International Development

Our Humanitarian Model: Tradition-Guided, Grassroots-Implemented

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

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 [...]

Our HI Cameroon Clean Water Projects in Action: Transforming Lives and Empowering Communities One Drop at a Time

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 [...]

Bridging the Gap: Enhanced Clean Water Distribution Underway for Summer 2023 Season in India

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 [...]

Without Clean Water, Things Won’t Move

Panel discussion: HI Humanitarian’s 2023 Clean Water and Public Health Fund Filmed 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 [...]

Before & After: Our Water Well Project in Khajuraho

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 [...]

International Day of Education

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 [...]

By | 2021-01-22T10:22:53-05:00 January 24th, 2021|Cameroon, Education, International Development|

Giving Tuesday—Q&A with Our Female Leadership

Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement that calls attention to the power of individuals to transform their communities and the world. Today, in the spirit of Giving Tuesday, we are introducing two members of our health team in Cameroon, who are on the ground creating lasting change within their communities every single day.  [...]

COVID-19 in Developing Countries

All Photos By: DJ Pierce As COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, our awareness turns to developing countries, who are particularly vulnerable to the destabilizing effects of this virus. In countries where the average family earns less than $1 a day and are lacking even the most basic sanitation and hygiene methods, such as soap [...]

COVID-19 Status Update

The ongoing conflict in Cameroon has left critical gaps in the health and education sectors in the communities that we serve. Hospitals are closed, and hundreds of thousands of children lack access to formal education, with children throughout the Northwest region entering their fourth year without school. The COVID-19 pandemic poses additional challenges to [...]

By | 2020-12-10T15:44:43-05:00 May 19th, 2020|Cameroon, Humanitarian, International Development|