Year: 2012
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AAA event at London, Sep 2012
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On September 14, 2012, during the 12th Asian Achievers Awards held at London, Sarvam was provided a wonderful opportunity to take its message of ‘sustainable, transformational and integral rural community development’ beyond the boundaries and borders of India to the global audience. Renowned film actor Hema Malini, the Ambassador of Sarvam, was a special guest . While speaking…
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Press Release : Introducing the Sarvam Trust
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Introducing The Sarvam Trust: Working to make villages across India self-sufficient A new approach to sociological change The Sarvam Trust (registered UK charity) is part of the established NGO Sri Aurobindo Society. It was set up in 2005 with the mission to bring about integral village development in a sustainable, replicable and scalable way. Leading…
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Poothurai Students Excel in Exams
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At the Poothurai village, a part of the Integral Village Development Programme, excitement spread as the results of the board examinations for the 10th standard were announced. Each one of the 37 students who took the exam had passed, 7 had scored above 90% and, overall, 19 students got scores above 75%. This was especially significant considering…
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Summer Camp for Children
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For the fourth year in a row, a corner of the Poothurai village, a part of the Integral Village Development Programme, came alive each morning from 5th to 26th May 2012 with hundreds of children eagerly beginning their day’s activities at the Summer Camp. With twice the numbers from the previous year, the 400-odd highly engaged and…
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Workshop for Women Volunteers
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The Integral Village Development Programme has been regularly conducting training workshops for its coordinators. These workshops have been very successful, as evidenced by the positive work being carried out by coordinators. In order to expand its workforce, this year the Programme selected 40 women from 7 hamlets as volunteers. They were provided training for 2 days, on…