Charity Projects

In Sri Lanka, when Padma found there were children worse off outside the orphanage, she set up an education project which enabled them to go to university and have professional careers, lifting them, their families and their communities out of poverty. While the education projects still continue, the work in Sri Lanka has expanded to embrace children with special needs, elders, community building and sustainable agriculture to bring food security.

In Brazil, the charity supports similar education projects including three indigenous schools in the Amazon, two of which are focused on traditional herbal medicine, ensuring the children learn about how to care for their ecology and share the healing benefits of plants. The third focuses more on teaching the children traditional crafts and culture. These are offered alongside the school curriculum.

In India, we support a local school project which brings extra education to children who lives in the slums of Rishikesh, following the proven model we have used in Sri Lanka.

In the USA, we work with a team of Lakota and Anishinaabe Nations teachers and social workers. Together with the team we are offering training programmes and short courses for the whole community. We all benefit from the mutual sharing of wisdom teachings.

In the UK, we are providing free Community Heart Days to support and empower communities most in need, starting with NHS staff and other carers. In the past, we have worked with several schools in Dorset to support children and staff in schools experiencing stress and burn out.