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Stress relieving programmes soon for internally displaced Tamils in Lanka

— Photo: L. Balachandar

Stress-free: Participants at health and happiness programme in Ramanathapuram.

RAMANATHAPURAM: The Art of Living Foundation would soon begin stress relieving programmes for the internally displaced Tamils of Vavuniya in Sri Lanka, said Sri Sathyojadha of the Foundation.

Speaking to reporters here on Saturday after inaugurating a three-day Health & Happiness programme, he said the Foundation was working towards the sustainable stress free life for the humankind worldwide.

A large number of people including Tamils, who were living in internally displaced camps and others, needed a counselling course to get rid of stress related problems that they encountered due to the war.

He had visited Sri Lanka recently to impart training to 100 persons for undertaking counselling, meditation and yoga.

In turn they would conduct courses for the traumatised people.

Mr. Sathyojadha said the Sri Lankan government had given permission to the Art of Living Foundation to visit Vavuniya for organising courses.

It would use its experience, it got while working in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, where several people were affected due to internal problems, for making Tamils to start their life afresh.

It had already opened one “Village of Hope” at Baticoloa in Sri Lanka. It had taken steps to send relief and rehabilitation materials to the affected people. Giri Govind from Bangalore and J. Ramesh Babu, organiser, took part.

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