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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...
“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 supporting since 2016. We first met him at his home in the impoverished village of Chamarjanagara, outside of Mysore, Karnataka. Professor Jayadev - the Director of our NGO...
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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, and supporting Yoga Gives Back is my way of expressing gratitude and honoring the rich culture in which these self-care disciplines emerged. Kyona is a Board Certified...
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 began exploring yoga at the age of nineteen years old as a way to understand the sacred movement of breath (“prana”) and body. Under the generous guidance of her...
GLOBAL NEWS
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...
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