March 29th, 2020
Bengaluru, India
Standing with humanity while supporting the Coronavirus lockdown.
To stop the exponential spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in India, Prime Minister Modi had called for a nation-wide lockdown.
Anticipating the hardships of the daily wage earners and low income groups, Gurudev initiated a campaign to support the daily-wage earners and low-income groups. These groups found themselves out of work thereby losing their daily income. He urged all those who can to help these people with food and financial support.
I call upon those who can, to take a pay cut & form endowments together to take care of daily wage workers & low income groups in your areas so that the economic burden is shared by society locally. Let's give the assurance that there is enough humanity to take care of everyone.
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 20, 2020
Volunteers of the Art of Living with support from local civic bodies in several cities in India have been actively arranging and distributing food and groceries to all the daily wage earners affected by the lockdown.
.@ArtofLiving volunteers in Vapi, Gujarat quickly gathered & distributed a week's ration to families of daily wage earners before the lockdown. But now with the lockdown,please do not venture out at all. Selected volunteers have been designated by authorities for such activities. pic.twitter.com/cBWpisWOnZ
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 25, 2020
This work has begun but a lot needs to be done. @ArtofLiving volunteers have prepared food packets & local administration with the police are helping with their distribution to daily wage workers in Mumbai & Delhi.#iStandWithHumanity https://t.co/reHhVx3EFz
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 28, 2020
.@ArtofLiving volunteers providing supplies to migrant workers in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/szQcW7OywF
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 28, 2020
This initiative, called #iStandWithHumanity, by the IAHV and the Art of Living Foundation was jointly launched with the film and television fraternity which whole-heartedly supported it.
To support daily wage earners during lockdown,@ArtofLiving is providing a family's ration for 10 days to a million families across the country.I appreciate the whole film & TV fraternity in joining this initiative. To contribute, visit: https://t.co/WcFDADCGm1#iStandWithHumanity pic.twitter.com/Y9hO4DuJ1K
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 25, 2020
Gurudev appreciated the support by the film and television fraternity for the initiative.
I appreciate the efforts of @RajkumarHirani MahaveerJain @karanjohar @duttsanjay @ektarkapoor RohitShetty @aanandlrai @Varun_dvn @sonakshisinha @sonamakapoor @KapilSharmaK9 @ayushmannk @TheAaryanKartik & others in coming together for this noble initiative. #iStandForHumanity pic.twitter.com/Kmw4KKAqUO
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 26, 2020
@BoneyKapoor DineshVijan @SunielVShetty @niteshtiwari22 @bindasbhidu @anandpandit63 @itsBhushankumar @Ritesh_sid @ShahidKapoor @RandeepHooda @Sonusood @VarunSharma90 @SidMalhotra @arjunk26 @RajkummarRao @Sharadk7 @gurruchoudhary @_ravidubey @anky1912 AshooNaik #RajkumarHirani
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 27, 2020
@RajivKumar1 @anupamachopra @meghnagulzar @MrMotilalOswal @RonnieScrewvala @ARMurugadoss @offl_Lawrence @afsarzaidi MadhuMantena @PrithvirajRSBL HimanshuSharma AbhishekDudhaiya PiyushGupta ShreyasJain @CastingChhabra KalkiKoechlin IshaanKhattar Prabhat&Shilpa #RajkumarHirani
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 27, 2020
ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡು-ನುಡಿ-ನೆಲ-ಜಲದ ಸೇವೆಗಾಗಿ ಸದಾ ದುಡಿದ ಆದರ್ಶ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವದ ಕಲಾವಿದರು ಡಾ. ರಾಜಕುಮಾರ್. ತಮ್ಮ ತಂದೆಯವರ ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಾವು ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಸಂತಸದ ವಿಷಯ.
Love and blessings.#iStandWithHumanity https://t.co/5jQaJuY7KT— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 31, 2020
ನಮ್ನ ಗಂಧದ ಗುಡಿಯ ಕಲಾವಿದರು ದಿನಗೂಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರ ಸಹಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಕೈ ಜೋಡಿಸಿರುವುದು ಬಹಳ ಹರ್ಷದ ವಿಷಯ. ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡಿನ ಕಲಾವಿದರ ತುಂಬು ಹೃದಯದ ಈ ಸೇವಾ ಪರಾಯಣ ನಿದರ್ಶನವಾಗಿದೆ. ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ನಮ್ಮ ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಆಶೀರ್ವಾದಗಳು.#iStandWithHumanity@Dhananjayaka@kp_sreekanth@ImSimhaa@Karthik1423@PavanWadeyar pic.twitter.com/vM3ODEBhjH
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 31, 2020
.@Mohanlal I appreciate your participation in this endeavour. As always, may you continue to inspire with your versatile talent, insightful approach to life and by standing up for the nation. https://t.co/em0B0A9hez
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) April 3, 2020
Sportsmen from Kodagu, Karnataka also joined the campaign.
Happy to see our sportsmen from Kodagu, the land of the brave, expressing their compassionate & humane side by supporting the daily wage earners. #ಕೊಡಗಿನವೀರರು#iStandWithHumanity@SVSunil24 @Uthappask @raghuhock @vickramkanth NikinThimmaiah VKSwamy pic.twitter.com/1z7djai6pY
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) March 31, 2020
https://t.co/iYTbAtrYEG#iStandWithHumanity #lockdown #COVID2019
— The Art of Living (@ArtofLiving) April 4, 2020
Food packets have been distributed to over 2.14 lakh migrant workers in Delhi NCR. The food was prepared by the @ArtofLiving volunteers adhering to hygiene & social distancing norms. The distribution happened in close coordination with @DelhiPolice, NDRF & other NGO partners. pic.twitter.com/0EveWK4hsI
— The Art of Living (@ArtofLiving) April 4, 2020
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