AROGYA INC DBA AROGYA WORLD

Programs

1. Healthy schoolshealthy schools is arogya world's first program and is a two-year school-based healthy living education program that teaches children between the ages of 11 to 14 the basics of eating right and increasing physical activity (important behaviors for preventing diabetes) before children's lifestyle habits are set. In 2023, the healthy schools program continued its scale-up and added another 600,000 kids through their strategic partners, child in need institute (cini) and sru innovation. The healthy schools program in 2023 educated children in the states of gujuratgujarat, karnataka, tamil nadi, uttar pradesh (up), and west bengal. The program is significantly supported by a multi-year grant from rural supporting india trust (rist).in 2023, the organization continued to work with dr. Latha palaniappan and her team at stanford care (center for asian healthcare research and education) on 3rd party evaluation of the effectiveness of the healthy schools program over multiple years from 2015. Evaluation was completed and the manuscript has been submitted for publication.

   $323,483 spentof which $189,273 as grants
   39% of program spending

2. Mythali:mythali is a nutritional tool that was developed based on india's national institute of nutrition guidelines. It addresses the most common challenge to healthy eating, teaching people about the importance of good nutrition and eating. It accomplishes this in picture form, showing what cooked foodwhat cooked food, someone should eat, and in what quantities, at each meal.mythali was first developed for urban women to empower them to prepare healthy meals for themselves and their families. With a recurring annual grant from the cigna foundation, the organization has leveraged social media, influencers, celebrity chefs, as well as the organization's healthy workplaces and disseminated educational articles written by the organization's nutritionist, to promote eating right among urban indians. The mythali campaign has been one of the most successful healthy eating consumer awareness programs. In 2023, the organization continued with the success of their 2022 mythali campaigns: red saree challenge for women's heart health in march where male influencers showed their support for women's heart health by wearing a red saree; and the highly successful annual #healthywalidiwali…

   $187,243 spentof which $31,604 as grants
   23% of program spending

3. Global advocacy and awareness:the organization pioneered bangalore as india's first arogya city in 2022 with partners rotary and bpac. Arogya city is a program where the city's government, corporations, start-ups, educational institutes and civil society collaborate to improve the health and well-being of the people/ meaningful efforts that address ncd prevention and control, mental health and leverage the use of technology. In 2023, pledgemakerspledge makers celebrated the half-way mark and featured several of them who performed really well. Catalyst 2030 and indiaspora joined the organization as new partners and will help the organization expand this program to other cities. The arogya city bengalaru campaign won the gold level award at the prestigious 2023 et kaleido award and was invited to be part of the bangalore design week'23. Throughout 2023, arogya world continued to advance the "healthy dialogue" in india and globally. The organization engaged in and spoke and/or chaired at notable forums and conferences. The organization was invited to participate in strategic forums including ashoka aspire huddle, et women's conclave 2023, who south east asia conference, anemia sbcc…

   $129,907 spent
   16% of program spending

4. Mdiabetes (mhealth/technology):in 2023, arogya continued to expand its mdiabetes program by leveraging mobile health technology as a smart solution to the ncd crisis. Mdiabetes is the organization's mobile phone messaging system using text messages/what's app that has a cumulative reach of 1.5 million people to date. The organization has helped people lead healthier lives by sending them text and voice messages in their local language, educating them about diabetes prevention and healthy living.with the support of rural india supporting trust (rist), the organization forged a new partnership in 2021 with the renowned lv prasad eye institute (lvpei) in hyderabad, india to educate villagers over two years through mdiabetes voice messages sent in their local language, telugu. This project built upon past mdiabetes projects with the integration into a community health education effort and reinforcement of the messages by frontline health workers. This project was completed in 20222022, but follow-up measurements were done in 2023 and a manuscript was developed by lv prasad eye institute. In addition, catalyst 2030 funded an mdiabetes program which we implemented in partnership with…

   $58,224 spentof which $18,842 as grants
   7% of program spending

5. Healthy workplacesthroughout 2023, arogya world continued to advance the "healthy dialogue" in india and globally. The organization engaged in and spoke and/or chaired at notable forums and conferences. The organization was invited to participate in strategic forums including ashoka aspire huddle, et women's conclave 2023, who south east asia conference, anemia sbcc collaborative think tank, catalyst 2030 india nutrition collaborative, nasscom healthtech and others.the organization won the prestigious innovation award presented by global digital health summit, expo and awards and importantly the csr impact awards creating impact in ncds. The organization's ceo was invited to join the cii national public health council.

   $120,102 spent
   15% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $818,959.