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Introducing Pallavi
Pallavi lost her father when she was only one year old, and then her mother a few years later,...
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD TODAY
YGB starts funding 800 students through Project Shale, to combat learning delays and gaps for poor...
Meet Naveen
Naveen came to Deenabandhu Children’s Home when he was 3 years old. His father had deserted the...
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...
“I WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW MY DREAMS WITH YGB’S SCHOLARSHIP”
Introducing Nagaraj: Nagaraj is an art student whom Yoga Gives Back’s SHE program has been...
Fighting Rape Culture in India
SHE Scholarship students develop innovative Protection Circle to curb rape and violence against...
EDUCATION IN CRISIS: An important conversation with Kayoko Mitsumatsu of Yoga Gives Back and NGO Partner Prajna Neelgund, of Deenabandhu Trust in Karnataka, India
The closure of india’s government schools for 18 months has led to learning loss and increased...
Your Gratitude is Empowering Women in India!
India's gender gap index slipped from 112th to 140th among 156 nations during the Pandemic....
Your Gratitude is Empowering Women in India!
Due to the pandemic and Cyclone Amphan in 2020 many YGB micro loan groups have suffered great...
Your Gratitude is Empowering Women in India!
After counseling and frequent meetings, YGB’s NGO partner NISHTHA was able to convince YGB's...
#ONEMILLIONYOGIS
We Are Delighted to Welcome Belinda Carlisle to YGB’s Advisory Board.
"I have been to India countless times through the years, I love the culture and the people. ...
Celebrating Jocelyn Solomon with YGB 2021 Ambassador of the Year Award!
“I support the mission of Yoga Gives Back wholeheartedly. The practice of yoga has carried me...
Celebrating Daphne Tse with YGB 2021 Ambassador of the Year Award!
“After years of practicing many types of yoga, I have found that the yoga of service from the...
Welcome Don Henry (California) to YGB Global Ambassadors Team
I first became aware of YGB when I attended a live event in Santa Monica. Since then, I've learned...
Welcome Kyona (California) to YGB Global Ambassadors Team
I have truly benefited from the wisdom of Ayurveda and Yoga in my personal and professional lives,...
Welcome Teresa Herrera (Philippines) to YGB Global Ambassadors Team
I support Yoga Gives Back because I believe in the power of Women Supporting Women. Teresa Herrera...
Welcome Amarjit Kumar (Hong Kong) to YGB Global Ambassadors Team
It has been my honor supporting Yoga Gives Back as an ambassador. I strongly believe part of being...
YGB Ambassador Kia Miller’s Special Class Generously Hosted Again by YogaKula in Support of YGB
Building Resilience: One Breath at a time - Online Class with Kia Miller Join Kia for a special 90...
Prof. Jayadev Live From India with YGB Kayoko Mitsumatsu and YGB Ambassador Birgitte Kristen Join LMU Yoga Day Fundraiser
October 2, 2021 YGB is will be taking part with Prof Jayadev’s talk live from India: Giving Back...
Welcome Tara Mitra (Italy) to YGB Global Ambassadors Team
I believe that kindness and compassion are the key to healing our world. I have known Kayoko for...
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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...
EDUCATION IN CRISIS: An important conversation with Kayoko Mitsumatsu of Yoga Gives Back and NGO Partner Prajna Neelgund, of Deenabandhu Trust in Karnataka, India
The closure of india’s government schools for 18 months has led to learning loss and increased child marriage, child labor, child-trafficking, social delays and more. Millions of children in India have been out of school for the last 18 months due to Covid-19. ...
Your Gratitude is Empowering Women in India!
India's gender gap index slipped from 112th to 140th among 156 nations during the Pandemic. Women's labor force participation fell to 22.3%, income is 1/5 of men's. Our fund recipients are living this harsh reality. After Covid-19 lockdown and Cyclone Amphan's...
YGB Honoring Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus with the 2021 Namaste Award
” DEEP IN OUR HEARTS, WE all recognize that the old dreams of the economic theorists have been exposed as fairy tales. The existing capitalist engine is producing more damage than solutions. It needs to be redesigned, piece by piece — or replaced by an entirely new...
Dalit girl rape and murder: Indians protest over girl’s forced cremation
By Salman Ravi via BBC News Protests are continuing for the fourth day over the alleged gang rape, murder and forced cremation of a nine-year-old girl in the Indian capital, Delhi. The girl's parents have accused a Hindu priest and three others of attacking her when...
How You Can Help the Children of India Orphaned by Covid
Twin sisters Tripti and Pari, who lost both their parents due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, play with their toys at a relative’s home in Bhopal. Photograph: Gagan Nayar/AFP/Getty Images A recent study of the true pandemic death toll in India estimates coronavirus...
India’s true pandemic death toll is likely to be well over 3 million, a new study finds.
Cremations of those who died from the coronavirus in New Delhi in April. Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times By Karan Deep Singh via The New York Times The number of people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic in India so far is likely to exceed three...
Coronavirus: The Indian children orphaned by Covid-19
Children have been severely affected by India's second wave of coronavirus By Vikas Pandey & Andrew Clarance via BBC News, Delhi Five-year-old Pratham and his 10-month-old brother Ayush lost their father to Covid in April. Days later, at a different Delhi...
Congratulations Bangladesh Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to get Olympic Laurel
Congratulations Dr. Yunus who inspired the birth of YGB fourteen years ago. We are honored to present Dr Yunus with our Namaste Award 2021 at the Annual Gala, 7p.m. PDT, Saturday, November 13th, 2021. Save the date. Details will be coming soon....
‘Mother, When Will You Come?’: The Covid Orphans of India
G. Sonali Reddy, 14, in the village of Pattapur in the state of Odisha in India. She was orphaned along with her siblings when their mother died from Covid-19.Credit...Rebecca Conway for The New York Times Thousands of children lost their parents during a calamitous...
India’s Marginalized Girls Fighting Child Marriage
More than 1,200 girls in Rajasthan start a movement against child marriages, which saw a spike during the COVID pandemic. By Parth MN via Al Jazeera Rajasthan, India – “I want to study at least up to 12th standard (grade)” was Saira Bano’s heartfelt cry when...
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