Founded in 1981 by the global spiritual leader and humanitarian, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living Foundation is now present in 180 countries across the globe. We have touched the lives of more than 500 million people and the number is increasing day by day. The Art of Living Foundation is a philanthropic one and has, since the beginning, worked selflessly to achieve its aim of a stress free and uplifted society with happy individuals. We believe that each individual has the right to get basic needs fulfilled such as food, shelter, clothing and that children specially should be provided with everything they need to blossom as they should for a better society. The “Gift a Smile – Care for children” project is one which caters to children coming from difficult backgrounds or whose parents cannot afford to send them to school. We have 1262 schools across 22 states in India providing free holistic, value-based education impacting over 100,000 underprivilged children, with special focus on the girl child. Along with free education children are provided textbooks, uniforms, mid-day meals and in some cases transportation free of cost. The practice of yoga and meditation is integrated into the curriculum of the school and co-curricular activities ensure the all-round development of the child.