CORDUSA Videos

CORDUSA - Bringing awareness into the work CORD & CORD USA does - Creating Ambassadors for taking our work forward in the Americas - Raising funds and coordinate programs intended for social welfare both in the Americas and in the Indian Sub Continent. - Undertaking Community Development opportunities in North America as per each community’s needs - Coordinating Social Welfare Activities ... Homeless Shelter Feeding, Mentoring and tutoring low-income children, Food Banks, Greenbelt Cleanup, Reforestation Camps, Bhutanese Refugee Empowerment Program and much more - Productively Engaging our Youth in Community Building - Bringing out tomorrow’s leaders - Service visits to CORD centers in India and Sri Lanka to gain firsthand experience in serving the underprivileged

The Guardian International Development Achievement Award is given to an individual judged to have made a major contribution to the lives of some of the world's poorest people. Many people wonder if they are making the most of their lives, if there is a true vocation they should be seeking. Dr Kshama Metre found hers in 1985 when she went to work in a mother and child health programme in the Himalayas. That was the beginning of Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development (CORD), an organisation that has transformed the lives of many thousands of poor people across rural India.

We are always looking for ways to get people of all ages to be involved with CORDUSA. We usually have once-a-year service visit to one of the CORD Centers in India or Sri Lanka. Service Visit 2013 - CORD Sidhbari. Where: to CORD, Sidhbari When: July 10 - July 30 2013

More than three years after the end of the 26-year armed conflict between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), nearly 470,000 people displaced during its various stages have returned to their home areas. This does not mean, however, that there is no internal displacement in the country any more. As of the end of September 2012, more than 115,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) were still living in camps, with host communities or in transit sites, or had been relocated, often against their will, to areas other than their places of origin.

"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it." ~ John D. Rockefeller CORDUSA is a secular, non-profit that aims to help communities create a sustainable program to aid in their holistic welfare. We strive to facilitate integrated, sustainable social help programs in local communities and in the Indian subcontinent through processes of self-empowerment and enrichment. CORD is a bond of Love and Understanding, encouraging a process of sharing which enriches both the giver and the receiver. Please see more by going to "About us". Also read the testimonials to hear from real people, real stories, on how CORD has been transforming one life at a time since 1985

"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it." ~ John D. Rockefeller CORDUSA is a secular, non-profit that aims to help communities create a sustainable program to aid in their holistic welfare. We strive to facilitate integrated, sustainable social help programs in local communities and in the Indian subcontinent through processes of self-empowerment and enrichment. CORD is a bond of Love and Understanding, encouraging a process of sharing which enriches both the giver and the receiver. Please see more by going to "About us". Also read the testimonials to hear from real people, real stories, on how CORD has been transforming one life at a time since 1985

"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it." ~ John D. Rockefeller CORDUSA is a secular, non-profit that aims to help communities create a sustainable program to aid in their holistic welfare. We strive to facilitate integrated, sustainable social help programs in local communities and in the Indian subcontinent through processes of self-empowerment and enrichment. CORD is a bond of Love and Understanding, encouraging a process of sharing which enriches both the giver and the receiver. Please see more by going to "About us". Also read the testimonials to hear from real people, real stories, on how CORD has been transforming one life at a time since 1985

Wonderful heart warming experience: Summer volunteer trip to Sidhbari ( 2012 ) We saw Guruji's words love in every action come alive throughout our two week trip amongst the CORD management, social workers and volunteers in Sidhbari. We are very fortunate to have had the oppurtunity to immerse and integrate in the community along with the CORD workers and interact with the villagers and learn a new way of appreciating the people in need and learn to serve with humility. We saw happiness, sense of fulfillment and enthusiasm among all the people who have benefitted through various community based sectors of CORD. We saw CORD's goal of imparting empowerment to women, children and disabled reached. We did not think that we will change the world in two weeks but we thought we will be making a difference but the experience is so beautiful we have changed the way we look at the world and people around us. I hope we will be able to keep this knowledge we gained with us all the time and go beyond ourselves in every thing we do.

16 students went to Chinmaya Vijaya in Kaza, Andrapradesh to volunteer. They set out to perform student evaluations in Math and English, educate the orphanage girls in Math and English and teach arts, crafts, music, sports and dance. They also volunteered at the NRI medical hospital in Kaza.

CORD has changed the lives of disabled people helping them get trained in painting and helping them sell their paintings and make a living for themselves

Chinmaya Vijaya orphanage offers shelter to homeless young girls whose parents have died out of calamities or suicide due to poverty and debt. It is a part of Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development (CORD)

We volunteered there as part of our course in S.P. Jain MBA Institute in Mumbai, India. This is about GuruDhara, which is a women entrepreneurship initiative. These women epitomize entrepreneurship.

Overview of Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development (CORD) projects. Its includes the income generation activity, self help groups, adult education, farming etc.

Chinmaya Vijaya Orphanage was formed in 2007 and is a non-political, non-profit, all girls orphanage founded by Drs. Sumathi and AppaRao Mukkamala as a tribute to Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda, who dedicated his entire life to the service of mankind.