Planting of our 5-year-old date palm seedlings in Khajuraho has begun! Introducing Our New Date Palm and Dragon Fruit Farm in Khajuraho, India We’re thrilled to introduce our most recent humanitarian venture, right in our own Khajuraho campus backyard—an exciting new date palm and dragon fruit farm that is well poised to be a beacon [...]
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD, Chairman and Spiritual Head of the Himalayan Institute, and Ishan Tigunait, Executive Director—sharing a rich, candid discussion about the history and evolution of our HI Humanitarian efforts, and how it has inspired and shaped our most recent initiative, the 2024 Food Security and Nutritional Wellness Fund. Our Grassroots Approach [...]
2024 Food Security and Nutritional Wellness Fund: Feed the Future The Time to Feed the Future is Now Each year, in addition to our ongoing global humanitarian projects, the HI Humanitarian team chooses a specific initiative to highlight and focus its fundraising efforts toward. Escalating global conflict and worsening climate change have created a perfect [...]
A community member visits one of the new water-distribution fountains recently constructed by our HI Cameroon team. The Time to Act is Now The ecosystem of our planet is at a grave and critical juncture. The threat of a major climate shift is no longer a looming, possible threat of what might take place in [...]
Introducing HI India’s Second Adopted Village: Lakheri Access to clean water is a fundamental human right, yet due to the worsening climate crisis, an alarmingly increasing number of communities around the world—including those closest to the Himalayan Institute’s campuses in India—are struggling now more than ever with water scarcity and inadequate distribution systems. In light [...]
Panel discussion: HI Humanitarian’s 2023 Clean Water and Public Health Fund recorded December 7, 2022 "Without clean water, things won’t move. I can’t cook. I can’t wash things. So water is really, really essential. It's one of the very basic necessities that people really need in order to be functional and productive. Consistent [...]
The mission to bring a new freshwater supply to local communities surrounding our campus in Khajuraho, India is underway! The HI India team has been working fast and hard under challenging circumstances that included labor shortages, lack of digging equipment, and drought, but they are doing well. Before: Searching for Land Recently, the HI India [...]
Dear Friends, This year, all of us globally have needed to find creative ways to continue serving our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Himalayan Institute Cameroon team is no exception; we have seen firsthand how creatively adapting to these unique times has positioned the team as a trusted leader in their communities, and [...]
The intense period of delta-variant COVID-19 brought to light the critical need for relief efforts in India. This need propelled us to rapidly mobilize our humanitarian initiatives over the last several months. Since May of 2021, the services and support that have comprised the first phase of the India Relief Fund—our immediate relief efforts—have reached [...]
Every 24th of January, the International Day of Education is recognized around the world in celebration of the key role education plays in the cultivation of peace and development. The theme for 2021, ‘Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation,’ raises awareness of the exacerbated need for inclusive and equitable education during the [...]
