- Manavata
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www.manavata.org 
Manavata (originally called Chaitanya Bharat Youth Association) was founded on 19 October 1991 by Srinivasa Chowdary Alluri, a social activist, in Lolla, a remote village in the Godavari belt of the Andhra Pradesh state in South India.
Sorrows, hunger, illness, premature death of children and the lack of direction to the young around him in rural India, motivated Srinivasa to ignite a movement that strove to eradicate these ills from the society. The Sanskrit - Hindu epic, Bhagavad-Gita, has had a great impact on his life and the teachings inspired him to tread the path of selfless service and to inculcate the philosophy into his life.
Manavata, in Sanskrit means "Humanity". The under riding philosophy of the Manavata group is ‘Humanity is our identity’. Manavata’s appeal lies in its simplified ideology - Perform Yoga (as a form of exercise) in the morning, eat food in its natural form with minimum artificial intervention, lead a disciplined life and follow timeliness and help the needy, is the way of life for a Manavata believer.
As of middle 2007, Manavata has more than 2000 volunteers all over the world and has helped in the lives of more than 6000 people. This is being built around successful and professional careers. 60% of Manavata volunteers are software professionals working in the US, UK, Australia, Singapore and India. The South Asian Tsunami in 2004 and the Gujarat Earthquake in 2001 were some of the most devastating disasters where Manavata members contributed in sweat and kind. You will not find widespread coverage of Manavata in the media because the volunteers believe in service without expecting publicity.
Manavata volunteers run blood donation awareness programmes frequently and have tie-ups with several government blood banks to publish blood requirements on their website and obtain donors. The Charity runs a poor/orphan children home in Lolla and has recently started a school in the campus.
Manavata is registered as a charity in India (Reg. No. 3417/01), the UK (Reg. No. 1120315) and US (Reg. No. 000918874)
The activities Manavata is involved in are:
Blood donation and health camps, Yoga camps, Residential care for poor/orphan children (Manavata Ashram), Anti-smoking campaigns, Disaster management (to the victims of natural calamities), Self-employment and Educational programmes for rural youth & women, Youth counselling & guidance, Environmental campaigns (pollution control and tree plantation)
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