Anuradha Bhosale Nominated for Human Rights Award
Global Exchange will award one People’s Choice honoree in 2012. The People’s Choice honoree will receive $1,000 in honor of their work and will be recognized at this year’s Human Rights Awards celebration on May 10, 2012. Please join us in voting for our very own Anuradha Bhosale, a renowned grassroots women’s ...
About GWEI
Gandhi Worldwide has embarked on an ambitious multi-pronged program to help eradicate the scourge of poverty and human degradation. Gandhi said: "Poverty is the worse form of violence," and must be tackled on all fronts to ensure human rights and human dignity to those who are victims of societal exploitation. The ...
Volunteers Needed
All that we’ve accomplished has been made possible through the generosity of individuals who care enough to donate their time, services and have taken the courageous action to give back. Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute is always looking for new volunteers and has no shortage of opportunity to apply your unique skills ...
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The Gandhi Institute, under the direction of Arun Gandhi (fifth grandson of Mahatma Gandhi) is proposing the establishment of a boarding/day school in the town of Kolhapur, focused on providing a free education and supportive community environment in which rural village children can experience a childhood of development and preparation ...
The Spirit of M.K. Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa or total nonviolence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom ...
History of Sunanda Gandhi Memorial School
Built on the shoulders of the Avani residential school for children, the Sunanda Gandhi Memorial Home and School will partner with Avani and expand its courageous work. Five acres of land have been acquired in the village Vashi on the outskirts of the city of Kolhapur. The hope is to ...
Partners
In addition to the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, two other registered tax-exempt public organizations are involved in the planning and execution of this project. They are: The Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, Mumbai, India Founded in 1995 the foundation exists to spread Gandhi’s message of nonviolence, including its integral concept of “Sarvodaya” (the welfare of ...
Spinning Khadi for Peace
Rita Kapur Chisti, is the founder of Ananda Delhi Textile, an organization devoted to the marriage of organic cotton farming and hand spinning in the production of khadi, the Indian textile championed by Gandhi. Gandhi’s vision of “swaraj” or self-rule was centered in part on the rejuvenation of the village ...
The Board
The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute's Board of Directors is comprised of 13 members from vastly different and yet significantly complementary professional backgrounds enabling us to pursue our Mission with dedication and resolve. GWEI Board Members Officers Arun Gandhi - President Joanna Amaral - Secretary Robert Shallenberg - Treasurer Members of the Board (alphabetical) Anish Prasad - Chairman Anish.Prasad(at)gandhiforchildren.org ...



Dr. Arun M. Gandhi
Founder & President
Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute

















