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Yoga Gives Back mobilizes practitioners worldwide to channel their gratitude into empowering India’s women and children to create sustainable lives.
2nd Annual “A Global Gathering for India”
A month-long campaign kicking off with
LIVE STREAMING EVENT, June 3, 4 & 5
TOGETHER WE STAND AGAINST INDIA’S TOUGHEST SOCIAL ISSUES
Child Marriage
1.5 million girls under 18 every year
Gender Inequality
Women’s Income
1/5 of Men’s Income
Rape Incidents
Occur every 15 minutes
Pandemic Effect
10 million girls will drop out of secondary education
YGB Solutions
Over the last 15 years, we have empowered over 2400 mothers and children in India.
Our programs advance women’s rights and interrupt the cycle of poverty by empowering women and children in India with basic education, scholarships for higher education, and microloans for businesses.
550 mothers
with micro loans
1400 children
with care and education
400 youths
with 5-year scholarships for
higher education
Join the Force of OneMilionYogis
Here are easy ways to get involved.
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YGB SHE STUDENTS ARE GREEN ACTIVISTS
We look forward to celebrating International Earth Day on April 22nd! Every year students in YGB scholarship program (Scholarship for Higher Education), run by NGO partner NISHTHS in rural villages of West Bengal, make special plans to celebrate this day with pomp...
Meet Devi!
Devi came to Deenabandhu Children’s Home when she was 4 years old, and since then, has grown into a happy and responsible 15 year-old 10th grader. Devi came to Deenabhandu from difficult situations both at home and in an orphanage. She was mostly raised by her single...
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Welcome Naomi Ishida (Japan) to YGB Global Ambassadors Team
I was moved to learn that my purchase of YGB Tee shirts helped underserved women and children in India. My students started asking me about YGB when I was wearing them. Eventually I wanted to get more involved as an Ambassador. I admire and believe in YGB’s mission...
Welcome Andrea Marcum (California) to YGB Global Ambassadors Team
I support Yoga Gives Back because I want to reciprocate, in some small way, the profound impact yoga has had on my life. I believe that to give back we must pay-it-forward, empowering women and girls in the motherland of these practices and philosophies to step into...
Featured Blog
GETTING CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL IN INDIA
Schools in India are opening after 18 months of closure and the season of festivals brings hope of resuming business and work for many families devasted by the pandemic and lockdowns. However, hopes of returning to school for many children in India have been...
Fighting Rape Culture in India
SHE Scholarship students develop innovative Protection Circle to curb rape and violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. In recent article in BBC by, Geeta Pandey outlines a series of horrific rape cases since 2012 that illustrate the...
