Volunteers of the Art of Living Foundation and the International Association for Human Values will conduct the Breath Water Sound (BWS) Trauma Relief Program for Bhutanese refugees in Decatur on June 5 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm and June 6 & 7 from 3 pm until 6 pm at the Decatur Recreation Center. The resettlement of the Bhutanese refugees in Atlanta is part of one of the world’s largest resettlement projects through which 120,000 Bhutanese are being resettled in the United Staates and other developed nations over the next five years. The BWS course provides stress relief tools to help refugees move through the trauma and upheavel in their lives. For information on the upcoming course, contact Pratik Jagad at 404-840-47899 or email pjagad@gmail.com.
Breath Water Sound Trauma Program at Rec Center in June
May 8, 2009 by cburnette
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Thanks Cheryl for posting this. We also would like to invite any interested organizations who would like to partner with us in supporting the Bhutanese community. Our organization is working with the community in several areas besides trauma relief like
1. helping the community women with setting up a cleaning service
2. helping the community women market hand made jewellery and knitted products
3. vocational training
4. Driver’s license training
5. Social Integration
6. Tutoring school going children in the community
For experience of participants from our last 2 trauma relief workshops please view this video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky8Y7y6oxaY
Hats off to the tireless volunteers of the Art of Living Foundation and the International Association for Human Values in Atlanta for all their wonderful service. It’s special citizens like you who really make our country, state and communities remarkable places on Earth. I am overjoyed to read this news today.
Keep up the amazing work creating a Stress Free and Violence Free Society!
All The Best,
Jeremy Occhipinti
First Grade Teacher
Mableton, Georgia, USA