Journal 2012 Journal 2012 - Kriya Yoga Institute

Hand in HandHand in Hand celebrates its 12 th anniversary in 2012. From the startthe organisation which was founded by a few Kriyavans in Austria,supported educational and health-related projects in India. It is alsoactively involved in bringing immediate relief to people caught up innatural disasters, such as floods in the Eastern part of India.Education – Key to Poverty AlleviationThe Balashram Boarding School in India’s State of Orissa, founded byHand in Hand, is taking in forty children, annually, from the lowestsocial backgrounds and poorest families. Balashram Boarding Schoolaims to give a safe home to the poorest children of the region providingthem with an all-round development through twelve years of schooling.Hand in Hand has declared that education is the key to fight poverty,and families and villages will substantially benefit from their childrens’education in the future. At present, 280 children are living and learningin our boarding school.Health for EveryoneIn rural areas, frequently underdeveloped regions of India, the mostlypoor people often have to endure devastating health conditions.Kriyavans in India have established Health Care Centres in areaswhere these disadvantaged village people can be treated by qualifiedphysicians, for free. In addition to this, Health Camps have beenarranged in urban slums and remote rural areas on a regular basis. Thisway, several hundred thousand people have been treated medically sincethe foundation of Hand in Hand.Your Support CountsThe Balshram Boarding School, as well as our Health Care Centres andCamps have been, up to now, exclusively financed by your donations!In order to fulfill its projects, Hand in Hand is being assisted by localPrajnana Mission in India. Most of all of the donations go directly intothe projects, due to the minimisation of administrative costs. Hand inHand has been awarded the Donations’ Quality Seal (Spendengütesiegel),which guarantees the lawful use of all donations. As oftoday, Hand in Hand organisations have been founded in: USA,Germany, France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.36