Founded by leaders of the South Asian community in 2009, SKN Foundation is dedicated to improve the total well-being of a person through education. In the last few years, SKN Foundation has created a track record of partnering with various cultural groups and institutions to bring health education in innovative ways to the community. The current active projects of the SKN Foundation include: 1) Move it to Lose it (MITLI): a six week after school program for elementary school children to raise awareness about childhood obesity. This program utilizes the dance forms of Bollywood, Bhangra, an ethnic dance form of India and Hiphop to motivate the children to get them to be physically active. Hands on workshops teach them the various aspects of eating healthy including the importance of portion control, calorie counting and the identification of various food groups and types of foods. 2) Asian Indian Cultural Awareness Training (AICAT): “This practical training educates health care providers to better communicate with Asian Indian patients and learn about the health disparities specific to this community. The workshops, approved for nursing and social work credits are performed though various hospital networks to better understand this community to increase compliance and improve health outcomes. 3) SAHRI (the South Asian Health Research Institute) is a web based resource center to disseminate, develop research tools and information specific to the South Asian community. This internet tool will provide a community resource and information guide for specific health conditions and will enhance and consolidate the current medical literature specific to the South Asian community. 4) Sanatan Vidyalay: A Sunday school program to educate the children about the heritage and the culture of India. The school also provides a platform to teach them about their health and how to better manage it through the use of Yoga.