Community Hall
To be able to make someone smile joyfully from their inside is worth much more than fulfilling one’s own never ending desires, for a temporary sense of achievement. Providing a reason to smile by sharing ways and supporting others in leading and living a more fulfilling life is something that Navi Udaan strives to do, by starting and engaging in programs that will make it happen.
Apart from the Stitching and Cutting course and Music Class that has been started for the community women and young girls, there has also been a felt need for a physical community space, for holding social activities/services for and by the village people. With this objective, Navi Udaan is venturing towards building/providing a community space/centre for conducting activities that falls under it’s purview.
• Health Camps
• exhibitions of products made by village community
• indoor sports for youth
• yoga/excercise sessions for better health
• ongoing nutrition counselling
• as marriage venue for poor families
• music classes for women, men and youth of the village
• other relevant activities as they get identified with progress of the program.
Special focus –
Using the Community Hall for wedding purposes is with a special focus on changing the mindsets of people towards spending large amounts on weddings. One of the major expense that each family incurs is on conducting marriages. These marriages are usually an elaborate affair for both people who are not well off and of course more so for the well offs of the community.
On an average, expenditure on wedding starts from 5 lakhs onwards for about 500 people. It includes venue, food, catering electricity etc. Poor people who work on daily wages of Rs 250 to Rs 300 a day, go to lengths to save for weddings of their sons and daughters, inspite of which they still cannot afford wedding venues.
The Community Hall will be provided free of cost, only with charges at actuals, for basics such as electricity etc so that the cost for them comes down to few thousands.
On other hand, big fat wedding expenditure starts at 15 lakh onwards. We will strive to encourage people who can afford lavish arrangements to cut down on their expenditure and use the money judiciously towards investing in their children’s name or helping people in need.
By providing this space, all the activities conducted by Navi Udaan will be better managed, with increased potential to sustain and documented.
Meditation Zone
As part of improving quality of life for people, meditation techniques would also be promoted and offered to those interested. The Hall would have an exclusive enclosed meditation zone.
For thousands of years people have used meditation to move beyond the mind’s stress-inducing thoughts and emotional upsets into the peace and clarity of present moment awareness. The variety of meditation techniques, traditions, and technologies is nearly infinite, but the essence of meditation is singular: the cultivation of mindful awareness and expanded consciousness.
Anyone who meditates regularly receives profound benefits on all of these levels – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
Here are just a few of the benefits
• Relief from stress and anxiety (meditation mitigates the effects of the “fight-or-flight” response, decreasing the production of stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline)
• Decreased blood pressure and hypertension
• Lower cholesterol levels
• More efficient oxygen use by the body
• Increased production of the anti-aging hormone DHEA
• Restful sleep
New research is also showing that meditation restores the brain. A landmark study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital found that as little as eight weeks of meditation not only helped people feel calmer but also produced changes in various areas of the brain, including growth in the areas associated with memory, empathy, sense of self, and stress regulation.
Navi Udaan promotes Meditation as a tool for holistic internal development of an individual along with programs that bring about improvement in external environment for each individual.
The hall would have an enclosed area which will be used for meditation purpose. People from any walk of life, irrespective of caste, religion and gender, will be welcomed to use this space for meditating. They will be guided, as per their needs, in their respective meditation techniques.
Construction of the Community Hall
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Fundraising for Community Hall
We look forward for your help and support for the under construction Community Hall. We thank you for giving this noble cause a thought. We thank you on behalf of all the people and community at large that will make use of this community centre. If you have any queries, please feel to contact us on info@naviudaan.org or call us on 9417481766 about ongoing work at the centre.
