Watch Tower: Girl child still at risk Women are under-represented in governance and decision-making positions. In MP and Rajasthan, less than 50% of women have access to money in the household – Sumit Dhanraj The declining female sex ratio indicates the grassroot problem of traditional mentality of male chauvinistic world where man and woman together […]
After 11-Hour Operation, Nigerian Conjoined Twins Separated in India
June 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
After 11-Hour Operation, Nigerian Conjoined Twins Separated in India Surgeons in India achieved a rare medical feat yesterday by successfully separating Nigerian eight-month-old conjoined twins in a private hospital in Bangalore after 11-hour long surgery, ending a prolonged wait and bringing a bundle of joy to the parents. Read more on This Day Melinda Gates […]
After epic ride, Telluride’s Allen hits U.S. soil again
June 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
After epic ride, Telluride’s Allen hits U.S. soil again On a crisp October morning some 14 months ago, Stephen Allen pedaled his bike out of Telluride, down the Spur and south on Highway 145 toward Dolores. Read more on Telluride Daily Planet Cautious Welcome for New UK Aid Commitments DAKAR, Jun 4 (IRIN) – Aid […]
The Problem of Working With Men
June 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Problem of Working With Men In the fishing hamlets and agricultural communities that dot south India, men often seem less like partners, and more like obstacles, in the desperate quest to provide for impoverished families. Read more on New York Times Court wants cover for pregnant women Three months before her delivery, 24-year-old Fatima, […]
Lanka seeks partnerships with India in infrastructure,services
June 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Lanka seeks partnerships with India in infrastructure,services Ahead of his visit to India next week, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said there was an immense scope to boost the “irreversible” bilateral ties and sought partnerships in infrastructure, manufacturing and services sector between the two neighbours. Read more on Business Standard India Narendra Modi criticises […]
Has India Become the Poster Child for the World’s Population Woes?
June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Has India Become the Poster Child for the World’s Population Woes? The image above evokes a certain reaction. It’s a sense of claustrophobia, of overcrowding, and of a general impression of population excess. This seems to be how most of us are programmed to think about countries like China and India. Lisa Hymas, senior editor […]
Treading the Gandhian Path – by Sunderlal Bahuguna
June 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: This essay first appeared in ‘Gandhi and the Contemporary World’, edited by Antony Copley and George Paxton, published by the Indo-British Historical Society in 1997. The author Sunderlal Bahuguna, born 1927, is a noted environmentalist and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of Non-violence and Satyagraha. Born in a remote Himalayan village and […]
What is the Need?
June 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
FACT: In India, 90 million children younger than the age of 14 are working as common laborers or begging on the streets of large cities. These children receive no education. Often they work in dangerous conditions or are mistreated by their employers. Some are orphans. Some have been abandoned by parents, and others are from […]
About the Children
June 1, 2010 by
The initial roots for the school and its children date back five years. Mrs. Anuradha Bhonsle (Bhon-sleigh) graduated from the Tata School of Social Sciences and decided to educate children living in the slums of Kolhapur, 200 miles south of Bombay (Mumbai). She found that the children could not come to a school because they […]
Contribute To Our Work
May 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Please Contribute to the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute The Gandhi Institute is dedicated to educating, empowering and serving. Your support enables the creation of GWEI programs of education and poverty abatement, as well as initiatives of peace and and systematic applications of nonviolence. Volunteers – For more information about how your contribution can be put to […]
History of Sunanda Gandhi Memorial School
May 27, 2010 by
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.
About The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute
May 27, 2010 by
The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute 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.
GWEI Executive Summary
May 27, 2010 by
This project focuses on local solutions to the human development issues associated with these challenging conditions.
The Spirit of M.K. Gandhi
May 25, 2010 by
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement