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Sandeep B Kumar

Varanasi is a cultural capital of the world. It is also a land of so many temples and spirituality. However, at present time, most of the spiritual organizations are not working on propagating the divine knowledge and education to transform the lives of people. We have an urgent need to develop a cultural center in Varanasi that can sustainably spread cultural and spiritual education to change the lives of people in a practical way. This will help to keep up the status of Varanasi as a city of "spiritual and cultural education" - for what it was once known.Apart from the education, at times we need to support the basic needs of people in terms of food and shelter in challenging times such as pandemics, natural disasters etc. Through VICC, this support center can be created for helping the needy people as well.Due to the self sustainability of the VICC, we can also further give support to satellite centers in nearby cities in the future.Therefore, as of now we need to raise funds for constructing the upcoming Vedic India Cultural Center (VICC) in Varanasi. 
 The contributions from all the donors will be used for construction and development of VICC. Regular updates about the project development and construction will be updated monthly to our donors.Some of the selected donors may also have an opportunity to become financial core members of the center and most importantly they will be bestowed by Special blessings of Supreme Lordships Sri Sri Radha Gopal. The project is aimed to bring about an overall spiritual development and cultural revolution in Varanasi. Since Varanasi is a spiritual hub of India, a Vedic cultural center is a much required institution for systematic propagation of cultural wisdom and value education to all classes of people so that they attain real eternal happiness. 
 Vedic India Cultural center is aimed at propagating the much needed values through spiritual education, conducting cultural events, distribution of free sanctified food for the needy as well as creating a Vedic value system for next generations.In today’s world, there is in a dire need of reviving the value system through spiritual knowledge. India has been well-known throughout history for having the treasure of culture, values and ethics based on the scriptural roots. But in the modern times, Indian people have been misguided to forget this great treasure in their backyard and chase after so-called materialistic life that lacks any strong moral basis.Apart from the education, at times we need to support the basic needs of people in terms of food and shelter in challenging times such as pandemics, natural disasters etc. VICC aims to support all those needy people during the challenging times and the project also involves daily free distribution of food for the needy.To rekindle the true wisdom and revive the real spirit of our human life, Vedic India Cultural Centre can potentially propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large, rejuvenate the cultural values to check the imbalance of values in life and achieve real unity and peace in the world.

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ISKCON Varanasi: Vedic India Cultural Center (VICC) Varanasi

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Animal Welfare

A total of 25 cows and their 10 calves need shelter and hygienic care. The unplanned structure of Gaushala is 15 years old and dilapidated. The walls are damaged, the tin shelteris leaking, the drainage is blocked and there is congestion of space. Hygiene care and cleanliness is a challenge due to congestion and lack of resources. 
 We're trying to construct a new Goshalla in a 4,000 s.q. ft. area for these cows, with proper drainage, shelter, ventilation, and hire employees for their care and cleanliness. We're trying to arrange for good quality cow feed and arrange a nice grazing space for these cows and calves.The cost break up that we have worked out is listed as under<ul><li>Structure Work - Steel Tin Shed : ₹1400000</li><li>Cow Feed and Water Tank : ₹460000</li><li>Interlocking Floor Work : ₹210000</li><li>Water Supply &amp; Drainage System : ₹200000</li><li>Doors and Shutter : ₹20000</li><li>Godown for Bhusa and Cow Feed : ₹60000</li><li>Electric Work : ₹120000</li><li>Boundary Wall : ₹75000</li><li>Monthly Maintenance Cost : ₹75000</li><li>This adds up to a total project cost of ₹2620000 and we look forward to your support towards the same. You contribution can help us in our mission.</li></ul> 
 The intended impact is better care of cows, with special emphasis on cleanliness. A new shelter will help the cows in living a better life.

ISKCON Prayagraj: These Cows Need Shelter and Hygienic Care

Every year, thousands of young people in India fall prey to alcohol, drugs, smoking, and tobacco addiction. A survey by Times of India suggests that "9 out of 10 addicts start the intake of addictives while they are in schools and colleges. As per the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, there are 4 vital human needs -1) Physiological needs2) Love/Belonging - Emotional needs3) Professional &amp; Egoistic needs4) Spiritual Needs.These needs when unmet with, cause insecurity, inferiority complex, peer pressure, stress. As an escape from all of this, a person takes to addiction. 
 Our project helps facilitate youth and children in meeting their needs in a loving culture through workshops and seminars on anti-addiction and value education, training in positive lifestyle and inter-personal skills, counseling, hostel facility, and skill development, for their overall personality growth with positive values and high professional competence. 
 This project will educate over 1,000 youths and children every year for life-long addiction free and Stress-Free lives, thus making an immensely effective contribution to their families, profession, society, and humanity at large. Over 100 young people shall avail our hostel facilities and skill development training to make the best of their academics and professional lives. Over 5,000 students will get value education courses.

ISKCON Prayagraj: Lets Empower

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Hunger & Homelessness

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Healthcare

WILL CORONA KILL FIRST OR HUNGERFor some, CORONA Lockdown maybe just WORK FROM HOME, but for many, it is STARVE AT HOME.With the advent of COVID-19 pandemic all across the world, everyone is locked down in their homes. Even the basic necessity of food and medicines is a challenge for underprivileged and they are forced to think "Will Corona KILL first or Hunger". This is an opportunity for us to come together to help our underprivileged brothers and sisters in this most difficult time. 
 CORONA MAY NOT YET HAVE MEDICATION, BUT HUNGER HAS A SOLUTIONWe are already working on the following:<ul><li>Providing free daily meals to the families of daily wage workers like laborers, housemaid, rickshaw pullers.</li><li>Providing training in cleanliness and hygiene required to prevent Corona.</li><li>Providing basic medical things like masks, sanitizers.</li><li>Arranging online courses for counseling in the times of current crisis.</li></ul>We are distributing food to the people at multiple centers. Following is the detailed account of distribution of food at each center-<ul><li> At NCR, our ISKCON Dwarka Delhi temple is distributing 60000+ plates of full meals every day.</li><li>At Pune, our ISKCON NVCC temple is distributing 20000+ plates of full meals every day.</li><li>At Mumbai, 30000+ plates daily</li><li>At Ahmedabad, 2000+ plates daily</li><li>At Vadodara, 4000+ plates daily</li><li>At Surat, 500+ plates daily</li><li>At Trivandrum, 500+ plates daily</li><li>At Varanasi, at our local ISKCON temple, we have distributed 4800 meals till now, and have given corona medical training to 30 families. Distributed 180 masks and 50 sanitizers (up to 26 March) through our IYF wing. Now we want to do much more.</li></ul> 
 We hereby appeal to every responsible earning citizen of India to kindly team up with us, and provide us with financial support so that we can enhance this much-needed service to more and more families. We will be attempting to serve to the tune of approximately 2000 plates a day, at Varanasi for the next 45 days. So please join us in this cause against Corona by your generous help.With this, in the next 1.5 months we will be:<ol><li>Distributing 1,00,000 sanctified meals.</li><li>Basic health amenities (masks, sanitizers) for 500 families.</li></ol>

ISKCON Varanasi: FIGHT HUNGER FIGHT CORONA

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Livelihood

Social distancing is necessary to help limit the spread of the virus, but for the economically weaker sections of society the food insecurity is a much more serious issue than the disease itself as typically they cannot afford to stock up on food supplies. In addition, malnutrition increases vulnerability to disease.Food supply to : •	refugees and migrants•	wage workers•	those with inflexible jobs, and •	outstation students without families who depended on local roadside restaurants•	people with pre-existing medical conditions•	older adults•	individuals experiencing homelessness 
 Food for Life’s largest programs are in India. Food for Life volunteers also respond to natural disasters, bringing food and hope into the lives of people affected by events. During COVID-19, ISKCON Delhi rose to the challenge by distributing 5 Lacs+ meals everyday to daily wagers to help the government in their struggle to provide access to healthy food and adequate nutrition on a daily basis to the economically vulnerable. 
 Since the lockdown, ISKCON Delhi have served more than 2.5+ Crore meals across Delhi &amp; still going on.

