Public Health

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 [...]

Thank You from the HIC team!

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 [...]

By | 2021-12-06T14:10:01-05:00 November 26th, 2021|Cameroon, Education, Humanitarian, Public Health|

An Update On Our India Relief Fund: Phase One Complete

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 [...]

Expressing Our Appreciation

Dear Friends, Together, WE DID IT! Thanks to your outpouring of support and generosity, we achieved full funding of our public health programs for the entire year. We are so grateful to each one of you for stepping up and supporting our work in Cameroon—particularly during the challenging year that all of us globally have [...]

By | 2021-11-30T17:13:57-05:00 January 8th, 2021|Cameroon, Fundraising and Activism, Humanitarian, Public Health|

Our Approach to Public Health

Since 2007, the Himalayan Institute Cameroon team has spearheaded a range of rural empowerment projects in Cameroon—all supporting our goal to fight poverty, illiteracy, and inequality through education, health care, and job creation. This year’s active donor appeal, the Village Health Relief Fund, highlights our ongoing public health initiative in Cameroon, which is preventing [...]

By | 2021-01-08T09:15:41-05:00 December 18th, 2020|Cameroon, Fundraising and Activism, Humanitarian, Public Health|

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.  [...]