Midday Meal is a Government of Maharashtra program to provide meals to under-privileged school children. Education is needed for a better future, but hunger—an immediate need—forces a young child away from school. Midday meal provides 200,000 meals every day throughout India, resulting in dramatic increases in school attendance.
Govardhan Ecovillage strives to be a model of simple living amidst natural surroundings. Using traditional methods for farming, community housing, cottage industries, and livestock management, it presents a sustainable alternative to modern day intensive agriculture.
Lady Northcote Hindu Orphanage fell under the care of Radhanath Swami in 1987. Today the orphanage is home to 46 boys from underprivileged backgrounds. To provide the children with more spacious surroundings, the orphanage was shifted from the city to Govardhan Ecovillage in 2004.
Gopal’s Garden School aims to provide a loving environment suited for the best possible learning experience, where children are nourished with devotion and inspired with a will to work to become leaders of society, first class human beings and devotees of the Lord.
Every year since 1992, Bhaktivedanta Hospital has organized a free cataract surgery camp for the villagers of the Barsana area in North India. To date, over 33,000 patients have been screened and 4,000 free operations performed.
Bhaktivedanta Hospital offers healthcare for the body together with healing for the mind and spirit. A non-profit organization supported by philanthropic donors, it serves the needy in society by way of subsidized treatment, disaster and emergency relief, and free health camps.
Vrindavan Hospice is designed to give care to people in the final stages of a terminal illness. Employing the holistic approach, its foremost objective is to allay the pain, distress and fear encountered by ailing individuals.
Venu Madhuri is a rural development program that aims to achieve self-sufficiency through traditional, eco-friendly methods. In pursuance of Mahatma Gandhi's Charkha movement, this project aims to deliver basic amenities, revive cottage industry, and restore a sense of empowerment to village populations.