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| SURYAYOG WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT |
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Suryayog Women’s Empowerment (SWE) had its origin as a registered society in August 2004, when a group of volunteers under the flagship of Suryayog conceptualized their dream of giving a formal shape to a catena of activities undertaken for the emancipation and enlistment of women and children. The society was formed with the initiation and blessings of Swami Surya Jowel. The society made its humble beginning with a magnanimous aim to reach out to as many people as possible in order to keep alive the motive of empowering women. Promoter members from different parts of the country formed the managing committee. |
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For Swamiji, the Sun is not only the creator and sustainer of life forces but also a harbinger of physical, mental and spiritual well-being. To him, Mother Nature is the only Guru and women are her representatives. Hence to empower women will be a catalyst in bringing about a society in which the very word S-U-N denotes Single Unified Nation, where there will be one cast - humanity, one religion - that of love, and one God - who is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient -The Supreme Absolute.
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This society is a part of ‘The Suryayog Foundation’, a socio-spiritual movement propagated by Swami Surya Jowel. He envisages a new world order of harmony, brotherhood and peace; his vision is to lead our society to a higher level of consciousness through the teaching of Suryayog, which is an advanced yoga. |
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| Objectives |
| The objective is to promote awareness and solidarity among women and women’s groups and act as a means for improving the status of women. Also to promote the economic and sociological development of women and children among the poorest and most derived sections of society. The society has identified basic areas in which the projects will be taken to meet the objectives of the society: |
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- Health awareness
- Legal assistance
- Training for self-help by promoting self-employment
- To organize workshops, conferences, training programs to meet the objectives of the society.
- To work towards environment awareness which includes protection of and maintaining the ecological balance?
To promote the disciplines of yoga and meditation to affect healthy life-styles for all. |
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| Achievements |
Every accomplishment under the banner of SWE has given an impetus to aim for better and greater achievements with renewed vigor and zeal. With a conscious realization that each and every bit of work done shall serve as the foundation for edification of the ideals held by the members of SWE, its volunteers work at the grass root level with a primary objective of overall development of the down trodden and under privileged members off the society. A humble beginning has indeed been made as we have ventured into a sea of opportunity wherein the scope for fulfillment of our much cherished beliefs and ideals gets unfolded each day. Through teaching Suryayog and Chidakaashyog without remuneration, Swamiji and Suryayog teachers throughout India are aiding healthy life-styles for all. |
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| SURYAYOG WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT |
Delhi- SWE has already organized a talk by eminent doctors on Nutritional Values of food and Women ‘s health related issues. The talk came about as an attempt to provide free medical aid and health counseling to those women and children who hardly have enough means to otherwise seek such benefits. The emphasis was on creating awareness about various aspects related to women’s health, which in turn emerged as a platform through which more and more women posed questions regarding their maladies and sought help to resolve them.
A talk by eminent lawyers on ‘Women’s rights ‘in the legal arena with key focus on availability of legal help and protection remains on the anvil. The workshop has been designed to function as a sort of legal awareness cum legal assistance program where the participants shall get enlightened about their prevailing needs in various areas like property matters, matrimonial issues, work related issues etc.
SWE volunteers were actively involved in relief work for the victims of natural disasters. The recent disastrous earthquake in J&K had volunteers successfully collect large quantities woolen garments, which were dispatched, to J&K through Goonj, an NGO providing help in Kashmir.
Workshops to bring awareness about Suryayog and the health-giving rays of the sun were held in a well -known girl’s college a part of the subject Holistic Health. |
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Mumbai - Lectures were organized in a number of institutions like B.M.C. including schools namely Guerton School, New Era School, Alexander High School and a week long camp was held for the Police officers of therime branch by Swami Surya Jowel to spread the techniques of Suryayog and Chidhakaashyog meditation for improvement of body, mind and soul.
SWE extended assistance and provided care to the disaster affected Tsunami victims and more recently to flood ravaged areas in Mumbai. Notebooks were distributed to 150 school children of the flood- affected New English School, Bandra; a cleanliness drive was undertaken and food grains were provided to slum dwellers.
SWE volunteers responded to the plea for help of nearly 100 Kashmiri families living on the railway tracks in Bandra. They were provided with 00kg of rice, clothes and soaps. The return journey fare to Kashmir
was given to them. Besides this, Agarbatti and paper- bag making training were given to help them become self- sufficient. Young girls from the brothels of Mumbai rehabilitated in The Rescue Home for girls received Rs 4,000 from SWE towards rehabilitation of girls rescued from brothels. The girls were also taught a trade. |
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Banglore -By extending helping hands to women in slum clusters in Bangalore SWE is aiding them in attaining self-employment. A helpline to render aid has been set up. Schools and corporates have given an enthusiastic response to Chidhakaash yog. |
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Cochin- Chidhakaashyog and Suryayog is being taught free to adults, in institutes and to school children in Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan School, Naval Public School and Kendriya Vidyalayas |
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