The Ark of Love
Curitiba

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All the Facts

Sponsoring institution:	Hariharananda Mission West and Instituto Nanak
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Type:	Material, moral, and spiritual aid for poor children and their families
Location:	Escola Onofre Soares, metropolitan area of Curitiba
Ark of Love Coordinator:	Mrs. Gurusandesh Kaur
Ark's date of creation:	18 July, 2006
No. of children attending:	150
Age group:	5-13 years old
Activities:	Nutrition, chanting, dancing, hatha yoga, storytelling, human values, theater, relaxation exercises, breathing exercises
Schedule:	Once a week plus extra programs and projects

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How it all started
(as told by Swamiji)

During my first visit in 2006, the organizers of the Kriya Yoga activities invited me to do a series of programs for poor children in various favelas (slums) around Curitiba. It was love at first sight! Afterwards, our first group of volunteers started to organize some Ark of Love activities on a regular basis.

A series of violent hailstorms affected many cities in Latin America in 2007. While in Curitiba that year, I witnessed the destuction of a very poor district. It ravaged a little school for poor children where we do some of our Ark of Love activities, as well as 150 houses in the poor neighborhood. These poor people have lost everything—house, clothes, beds, furniture, food...

The Ark of Love and Kriya Yoga disciples immediately joined hands with the local Kundalini Yoga community headed by Gurusandesh Kaur and her husband Akal Murth, and organizing relief efforts (see the flyer below).

Our team of volunteers was tremendously strengthened after this ordeal, and our joyful service has been developping ever since.