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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 [...]
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 [...]
Bangladesh's child population (under 18), comprising 45% of the total population are virtually unnoticed. They are vast untapped wealth that could be turned into effective manpower. Born mostly of poor parents, the male children supplement the meager income of the parents, while most female children in urban areas work as domestic help. A big number [...]
Source: Irish Times WHEN EDITH Wilkins was handed the keys of her new council home, with its spectacular views across the bay of Crosshaven in her native Co Cork last week, she was over the moon, describing herself and her two adopted children as “so incredibly lucky”. Friends have suggested it may be “karma”; [...]
Source: Catalyst House Salvador Bahia, Brazil — (SBWIRE) — 06/23/2012 – Dr. Arun Gandhi, noted peace and human rights activist and president of the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute (‘GWEI’) has accepted an invitation to provide keynote address from the Brazilian City of Salvador Bahia (Salvador da Bahia) at the City’s annual Education in the First Place [...]
From our journey to your journey—we’re all in this together. Guest post by: Missy Crutchfield / Be Magazine On my visit to India on the “Gandhi Legacy Tour” I realized even deeper the power of the words, actions, and activism of Mahatma Gandhi. Experiencing the last seven years in my work where I live… I [...]
A carry over from the English colonial days of India, the Devadasi are today thought of as the 'temple prostitutes', a fate the befalls many young Indian girls. According to Wikipedia, the devadasi tradition (देवदासी / ದೇವದಾಸಿ; “servant of god”) … is a religious tradition in which girls are “married” and dedicated to a deity (deva or [...]
The Legacy Tour Continues - Reality Tours Thanks Arun Gandhi for 15 Years of Partnership Guest post by Malia Everette | Global Exchange Back in 1997 Reality Tours wanted to offer a tour of a lifetime to India that would inspire our members. When we met Dr. Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and [...]
Last week, a 13-year-old maid was found screaming on a balcony after the couple she worked for locked her in the apartment while they went on vacation. The girl was sold to a job placement agency by her uncle and worked for the two doctors for free while being underfed and beaten. UNICEF reports India [...]
Unite to Light is a not for profit 501 (c) (3) corporation dedicated to providing low cost lighting to those without electricity, and eliminating the health and environmental issues associated with existing light sources used by this population, such as kerosene. In doing so, we will allow children the opportunity to study in the evening. [...]
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti — Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Arun Gandhi, visited Haiti on a goodwill tour the last week of March 2012. He spent his five-day tour visiting a camp operated by Sean Penn’s J/P Haitian Relief Organization, leading a workshop with community leaders at Viva Rio, as well as talking with leaders from the United Nations [...]
GWEI founder, Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, delivered the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Monday night in Cornell University's Sage Chapel, linking his grandfather’s theory of nonviolence to King. “I changed the two words, ‘non-violence’ to one word, ‘nonviolence,’” Gandhi said during the speech. “It stands on its own [and] it is [...]
895 streets in the America are named Martin Luther King Jr. Hundreds of clinics, community centers, hospitals and parks throughout the nation also bear his name. No other modern American figure’s name has been attached to so many civic places, said Derek Alderman, a professor of geography at the University of East Carolina who studies [...]
NEW BEGINNINGS ——— Another year, another day and the dark slowly gives way to in its annual cycle into the light of day. We are on an ascending ladder to Jacob's Bright House as we dance midstream between the light and dark of old times and new beginnings. We who have committed to walk [...]
Declan John Galbraith (born 19 December 1991, Hoo St Werburgh, Kent) is an English singer. He is best known for his 2002 hit single, "Tell Me Why", which peaked at #29 in the UK Singles Chart. Enjoy his heartfelt message of hope for all victimized children.His first self-titled album, Declan, with Irish traditional songs and [...]
