Jeevaba Nana Park, where the Avani residential home is located is 7 kilometers from Kolhapur city. Avani is working on the prevention of the many aspects of child exploitation. With scarcity of infrastructure and help of local donors is trying to support children from the deprived classes. The children are provided food, clothes, shelter, proper […]
New Beginnings, a Poem, Invocation, & Invitation for 2012
January 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Protect Children During Super Bowl!
December 27, 2011 by 1 Comment
Earlier this year we blogged about the darkest side of the Super Bowl: in recent years it (and other major sports events) has been invaded by human traffickers. They're attracted by the large profits to be made in peddling prostitutes, including girls as young as 13, in the shadows of the nation's most high-profile sporting […]
5 Million Child Labourers in India
December 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Nearly 5 million children are still engaged as laborers across the country, Indian Labor Minister Mallikarjun Kharge informed the government yesterday. The Labor Minister, made it clear that the number of child laborers in the country was declining, however. “As per Census 2001, there were 5 million working children in the country in the age […]
Declan Galbraith sings ‘Tell Me Why’
December 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Child labour probed in Nestle cocoa fields
November 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Source: The Hindu The world's biggest food company, Nestle SA, says it will work with a non-profit group to investigate child labour on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast that supply its factories. Little has changed in the decade since the Swiss company and other major chocolate makers signed a U.S.-brokered international agreement in September 2001 […]
In Palm Springs Arun Gandhi Spreads Message of Peace
November 20, 2011 by 1 Comment
Source: Catalyst House Blog | Photo Credit: Wade Nomura P reaching the message of peace and nonviolence at the recent Peace Conference in Palm Spring, California, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Arun Gandhi said, "Over the years we have been feeding the wrong wolf in us, and so we have seen this escalation of violence." The conference was […]
Gandhi Spoke at Montessori London 1931
November 10, 2011 by 8 Comments
"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children." — Mohandas Gandhi Dr. Maria Montessori met Mahatma Gandhi in the beginning of October, 1931 in London. Then on October 28, 1931 Gandhi spoke at the […]
Arun Gandhi to speak in Palm Springs CA
November 8, 2011 by 1 Comment
Attend the Palm Springs Rotary Peace Conference. Listen and participate in topics on Peace through Education. Hear the words of Arun Gandhi, Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee and Rotary Peace Fellows. "Peace Through Education Is Possible" – Rotary Peace Conference PALM SPRINGS, CA – Peace is Possible, and on November 13, 2011 Rotarians and peacemakers […]
The Problem of Child Labour in India
November 8, 2011 by 2 Comments
Guest Post by Pradeep Kumar Gangwar – Assistant Professor of Law at the school of C.C.S. University. The government to India ratified the convention in December 1992 but with the solitary rider in the relation to article 32 due to wide spread poverty and illiteracy which are some of the reason beyond its control. Under […]
Arun Gandhi speaks to Hatboro-Horsham High School students
October 29, 2011 by 3 Comments
Peace activist Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, came to Hatboro-Horsham High School to teach students about nonviolence and to talk about the two years he lived with his grandfather. He spoke to students in assemblies and small groups Tuesday. “I just hope it makes students a little more reflective,” high school enrichment teacher Kim […]
Philip Morris Tobacco Farms Using Forced Child Labor
October 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Posted by Byard Duncan at AlterNet There are a million reasons not to smoke cigarettes. Today, a Human Rights Watch report offers you yet another. The report, titled “Hellish Work: Exploitation of Migrant Tobacco Workers in Kazakhstan,” documents a series of abuses by farmers under contract with the tobacco giant Philip Morris. They include the […]
WORLD FOOD DAY
October 14, 2011 by 1 Comment
It can be easy to forget that one in seven people will go to bed hungry tonight. To mark World Food Day on October 16, we find out why mothers and children are being targeted in the fight against hunger. SOURCE: LIZZY WOOD | MINDFOOD.COM – World Food Day provides a timely opportunity to remember the […]
Local Hero Rescues Girl Sold by Her Father
September 24, 2011 by 2 Comments
Source: Sakal Daily In the streets of a small town, Kagal, some citizens had noticed a small girl of 9 years tending a bunch of donkeys. They came to know from her that she was sold by her drunkard father to a local owner of a brick kiln. Her plight was brought to the notice […]
Vandana Shiva on Knowledge, Biodiversity & Sustainable Living
September 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
GWEI friend, Dr. Vandana Shiva waxes prolifically on all things that matter to and for life on earth. ————- Vandana Shiva: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and Sustainable Living By Bhavani Prakash | EcoWalkTheTalk.com Dr Vandana Shiva needs little introduction as a prominent environmental, social justice and anti-GM activist. In 2010, she received the Sydney Peace Prize and was named […]