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2018 Newsletter #2: Altruism as Our Guide

2018 Newsletter #1: Towards Sustainable Harmony

2017 Newsletter #4: A Year of Compassion in Action

2017 Newsletter #3: Back to School Too!

2017 Newsletter #2: Helping Remote Villages

Special Letter: Honoring International Women’s Day

2017 Newsletter #1: Health & Healing for Thousands in Need

2016 Newsletter #4: Compassion in Action

2016 Newsletter #3: Building Community Resilience

2016 Newsletter #2: Education for All

2016 Newsletter #1: Celebrating Women as Agents of Change

2015 Newsletter #4: Environment and Altruism

Traditional Gardening Techniques Increase Food Security in Nepal

March 22 2019

In rural Nepal, remote villages are losing ancestral agricultural methods, including the cultivation of native seeds. As a result, they are facing greater food insecurity and lower overall well-being ...

Undernourishment and the Environment: Global Issues

March 21 2019

Despite improvements, hunger still strikes. In 2015, the United Nations renewed its commitment to ensure a fairer world for all by defining 17 Sustainable Development Goals in its 2030 Agenda. “Zer...

Health in India: Our Solution to a Public System in Crisis

March 20 2019

The Indian government allocates only 1.2% of its GDP to health (compared to 11.8% in France, for example). This extremely low budget seriously impacts the public hospital system, where difficult worki...

Preserving Health: How Our Programs Inform, Empower, and Promote Well-being

March 19 2019

For the rural populations we support in India and Nepal, prevention is the best medicine. Karuna-Shechen focuses on prevention by informing and training villagers on proper nutrition, first aid, and h...

Towards a More Equal World: Our Programs for and with Women

February 28 2019

Women play a key role in reducing poverty and inequality, and creating a more altruistic world. Karuna-Shechen gives Indian and Nepalese women the opportunity to embody that change: for themselves, th...