The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 global goals adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015. They aim to address various social, economic, and environmental challenges faced by countries around the world. To effectively achieve the SDGs, it is critical to anchor these goals at the grassroots level. Panchayats, the local … Panchayats and Localization of Sustainable Development Goals
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is envisioned by the Government of India to provide safe and adequate drinking water to all households in rural India through individual household tap connections by the year 2024. Besides, implementation of the water supply schemes; extensive information, education, stakeholders’ training and communication are the key components of the mission. Key … Jal Jeevan Mission : Trainings of Providers, Stakeholders and Beneficiaries at Nyay Panchayat Level at Haridwar District (Uttarakhand)
Every year since 2014, Menstrual Hygiene Day (May 28) has been celebrated in all countries under different themes. This year, the focus is on “Making menstruation a normal fact by 2030.” The theme itself explains how to make menstruation a normal fact of life and how to integrate it into all aspects of life. Menstrual … School Menstrual Hygiene Program: Need of the hour for Sustainable Change
Interesting coincidences of centenaries. MGIMS (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences) began in the Gandhi centenary year. And as we begin to celebrate Swami Rama’s centenary year, MGIMS alumini meet is being hosted today in his karma bhoomi ! Love Serve Remember is the motto of HIHT and Satya Dharm Prem that of MGIMS ! … Gandhiji and Swamiji
While in the country, TB (tuberculosis) treatment was moving from a sanatorium to a comprehensive program, at the Institute, it was the early days of establishment. It was a time when there used to be animated discussions between those trained in the west and those from the east. One of the earliest volunteer who joined … A collaborative effort towards TB
Instruction in meditation should form an integral part of our educational system so that our children, when they grow up, can face the most difficult circumstances in their lives with equanimity and poise and lead a life totally devoid of tension – Swami Rama World across on the full moon day of Vesak is celebrated … Buddha Purnima
It was 2011. We had just successfully conducted years of adolescent girls program through 891 anganwadi centers in three hill districts of Uttarakhand. I had signed up to conduct my first Silence retreat for others at Sadhana Mandir ashram by the Ganges. The opening session was to be at 5pm. That afternoon, received a frantic … Full Circle
A few years back, we were made Regional Trainers for adolescent health for the north-eastern states of India. As part of that, the first training was organised at Guwahati, Assam. With the place intimately connected with Swamiji’s experience with his Mother Teacher, we made way to the Kamakhya temple where he met her. This is … Mother Teacher’s place
Does one flow with the trend or does one follow one’s conscience mandate? What happens when one encounters the gap between one’s Knowing and Being. One such incident happened yesterday. The ushering of the New Year/spring festival is traditionally done in the hills with young girls laying flowers at the doorsteps of the houses and … Digression
