Dr. Arun M. Gandhi
Founder & President
Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute
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 ...
About Our Mission
About GWEI
Gandhi Worldwide has embarked on an ambitious multi-pronged program to help eradicate the scourge of poverty and human … Read more
Our Vision
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Upcoming Events
Gandhi Tours
Dr. Arun Gandhi and Tushar Gandhi are proud to offer “The Gandhian Legacy 2013-2014 Travel Tours”. For the past … Read more
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The Gandhi Institute, under the direction of Arun Gandhi (fifth grandson of Mahatma Gandhi) is proposing the establishment of … Read more
Gandhi Worldwide Blog
Sunanda Gandhi: A Mothers’ Day Tribute
When he introduced himself as the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi to his nurse, her instantaneous response that she was the queen of England! This began a courtship that led to their marriage and a life filled with love, laughter and song which my brother, Tushar and I have had the privilege to share in with [...]
Just Imagine: Is this too much to ask?
“Imagine what we can do if 100,000 people decide to donate $3 a month (just 10 cents per day) for 12 months? It could transform the lives of thousands of children and their families. Is this too much to ask?” It is a sad commentary on our civilization that millions of children all over the world are [...]
A Trusteeship of Intention
AVANI, Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute and Mahatma Gandhi Foundation came together with an intention to serve the children and in doing so serve whom Bapu (Gandhi) held dearest, ‘Poorest of poor and weakest of weak’. ‘Child trafficking’ is a newly coined fancy term for the age old practice of exploiting and abusing the weak and [...]
Anuradha Bhosale to Speak at Vanguard University!
Anti Child Labor and Women’s Rights Hero from India, Anuradha Bhosale, to Speak at Vanguard University Open to the public, renowned grassroots women’s rights and anti-child labor activist based in the Kolhapur district of India will speak Monday April 15th at 7:30 at Vanguard University Heath Building Room 100 Orange County CA – April 14, 2013: Anuradha [...]
9 Wonderful Quotes from MK Gandhi
9 Wonderful Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi – 1) "If we are to teach real peace in this world…we shall have to begin with the children." 2) “By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and man; body, mind and spirit.” 3) “Character alone will have real effect on the [...]
CalEarth Apprentice Arrives in Kolhapur to build (and teach) Super-Adobe Structures
Excerpt from Whitey Flagg's ShelterSpace blog In September I returned to Southern California to begin my long-term apprenticeship at Cal-Earth. I learned Super-adobe and many different types of foundations, flooring, plastering, waterproofing, and much more. I have been studying Permaculture for some time but was also able to participate in a PDC course and finally receive [...]
Indian Human Rights Activist Rescues Child Laborers
Every morning at 6:00, the children that Anuradha Bhosale has rescued from labor in the nearby brickyards gather to practice yoga. After a simple breakfast and assigned chores, those of school age go off to classes at the government school. Images by Scott Kafora / Teysha For the past 17 years, Anuradha Bhosale has lived [...]
50,000 Indian Children Trafficked Yearly
Mother, I'm off to buy some sweets, I'll be back quickly to do my homework. Those were the last words 13-year-old Shivam Singh's mum heard from him. He never returned, becoming one of the 50,000 children who go missing every year in India. "My son left his books open, put on his sandals, combed his [...]
Remembering Gandhi’s Second Son: Manilal Gandhi
Source: ArunGandhi.net Last week October 29 was the birthday of Manilal Gandhi, Arun Gandhi’s late father and the second son of M.K. Gandhi. Here is a brief look at Manilal’s own life and legacy drawn from a few select sources: Listen to a 1954 interview w/ Manilal Gandhi Manilal Mohandas Gandhi (28 October 1892 – 4 [...]
Quest for Peace: Documentary by Matthew J. Evans
Here is an outstanding film by a teenager I met in San Luis Obispo, CA. Matthew J. Evans takes a look at one of the most pressing issues in our modern society: violence among religions. Through discussions with myself, and local religious leaders from the Central Coast of California, Matthew learns powerful lessons about nonviolence, [...]
Gandhi Day: Gandhi’s Poignant Legacy
On the 143rd birth anniversary of my grandfather I am reminded of a poignant statement he made to a journalist who asked: What do you think will happen with your philosophy after you die? With sadness in his voice he said: “The people will follow me in life, worship me in death but not make [...]
Kashmiri schoolchildren mark World Peace Day
Published in The Express Tribune While violent protests raged across the country schoolchildren in Azad Jammu and Kashmir marked the International Day of Peace – which is celebrated around the world on September 21. Kashmiri schoolchildren celebrated the day by staging a grand walk at the Line of Control in Neelam Valley district to press [...]
AVANI In The News!
Times of India story featuring Arun Gandhi, Anuradha Bhosale, and AVANI, fighting forced child labor! Times of India AVANI story from KOLHAPUR Related PostsKavi, A Realistic Account of Forced Child LaborIn the genre of Slum Dog Millionaire, Kavi is a short film written-directed and produced by Gregg … The Power of Engaged Philanthropy: Seeing for [...]
All children deserve a beautiful childhood
Source: DNA Mumbai Sixty-five years after Independence, millions of Indian children are yet to be freed from the bondage of malnutrition, child labour, lack of education and child abuse. Their wait to enjoy their childhood and realize their full potential seems to be getting longer with every passing anniversary of our Independence. A look at [...]
Breaking News on Child Poverty, Education & Trafficking
- Gordon Brown: A campaign of triumph January 12, 2013The protests against child labour in India are also accompanied by online petitions organised by Avaaz and local Indian groups with, already, ... […]Gulf Today
- This campaign was a triumph. So how do we make the most of it? January 11, 2013Many of them have been trafficked. Ten million girls each year are forced into ... The protests against child labour in India are also accompanied by online ... […]The Independent
- The Forgotten People of India Child Laborers Part II January 9, 2013Child labor has had a tumultuous history in India that has been fueled largely ... The work Raj described was treacherous Most of the workers were children ...www.christianpost.com/.../the-forgotten-people-of-india-child-... […](author unknown)
- The Forgotten People of India: Child Laborers Part II January 9, 2013Child labor has had a tumultuous history in India that has been fueled largely by ... Most of the workers were children with no safety protections and were ... […]Christian Post
- Indian children to march against child labour and trafficking ... December 10, 2012... against child labour and trafficking in India's northeastern state of Assam. ... the formative years of their lives these child labourers miss out on Education and ...southasia.oneworld.net/.../indian-children-to-march-against-ch... […](author unknown)
- Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir flags off march against child labour ... December 9, 2012GUWAHATI: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir flagged off a 300-km march against of child labour and trafficking in the city on Saturday. The march was organized by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan and Global March against Child Labour in association with ...See all stories on this topic » […]Times of India