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YES+ partners with the United Nations Millenium Campaign

In 2009, The Art of Living Foundation has launched 'SPEED UP THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS CAMPAIGN', and will focus on taking action on the following MDG's:

    • Goal #1: Eradicating Extreme Poverty
    • Goal #2: Achieving Universal Primary Education
    • Goal #7: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability
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UNMC Endorses SPEED UP MDG

Since 2007, the Art of Living Foundation is working together with the UN Millennium Campaign (UNMC) in raising awareness about the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG)

    • In 2007, The Art of Living mobilized more than 6.5 million people to Stand Up and read the pledge against poverty.
    • In 2008, The Art of Living through its Mission Green Earth Stand Up and Take Action Campaign (MGESUTA 08) enabled the plantation of 9.6 million trees in over 36 countries contributing towards the 7th MDG of 'Ensuring Environmental Sustainability'. As part of this campaign, The Art of Living also mobilized more than 10.6 million people to Stand Up and read the pledge against poverty.

 

 
 
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I learned more important life lessons in these six days than in the rest of my whole life.  I learnt the ART OF LIVING!

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NO.15

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NO.16

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NO.1

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NO.3

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Bailey Hosier | CU Boulder
NO.2

thanks for showin' me a vast, real, inner side of life which, is showing me that life can be so much more than what I once thought... I am blessed to have found this at such a young age!

Robert Hewitt | CU Boulder
NO.10

The beauty in YES+ is not that it exposes new truths by which one should live.  The beauty is that it helps one go to the depths of one’s heart.

Pierre Berastain | Harvard
NO.23

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Matthew S | YES+ Teacher
NO.21

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Student | Rutgers College
NO.17

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Student | Georgia Tech
NO.9

YES+ has made me recognize the possibility and technique of leading a qualitatively better life

Madhavi B | Research Analyst
NO.18

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NO.20

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NO.22

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NO.14

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Alex Harris | FIU
NO.11

Yes+ taught me how to lead, learn, and work with 100% of both my heart and mind. I learnt to  be in the present moment, found joy and fun in all activities, and relaxed my mind and spirit.

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Natalia S | Climate Scientist
NO.19

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Student | University of MA
NO.4

YES+ has given me a feeling of purpose in life.  I see that when I am stress-free, happy and natural, that all the people in my life start becoming that way as well.

Daniel Moss | YES+ Teacher
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