ISKCON Dwarka: Food For Life Emergency Relief Kitchen

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The youth of a country plays a major role in nation-building. It has the power to help a country develop and move towards progress. It also is responsible for bringing social reform within a country. The youth of a country determine the future of a nation.Our current day and age is greatly driven by media which is helping whole world to be connected with each other but along with that it has imposed a negative influence on our lives. Especially on youth, it has great impact resulting in an increase of drug addiction, anxiety disorders, hyperactivity, depression, suicide, etc.If they are not helped to direct their energy for the right cause, it will be a great loss for nation and for human race at large. 
 We provide PROACTIVE PREVENTIVE measures for drug's de-addiction, alcoholism, pornography and AIDs using training mechanisms based on the application of value systems from matchless knowledge available in the timeless scriptures for youths. We make DE-ADDICTION easy and happy process because as soon a person gets a higher taste, he will no longer look down to lower tastes like drinking, smoking, drugs, etc.Currently, we have multiple programs running for the training and education of children and youth in multiple cities across India. Through seminars, discussions, camps (include learning from nature), presentations (Power of Habits, Time Management, Art of Stress Management, etc.), skill development courses, behavioral science courses and also courses of multiple levels starting from 6 session course (like Discover Your Self, Journey of Self Discovery, etc.) to 3-year courses along with variety of online courses.We have been conducting these programs in many elites’ colleges including IITs and NITs all over India. To facilitate then we have many remote centersall over India where youth can come and stay with us to take full advantage of our training.We are conduct value education courses and camps for children in different schools and societies in multiple cities all over India. We also have a similar program for corporates as well. 
 We want the youth of our nation to emerge as leaders for the whole world if they can direct their complete energy for achieving their goals. Over last 25 years, more than 50,000 youths have been inspired, over 6,000 seminars have been conducted in more than 100 colleges all across India. Our goal is to reach out to more and more youth and children and help them lead a balanced physical, mental, intellectual and emotional life.

ISKCON Pune: NVCC

Despite India's 50% increase in GDP since 1991,more than one third of the world's malnourished children live in India. Among these, half of the children under three years old are underweight .One of the major causes for malnutrition in India is economic inequality. Due to the low social status of some population groups, their diet often lacks in both quality and quantity. Deficiencies in nutrition inflict long-term damage to both individual and society. 
 Our vision is to serve nutritious and sanctified high quality food to the underprivileged children in India. In line with the objectives of the Mid Day Meal project our Goal is to increase enrollment in schools, reduce malnutrition and ensure no child is deprived of an Education due to Poverty and Hunger. Our aim is to Promote Education One Meal at a Time by providing nutritious, wholesome, hygienic meals prepared in hi-tech kitchens which not only nourish the body but also nurture the soul. 
 Of the 16 crore under nourished children half of them attend anganwadis/ balwadis where the meals served to them do not meet the set nutritional and hygiene requirements for the children. We would soon like to expand our project to cover 1.5 million meals by 2020 daily.

ISKCON Kanpur: Action Against Hunger

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Disaster Relief

WILL CORONA KILL FIRST OR HUNGER? CORONA LOCKDOWN has left MILLIONS of Labors and Street Dwellers starving and stranded in India. Those who are street dwellers and stranded away from home are struggling to even get their daily meals. Health workers fighting CORONA away from their homes also need support. We are helping local administration to help villagers, street dwellers, stranded labors and healthcare workers. ISKCON is trying to distribute over 5 Lacs meals everyday across India. 
 We are already working on following: Providing free daily meals to the families of villagers and daily wage worker like laborers, housemaid, rickshaw pullers. Providing training in cleanliness and hygiene required to prevent Corona. Providing basic medical things like masks, sanitizers. Arranging online courses for positive inspirations and counseling in the times of current crisis. 
 We appeal to everyone to kindly team up with us, and provide financial support so that we can enhance this much needed service to more and more families. We will be attempting to serve to the tune of approximately 2000 plates a day. Please join us in this cause against Corona by your generous help. With this, every week we will be: 1. Distributing 15,000 sanctified meals. 2. Basic health amenities (masks, sanitizers) for 100 families.

