The Heart of India
While Mooji's main focus is to offer Satsang, he and the sangha feel moved to support the beautiful work of five organizations in India. For these organizations' ongoing work, your donations are deeply appreciated.
Benefit Concert 2011
In February, 2011, Mooji sponsored a benefit concert to raise money for these local charities in Tiruvannamalai:
- Arunachala Animal Sanctuary
- Medical Camp India NEW STORY ADDED
- Shanti Children Project
- Terre des Hommes Core Trust Orphanage
More information about these charities follows below.
At the Benefit Concert, a beautiful variety of talent was on display. The
concert was recorded and can be
watched from Mooji's web site.
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Mooji offered some original paintings for an auction to raise money for the charities. All monies raised were donated to these charities. For more information on the this fundraising event, please contact .
Charities
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary
Mooji and sangha visited Arunachala Animal Sanctuary and witnessed the love and care the staff offered the sick and injured animals in Tiruvannamalai. The clinic is also working hard vaccinating the dogs against rabies and sterilizing the dogs to keep the population under control.
Donate to Arunachala Animal Sanctuary
Contact: Leslie Robinson +914175235147 for more information.
Website: www.arunachalasanctuary.com
Medical Camp India
Our friends Madhan Mohan and Erika Jansen of Medical Camp India offer medical care to the poor populations in remote and secluded areas of South India. In addition to their general medical day camps, they also organize and facilitate eye and dental camps and coordinate many programs concerning health education, nutrition, and hygiene. They now have an impressive new mobile clinic – a modern, multi-functional van than is equipped with all that is needed to provide high quality medical care villagers. Read more about how they assist people in India on their web site and/or email Madhan or Erika.
NEW Read an inspiring story about Nirmala, a young child who cared for her ailing father and is now being cared for by the friends at Medical Camp India.
Donate to Medical Camp India
Contact: Madhan Mohan (India) or Erika Jansen (India/Holland) for more information.
Website: www.medicalcampindia.org
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Shanti
Children Project
Mooji visited the Shanti Children in Tiruvannamalai and was struck by the level
of dedication, care and love offered to these beautiful kids. The project is clearly
having a positive impact on their lives. At the centre of all of this is Kumar -
the project leader - whose inspiration both in his workers and in the children is
undeniable. The Shanti Children Project helps orphans, one-parent children, and
poor and needy children in the Tiruvannamalai area. This project caters especially
towards girls, because in general, they have very limited opportunities for education
in India. Shanti Children Project directly supports 50 poor children with funds
for schooling, including their tuition, exam fees, notebooks, and uniforms. In addition,
their Shanti Tuition Centre provides after-school tutoring, and music and painting
workshops to 80 children.
Donate to Shanti Children Project
Contact: info@shantichildrenproject.org
for more information.
Website:
www.shantionline.com
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Terre des Hommes Core Trust (orphanage)
Tdh CORE (Children’s Organization for Relief and Education) is a Child Welfare Organization, working for the rescue and rehabilitation of Children in distress, Orphaned, Abandoned, Differently abled, Mentally Retarded, HIV/AIDS infected. Tdh Core runs 8 children's homes providing alternative families for 335 children in need of care and protection, and 5 centers for 346 children with mental disabilities, autism, and cerebral palsy. Tdh Core also supports 1,204 children through their 4 community outreach programmes (i.e) educational sponsorship, community based rehabilitation, Child labour elimination, and Poonthaleer - a project for rescuing female babies from being infanticide. Presently Tdh Core is working on a "Tribal Children Educational Project" in Jawadhu Hills - for children who are in danger to be trafficked for various exploitation and are in need of support for more than 100 children for their educational sponsorship.
Contact: info@tdhcore.org for more information.
Website: tdhcore.org
The Forest Way
Mooji recalls that on his first visit to Tiruvannamalai almost 20 years ago, Arunachala – the Holy Mountain – appeared to be a brown and barren hill. Now an organization called The Forest Way is bringing the mountain back to its natural ecosystem. The Forest Way has been working for the past six years to restore the varied ecosystems of the Holy Mountain Arunachala. Now it is clearly recovering its original beauty and power. We can imagine that much of its original wildlife may one day soon be again roaming on its slopes. The Forest Way's work includes planting tens of thousands of native saplings every year, protecting the regeneration process of the entire Hill from the hazard of fire, water shed management, and the implementation of an educational program where local school children are introduced to their own forest, allowing them to explore and plant the seeds of reconnection to the natural world.
If you are in Tiruvannamalai, you can drop by their nursery at the start of the inner Pradakshina path. Long term volunteers are welcome and can stay in simple accommodation at their organic farm.
Contact: arunachalaforestway@gmail.com
or call +91 9789864166 / 04175 / 235281 for more information.
Information about other projects: www.tirulearningcentre.com
