We had the good fortune of connecting with ACT Foundation USA and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi ACT Foundation, let’s start by talking about what inspires you?
Our Foundation was created by Mohanji in India in the year 2003, in honor of his daughter Ammu, who passed away at the age of four, in a tragic road accident three years earlier. She displayed maturity and purity, way beyond her physical age and during her brief sojourn on this planet, her love and charisma touched many people’s lives. It is through the love that continuously flows through ACT that little Ammu indeed lives on!

The MISSION of ACT Foundation is to provide care for the less fortunate, alleviate all forms of poverty and protect the environment through direct action, education and empowerment.

Our VISION is to create a better world through loving and selfless service that uplifts and transforms both the giver and the receiver.

ACT Foundation has been serving the Americas since 2013 and is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
– ACT Foundation is a global charity community with presence in all 6 continents and is completely volunteer run, which means that all of the donations directly reach the cause intended. – We deliver aid directly to the needy.
– Our causes and projects are wide and varied, encompassing small initiatives led by an individual or small group, to larger projects carried out in partnership with other organizations.
– We believe in the principle of Ahimsa or non violence and hence all our donations of food are vegan.
-In the USA we have volunteers in 12 states.
–We support various homeless shelters through donation of freshly cooked nutritious meals, dry non perishable food and other items such as hygiene products, paper goods, cleaning supplies and other necessities.
– We also support many farmed animal sanctuaries through donation of fresh vegetables and vegan animal food.
– ACT USA currently supports initiatives in South America – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil.
– A noteworthy project in Peru is the building Greenhouses for the indigenous community in Cuncani, near the famous Machu Picchu in Peru.
– We have partnered with Nexos Communitarios, Peru in their project called SomosAyllu – Community Development in an Interdependent World.
– This sustenance project is helping the community become self sufficient through vegetables grown in the greenhouses and supported by coherent water tubes used in farming. The benefits of using coherent water are many (https://www.somarka.com/benefits/).
– We also support the Yawanawa Tribe in the Amazon forests of Brazil.
– We deliver aid to the most needy in the rural sections of Colombia and also some poor sections in Bogota.
– In recent times we have been working on a project called the Fruit Trees Plantation Drive. Planting of fruit trees, on public property, in areas closer to woods is beneficial for all – the nature, birds, animals and us, the humans, since it connects us back to nature and also addresses food security issues for communities.
– We have continued to support and run projects during the Covid -19 situation, while following the protocols in place.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?

Our founder Mohanji who set up Ammucare Charitable Trust in India in 2003 which grew into ACT Foundation across the globe!

Mohanji is a philanthropist and a humanitarian. He has also founded other organizations such as Mohanji Foundation, Himalayan School of Traditional Yoga, Dance, Language Martial Arts and World Consciousness Alliance. He has dedicated his life towards serving the world. He is a lover of humanity believing humanity to be the best religion for humans. Humanity beyond all man-made barriers such as color and nationality. His love extends to all the beings on earth and he walks the path of ahimsa (non-violence) in thought, word and action. He is driven by the conviction that we should all leave the earth a better place after having lived on it.

Website: https://actfoundation.org/home/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actfoundationusa/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ACTFoundationUSA/

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