Auroville International Usa

Programs: As in the past, our focus has been on supporting the development of auroville, a unesco recognized international township in tamil nadu, south india with the goal of human unity. This year supported projects include:educational programs including a school for children with disabilities, a language lab, schools in surrounding villages, cultural and sports programs, scholarships; a housing project designed to minimize ecological impact and providing educational/training opportunities for young volunteer architects. Sacred groves, designed to minimize ecological impact. A new health center in auroville to foster integrated health care and hospice at one location. A dental clinic serving auroville and surrounding communities. Auroville green work including sadhana forrest, which uses volunteers for tree planting in india and in haiti and pitchandikulum a pioneer in re-forestation throughout india for 35 years. Solitude farm which teaches organic farming; for schools offering high quality education to unserved village students, including disabled students, scholarships for students wantng to travel outside of auroville for education and the university of human unity for those wishing to study further in auroville. Auroville currently has 2500 people living as residents. The surrounding area is home for 50,000 many of whom partake of these services and opportunities. In addition. Roughly 8,000 volunteers participate in auroville projects over the course of a year. The nation soul project is in the process of having a book by its german creator translated into english. This project fosters looking deeply into the national psyche to understand where strengths and weaknesses exist with the intention of fostering deeper understanding among people of a particular nation about their particular contribution to human unity among people of the world.