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Issue No: 305, December 2014

Caring for Auroville - the Auroville Health Services

Auroville Health Services (AVHS), a team of eight members, is a non-profit service in the area of public health and health care for seniors. It was set up by Dr. Beena in 2001. Rebecca, a member of the original team who is still working with AVHS, remembers that Dr. Beena’s experience of treating villagers in the Multi-Purpose Health Clinic in Bharat Nivas made her realize that preventive work in the villages was essential. So AVHS set up education programmes in hygiene. It also raised funds for the Aquadyn project to provide free clean drinking water in 24 public places in Auroville, and for the first ambulance for the Auroville Health Centre. When Dr.Beena stepped back, Manfred took up her work. “Initially, we continued the work in the villages,” says Manfred. “AVHS, together with the Palmyra Centre for Rural Development, constructed 19 compost toilets and provided training in using them in Thenkopakkam village. We also ran a clinic in Morattandi for some years. After c...
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Issue No. 305, December 2014

  • Heeding the Call: Sustainability for South India and Beyond
  • The Evolutionary Café
  • Matrimandir - a hymn to the builders of the future
  • Caring for Auroville - the Auroville Health Services
  • Auroville Council getting up steam
  • The sounds of Divine Harmony
  • Sri Aurobindo – Selected photos  
  • News in brief
  • One Asia 2014

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