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Disaster &Trauma Relief

Rebuilding lives through trauma relief


I always feel the world is a global family and during such disasters we can learn from one another These are moments when we have to address the stress and loss of condence people have experienced as result of the disaster. Unless the trauma is released, attending to the material needs will not be sucient. I welcome more and more people to come forward to bring about that sense of belonging.
H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Coming together in a spirit of service and solidarity, our volunteers uphold the vision of a One World Family, as they provide the victims of these tragedies with food, supplies, shelter, trauma counseling and/or stress-relief workshops. Over the years, whenever tragedy has struck the planet, Art of Living volunteers around the world have provided timely and swift relief to victims of both natural and man-made disasters. Under the direction and close supervision of H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, volunteers not only collect and disburse immediate relief supplies, but also help survivors overcome post-traumatic stresses through his specialized techniques taught during the Art of Living Programs. Extensive relief and rehabilitation work in the tsunami-aected areas of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, trauma relief camps in Kashmir and Pakistan after the earthquake, interventions in war-torn Iraq and in the aftermath of 9/11 attacks in New York Sri Sris initiatives have become one of the most vital links in any disaster rehabilitation program the world over. Risking their own lives, Sri Sris volunteers have tended to the mental and emotional needs of victims of disasters. Over 50,000 tsunami victims have overcome the trauma of the disaster thanks to Sri Sris specially designed stress elimination techniques. Recently, Art of Living volunteers have worked in Israel, Lebanon and Afghanistan.
Sri Sris post-disaster management initiatives include:

Surat oods, India, 2006 Israel and Lebanon conict, 2006 Mumbai train blast, India, 2006 Mumbai oods, India, 2005 Hurricane Katrina, USA, 2005 Kashmir and Pakistan earthquake, 2005 Tsunami relief operations, South Asia, 2005 London subway blast, UK, 2005 Madrid terror attack, Spain, 2004 Beslan terror attack, Russia, 2004 Post-war trauma relief, Iraq, 2003 Post-war trauma relief, Afghanistan, 2003 Bam earthquake, Iran, 2003 Jakarta oods, Indonesia, 2002 River Elbe oods, Germany, 2002 Kosovo conict, Kosovo, 2002 Kosovo conict, Kosovo, 2002 9/11 terror attack, USA, 2001 Gujarat earthquake, India, 2001 Orissa cyclone, India, 1999 I will always remember how this city rallied around its reghters during this tragedy, but I will remember most of all the contribution of your group. Battalion 32 Fire Chief James Bossert in a letter to the Art of Living Foundation.
Dresden oods, Germany 9/11, New York Trauma Relief

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