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Apr 14 2021

Free Eye Therapy Camp During Navratri

Blessing everyone on the occasion of the holy festival of Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, Nav Samvatsar 2078 and Navratri, a free Eye Therapy Camp was organized under the inspiration and with the blessing of HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji to offer no-cost eye therapy and examinations and spectacle and medicine distribution to contribute to a healthy, beautiful and divine world. Pujya Swamiji, President of Parmarth Niketan and Founder of the Divine Shakti Foundation, greeted the Camp organizers, doctors and team-members for the traditional lamp lighting, then inaugurated and blessed the Camp by...

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Apr 11 2021

Two-day ‘SHG-Capacity Enhancement Training’ Program at Parmarth Niketan

EMPOWERED WOMEN MAKES A STRONG NATION Two-day 'SHG-Capacity Enhancement Training’ program held in Vocational Centers of Divine Shakti Foundation Effort resulted in the Formation of five Self Help Groups (SHGs) Rishikesh, 11th April 2021: A two-day training program each for the students of Parmarth Naari Sashakti Kendra (April 6th & 7th) and Women Vocational Centre Dehradun Road (April 8th & 10th) was organized under the aegis of Divine Shakti Foundation at Parmarth Niketan. In this training program, five Self Help Groups were formed and five more are in the process of completion....

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Mar 22 2021

World Water Day 2021

Value of Water is Crucial Now: From the banks of Maa Ganga Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji lead pledge with students, teachers and principals of WaterSchools Programmes to protect, preserve and serve water March 22, 2021: World Water Day is a special day to raise awareness on the global water crisis. This year’s theme is “Valuing Water.” The value of water is about much more than money--- water has a massive and multifaceted value for our homes, food, culture, health, education, economics and the integrity of our environment....

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Mar 16 2021

Official Inauguration of the Parmarth Nari Shakti Kendra

Dear to Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji's heart is empowerment of women and girls and the creation of a world in which they can not only survive but truly thrive. It was therefore on the occasion of her 50th Birthday that the official inauguration of the Parmath Nari Shakti Kendra with its additional class offerings took place, as administrators, teachers and students at Divine Shakti Foundation's Parmarth Vidya Mandir Prakash Bharti school came together to make the event very special. An afternoon of dance, dramatic presentations and song offered by the students...

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Feb 02 2021

Helping Poverty-Stricken Areas During COVID-19

In addition to the devastating sickness and the tragic loss of life, one of the major effects of the Covid-19 pandemic has been its economic effect on impoverished and indigent groups and the loss of livelihoods and life's essentials. Interruptions in supply chains, in addition to the more obvious loss of income from a still-shrinking workforce, has created a new class of needy and worsened an already enormous segment of the population that is nothing less than poverty-stricken. In India and around the world, meals are missed and homes lost...

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Dec 23 2020

Online Workshop “Leveraging the Power of Faith to Co-create a Just and Peaceful World”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6smZ7RfSDkI Join us for a unique two-day online workshop entitled "Leveraging the Power of Faith to Co-create a Just and Peaceful World" with eminent Interfaith Leaders representing our diverse faith traditions organized by the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance in partnership with the UNFPA India today. Inspiring messages from Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji - Muniji, Co-Chair or GIWA, Respected Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi ji, President, All India Imam Organisation, Head Granthi Gurudwara Bangla Saheb Singh Sahib Giani Ranjit Singh Ji, from Ajmer Sharif Haji Syed Salman Chishtyji, Sister Lucy Kurien from the Christian Tradition and...

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Dec 02 2020

National Consultation on Menstrual Health & Hygiene

NATIONAL CONSULTATION ON MENSTRUAL HEALTH & HYGIENE UNITES GOVERNMENT, FAITH, SOCIAL AND NGO LEADERS The Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) and Water Supply Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) organized a joint event, bringing cohesion and concurrence to ongoing planning and implementation efforts of Menstrual Health and Hygiene Awareness. 2 DECEMBER 2020, RISHIKESH/NEW DELHI: In the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has strained the resources and the resolve of hundreds of millions around the world, the important work of sanitation and hygiene takes on an even greater importance - something that the...

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Nov 19 2020

Toilet Day: 4P’s – Pani, Poop, Plastic & Pollution

On #WorldToiletDay, Pujya Swamiji who has been advocating for Toilets from as early as 2012 shared a beautiful message at the World Toilet Summit recently. He shared, ”It’s wonderful to be together on World Toilet Day! Who would have ever thought we would gather for toilets? We gather for peace, we gather for parties, but for poop? However, this is what is needed! We cannot have real, meaningful peace in the world as long as there are children suffering and dying due to lack of clean water, lack of sanitation, and hygiene." He...

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Nov 14 2020

Dhanteras & Diwali – A Time of Giving at Parmarth

Under the direction and with the blessings of Pujya Swamiji we welcomed a group of some the most disadvantaged and impoverished families of Swargashram, Rishikesh for an offering of love and light - plus, some essentials to help make their holiday brighter during the pandemic! With the support of the Mukul Madhav Foundation and Finolex Pipes in partnership with Parmarth Niketan and the Divine Shakti Foundation and it's President Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawatiji, this first round of holiday offerings - distributed with all health and safety guidelines of masking and social distancing...

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Nov 10 2020

Good Air E-Summit | War Against Air Pollution

Online Event Gathers Corporate, Government and Interfaith Leaders with Youth and Civil Society Organisations for Fighting Air Pollution Deaths from Toxic Air Claim 1.7 Lakh Lives Each Year; Air Pollution 5th Biggest Cause of Death in the Nation. 10 November 2020, Webinar: As news programs continue to offer constant coverage of the ongoing degradation of India’s air – Bharat ranks as the second most-polluted country behind Bangladesh – the Integrated Health & Wellbeing (IHW) Council in collaboration with the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance and Parmarth Niketan brought together some of the Nation’s...

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