revitalize India’s rapidly depleting rivers, and personally drove over 9300 km through 16 states to raise awareness about the dire situation. Supported by over 162 million people in just 30 days, it is the world’s largest ecological movement. The rally culminated with the handing over of the draft policy recommendation, “Revitalization of Rivers in India,” to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Since then it has been issued as an official policy recommendation from the Central Government to all State Governments. If we have sufficient trees, we will have“ sufficient rain, and our rivers will flow. 19 Environment IN TWO YEARS AN ECONOMIC PLAN WITH A Rally for Rivers has set the direction for a strong SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL IMPACT national policy on river revitalization in India, by proposing an increase in green cover in catchment Rally for Rivers is a comprehensive solution that areas. Across the globe, the movement is seen as serves the national goal of improving Indian an example of an all-inclusive ecological movement farmers’ livelihood, and thereby the nation’s soil, where ecology and economy are no longer seen as agriculture and economy. incompatible. They are integral parts of a holistic solution to water crisis. Most importantly, action has begun on the ground, and the minds, hands and hearts of millions of people have come together to restore India’s lifelines. MODELS THAT CAN BE REPLICATED LARGE SCALE ACROSS INDIA AND THE TROPICAL WORLD Project to Revitalize Cauvery Calling Waghadi River To build on the momentum created by Rally for The first project in Yavatmal, Maharashtra is Rivers and take resolute action on the ground, surging forward in collaboration with the state Cauvery Calling was launched in 2019, to support government to revitalize the Waghadi River on 285 farmers to plant 242 crore trees across 83,000 sq sq km of river basin. (See pg. 24) km of the Cauvery basin. (See pg. 28) 20 2019 AWARDS NATIONAL WATER AWARD LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED BY GOVERNMENT OF PRESENTED TO SADHGURU FROM INDIA AQUA FOUNDATION Feb 2019 Nov 2019 Rally for Rivers received the 2018 National Water At the World Aqua Congress 2019, inaugurated by Award from the Government of India, Ministry Jal Shakti Minister Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, of Water Resources, under the category of “Best Department of Water Resources, Sadhguru was Educative/Mass Awareness Efforts.” conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award. 21 Environment We want to establish Rally for Rivers as a model for sustainable agriculture that“ leads to robust economic progress and river revitalization. UNCCD COP 14 Sep 2019 Sadhguru addressed the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14), in New Delhi, India.
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