FIGHT CORONA - FREE HYGIENIC FOOD FOR VILLAGERS

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Elderly Care

During the lockdown because of CoronaVirus pandemic, the affluent sections of society have isolated themselves in their apartments, after the government’s lockdown. But there are many sections of people who are daily wage earners like rickshaw drivers, artisans, electricians, labor, food and vegetable sellers, etc. These people are the ones who have been severely hit and are running out of food stocks. Its a battle for survival from the Corona as well as the hunger for them and their families. COVID-19 has hit hard their daily income, and the lockdown has impacted their mobility.  
 ISKCON is working together to combat an unprecedented challenge – the COVID-19 pandemic which has threatened the financials of every household and economy. Due to the COVID-19 lockdown in India, many homeless and poor people are suffering from starvation. We are striving to give them life-sustaining food in order to prevent more deaths due to hunger than the virus.We request you to work together with us in our attempt to reach everyone who requires help. We don't wish to leave any stone unturned to do whatever we can to reduce the struggles of those poor people.We appeal to kind and compassionate donors like you to join hands with us and fight hunger together. Kindly contribute whole-heartedly for this cause to raise money to feed the hunger.ISKCON is grateful for your help.  
 The impact will that though people are tormented by this deadly corona virus, they should not be tormented by hunger as ISKCON, under this project, provide them life-sustaining food in order to prevent more deaths due to hunger than the virus.

ISKCON Bahadurgarh: Help ISKCON Feed Lives Amid #CoronaVirus Pandemic

ChallengeEvery year Hundreds of Youths fall victim to Self Destructive Addictive Habits and suffer Stress and Depression which makes a Negative impact on their Personal lives, Relationships, Career and Social Contributions. A report says 9 out of 10 victims of intoxication get introduced to addiction in their Schools and Colleges 
 SolutionISKCON Kanpur provides - 1) Awareness towards the consequences of Addiction; 2) Education in Positive Values and Healthy Stress-Free Lifestyle through Positive Entertainment and; 3) Inspiration through Eminent personalities, Educative Dramas, Video Shows and creating a Positive Association. 
 Long-Term ImpactThe project will help over 15,000 youths get awareness and inspiration for a Addiction free and Stress free life.

XPRESSION - Anti Addiction Event for 15000 Youths

WILL CORONA KILL FIRST OR HUNGER? CORONA LOCKDOWN has left MILLIONS of labors and street dwellers starving and stranded in India. Those who are street dwellers and stranded away from home are struggling to even get their daily meals. Health workers fighting CORONA away from their homes also need support. We are helping local administration to help villagers, street dwellers, stranded labors and healthcare workers. ISKCON is trying to distribute over 5 Lacs meals every day across India. 
 We are already working on the following:<ul><li>Providing free daily meals to the families of villagers and daily wage workers like laborers, housemaid, rickshaw pullers. </li><li>Providing training in cleanliness and hygiene required to prevent Corona. </li><li>Providing basic medical things like masks, sanitizers. </li><li>Arranging online courses for counseling in the times of current crisis.  </li></ul> 
 We appeal to everyone to kindly team up with us, and provide financial support so that we can enhance this much-needed service to more and more families. We will be attempting to serve to the tune of approximately 2000 plates a day. Please join us in this cause against Corona by your generous help. With this, every week we will be: 1. Distributing 15,000 sanctified meals. 2. Basic health amenities (masks, sanitizers) for 100 families

ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) is working to educate and inspire the student community to avoid and overcome addiction within the culture of care and love, thus empowering youths. We aim to inculcate in our youth the values and skills necessary for having a healthy and stress-free lifestyle suited to bright academics and professionals.

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