5H program is making a difference to this world through service and spirituality. The aim of this program is to uplift individuals and communities so that they become self-reliant: socially & economically.

5H works to:
- Raise standard of living in the world’s most impoverished areas 
- Educate on every level: mental, emotional, spiritual
- Create a grassroots model for progressive social change
- Give every human being a chance for a disease free body and a stress free mind
- Foster harmony in diversity and cultural tolerance.

Changing India - The 5h difference for 2003

- Homes: Over 1000 homes built to provide shelter for the urban homeless
- Health: 1675 medical camps provided primary medical care for over 250,000 people
- Hygiene: Over 23,000 cleaning camps held in both rural and urban areas helped clean up the local environment
- Also giving the environment a helping hand - over 750,000 newly planted trees
- Over 100 toilet blocks and 50 handpumps & wells were built to provide clean water and basic sanitation for local communities
- Village Economics: Over 1290 Self-Help groups were formed by 20,000 villagers who pooled in their resources to create a financial base for their developing their communities
- Model Villages: Free of substance abuse and actively involved in developing their local community, through education and enterprise over 50 villages are now classified as "Model Villages" - Lives changed 100,000
- Youth Leadeship Training Program: Trained over 18,750 rural youth leaders to actively develop their communities through various camps & programs like:
- The "Divya Samaj Nirman Abhiyan" Workshops have provided vocational employment to 1125 youth from economically challenged backgrounds
- 21,000 free Nav Chetna Shibirs (Breath Water Sound Workshops) conducted this year benefitted over 1 million people.

Since 1985, the Art of Living Foundation's Care for Children, has served the children and their communities in rural India.

Our children, come from some of the most economically disadvantaged families in the poorest parts of India. Through this program they are provided with free education, books, balanced meals and regular medical care.

Care for Children brings the light of education to many children who are the first in their families to have ever had a formal education. Since public schooling is not available in these areas, this is the only opportunity these youngsters have to acquire the education and skills they need to become self-sufficient adults.

Our schools nurture the complete child, including mind, body and spirit. Family values are strengthened and social barriers are replaced by progressive attitudes. In addition to the basic curriculum of science, math, reading, language and arts, several innovative approaches are incorporated into the students' daily routing. These include:

Laughter: Studies are presented as an enjoyable challenge instead of as an overlyserious undertaking.

Friendliness: Students are encouraged to make new friends continually, fostering a feeling of closeness and togetherness.

Belonging: Each child is encouraged to feel that his/her teacher is also his/her friend and confidant. On this ground of mutual trust and admiration, a feeling of belonging to a caring community is cultivated.

The Care for Children Schools:

Tribal Schools: In the remotest and poorest parts of India, these schools are the only chance these children have of any form of education. Blending vocational training and basic education the Tribal schools enable these children to stand on their feet in a rapidly changing world.

PrisonSMART stands for Prison Stress Management and Rehabilitation Training. It is based on Art of Living's unique stress management program and is customized to the needs of the prison inmates and to the individuals and institutions that work to end the cycle of violence.

The program helps prisoners in rehabilitation, and to reduce violence and drug dependencies. PrisonSMART teaches life skills that enable individuals to accept responsibility for their past actions and to handle future conflict and stressful situations successfully.

Prison SMART's innovative and results-oriented program serves inmates, residents of halfway houses, those on parole and probation, at-risk youth, victims of crime, law enforcement officers, corrections professionals and individuals that deal with the aftermath of voilence such as rape crisis centers, shelters for battered women, and runaway shelters. The program serves, by offering tools to alleviate the trauma experienced by victims of crime and abuse.

The program has had great success in helping these communities deal with the stress in a positive and enriching way. Prison administrators have reported that inmates who have participated in the program exhibit less acting out in confrontational situations and increased cooperation with staff.

The cornerstone of the program are the dynamic breathing techniques that are part of the Art of Living Course. These release the accumulated effects of stress from the nervous system and help participants manage negative emotions in a safe and non-violent manner.

Reported benefits include:
- improved sleeping patterns,
- ability to accept responsibility for past actions and
- ability to handle conflict and stressful situations non-violently
- improved confidence and self-control

Irrespective of caste, creed, religion or geography these volunteers uphold the vision of a "One-World-Family" and live the truth of Sri Sri's statement that "Service is to see what is needed, to be available to the situation, surrounding circumstances and the willingness to jump into it - to be available."

9/11, New York, USA: Within hours of the 9/11 attack Art of Living volunteers in New York were on the scene offering refreshments and aid to the fire fighters. As the city reeled in the aftermath, free trauma counselling, meditation and Art of Living courses were provided to hundreds of New Yorkers.

Gujarat Earthquake, India: While the aftershocks of the earthquake still rocked the state, Art of Living volunteers opened their hearts and homes to victims - turning their homes into communal kitchens for entire neighborhoods and providing comfort and help wherever they could.

Over 100,000 people were provided with food, shelter and trauma counselling in the aftermath. The Art of Living family came together to rebuild 16 schools and adopted one village for complete reconstruction.

War, Kosovo: Volunteers collected and sent truckloads of relief material to refugee camps. Art of Living & meditation courses for war victims are provided in an ongoing manner to help victims deal with the devastation of war.

Poland: Volunteers collected and provided large amounts of food, clothing, and furniture to flood victims and the homeless. They rebuilt a school giving selflessly of their time, effort, energy and money to help bring lives back to normal.

Indonesian Floods: Volunteers adopted over 250 school children, providing them with school uniforms and supplies. They rebuilt 2 schools to ensure that the education of children could not be washed away amidst the chaos and destruction caused by the floods.

Breath Water Sound (also known as the Nav Chetna Shibir on the Indian sub-continent) is a dynamic program, designed for the financially, physically or emotionally challenged sections of the society, wether they be urban or rural.

From the ghettos of Chicago to the inaccessible tribal regions of India, over 2 million people all over the world, have benefitted from the workshop - Building their lives and their communities in the process.

The workshop provides tools that improve over-all health, wellness and increase enthusiasm and mental focus. Participants learn breathing, sound relaxation, and meditation techniques. As these techniques eliminate stress from the system, the mind gains the clarity to solve problems - when individuals are uplifted the whole community is enriched.

A major component of the workshop is community service . The final two days of this four-day course are centered around community empowerment and taking responsibility for the needs of one's community.

Breath Water Sound Workshop has been successful in:
- Eliminating Stress
- Reducing Alcoholism and drug abuse and absuive behavior patterns
- Increasing overall health and mental well-being
- Reaffirming basic human values
- Inspiring greater responsibility and a feeling of belongingness - building communities and the community spirit

Local Service Projects:

Fund Raiser concert for Katrina disaster relief with Pt. Jasraj. 5K Walkathon for Katrina disaster relief. Collected Clothes and materials for victims of Katrina. Blood drive for local Blood bank in Metuchen.