Sraddhaya deyum, Asraddhaya deyum, Sriya deyum, Hriya deyum, Bhiya deyum, Samvida deyum -Taittiriya Upanishad

(Give with faith and reverence. Do not give without faith. Give as much as you can. Give with modesty. Give with awe. Give with empathy.)

HAA is a cultural association registered as a non-profit organization, and charity is one of its objectives. HAA believes that charity is essential in building a strong community around us. Since its inception, HAA has been doing charitable work collectively or through its chapters and members. Even though all charitable works are noble, HAA being a registered organization follows some guidelines regarding charity:

• HAA is a non-profit organization, and donations are tax exempted.
• Demographically, donations should have a wider reach.
• Resolution is adopted to spend yearly at least $2000 from HAA funds for charity here in the USA and India equitably. 
• With approval from the committee, members can raise funds for the charity to help a general cause.
• Individual donations to other individuals or any other non-profit organization are not encouraged.

Following the guidelines, HAA has responded to many natural calamities. Here are some of the charitable contributions made in the previous years:

• Tsunami disaster in 2004
• Katrina flood in New Orleans., 2005
• Hurricane Harvey in Texas. 2017
• Northern Karnataka Flood relief fund 2019
• Kodagu Flood relief fund 2019
• Covid relief fund 2021 Donated to SEWA international, Chinmaya Hospital and to ARMMAN
• Donated to ‘Feeding America’ USA 2021
• Flood relief donation to SwarnavalliMatha, Uttara Kannada 2021
• HAA has contributed to Mathas, Hostels, ‘Doctors without Borders’ and many other organizations over the years.

Additionally, HAA has two of its ongoing flagship charitable projects. 

HAA Vidyanidhi. Every year HAA has been giving about 35 scholarships to financially poor but meritorious Havyaka students in India for the last eight years.

Havyaka Krishi. Since Havyakas have roots in agriculture, HAA is funding a few research projects developing machinery to process areca nuts in India.

Membership is the only revenue source for the association. Adding more life members and patrons would help to do more charitable activities. All donations can be made through Zelle and PayPal to  treasurer@havyak.org and are tax-deductible. For further information, please, contact charity@havyak.org 

Charity committee; Krishna Upadhya, Venkat Bhat, Anand Hegde, Krishna Prasad Balike, Gopal Bhat, Ranjan Hegde.