Sunil Kamble was the first in his family to graduate from school. The SSC exam (Secondary School Certificate) is a state board final exam all students must pass out of their 10th grade of secondary school education. Once a student passes the exam, they are eligible to enroll in junior college for the next […]
Gandhi Legacy & Development Tour
March 5, 2012 by 4 Comments
SATYAGRAHA TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA First Inaugural Tour Delegation May 2014 Arun Gandhi’s 80th Birth Anniversary (1934) Celebrated in Durban, Phoenix Settlement | Led by Arun Gandhi, Tushar Gandhi, apprentice Managing Director Lynnea Bylund Second Tour Delegation May 2015 | Led by Arun Gandhi and Lynnea Bylund Third Tour Delegation May 2018 | Arun Gandhi, Tushar […]
Gandhiji Birthday Observed Globally
October 2, 2011 by 5 Comments
Non-violence and peace are all best exemplified with one name – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), also known as Mahatma Gandhi. Today is the 141st birthday of one of the world's most notable peace-keepers: Mohandas Gandhi. Countless observances and gatherings are celebrating the birth anniversary of Gandhiji around the world. Residing in the minds of millions, […]
Spinning Khadi for Peace
June 26, 2010 by 2 Comments
Gandhi’s vision of “swaraj” or self-rule was centered in part on the rejuvenation of the village organized around the spinning of cotton, which also had the political goal of freeing India from its artificially created dependence on British textiles produced in Manchester.
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 […]
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