‘Dr. Arun Gandhi and Martin Luther King III will grace the occasion to mark the birthday of His Holiness in Washington on July 6,’ announced Tenzin Taklha, joint secretary at the Dalai Lama’s office on Monday. Over 100,000 people are expected to turn out for the Tuesday July 6th event being held at the Verizon […]
Missing girl child means murdered girl child in India
June 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
According to a recent report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) up to 50 million girls and women are missing in India’s population as a result of systematic sex-murder discrimination. Source: Harini Calamur | DNA INDIA A recent poll suggested that India was the fourth-most dangerous place in the world for women. Afghanistan and Congo, in […]
Eyewitness Account of Child Slavery
June 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
[Editor’s note: This report, written by Siddharth Kara, appeared in the Spring 2011 GoodWeave newsletter and is reprinted with permission. GoodWeave works to end child labor in the handmade rug industry and provide educational opportunities for children in South Asia.] Siddharth Kara is a Fellow on Human Trafficking at Harvard University and author of Sex […]
Transform Africa! Arun Gandhi Urges Graduates
June 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Guest post by Sharai Nondo | Africa University The graduating class of 2011 — the 17th class of graduates for the United Methodist-related school — included 279 bachelor’s degree and 71 master’s degree recipients from 19 African countries. Gandhi, an author, journalist and social activist and the grandson of Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi, urged the graduates […]
Father’s Day in India – Remembering ‘Bapu’
June 19, 2011 by 3 Comments
The concept of celebrating Father’s Day is very new in India. The idea of celebrating Fathers Day has been imported from western countries mainly US, perhaps less than a decade ago. However, it is remarkable to note that the idea of observing a day in honor of fathers has been appreciated by Indians to a […]
We are proving Gandhi right
June 18, 2011 by 1 Comment
There certainly are many issues involved in the modern phenomenon of making fun over someone’s religion. The primary issue that concerns me is the lack of respect for someone’s faith. In the world we live in, respect is eroding just as rapidly as the environment and the ecology. When people make fun of other people’s […]
Gandhi’s Face Found on Google Mars
June 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
An Italian space buff has claimed to have spotted the face of Mahatma Gandhi etched into the the rocks of Mars while scanning through latest pictures of the Red Planet. Matteo Lanneo was surveying the amazing pictures sent from Europe’s Mars Orbiter back to Earth when he came across this uncanny resemblance to the father […]
Education, Vocation Training, Rehabilitation & Child Labour
May 28, 2011 by 2 Comments
Guest Post by: Dr Neeraja Sharma Home Problem of Child-Labour is not new to anybody. ILO under convention 138 makes a distinction between child labour and child work. ‘Child work’ is that participation of children in the economy which does not affect their physical and mental development adversely. This kind of work under ILO guidelines […]
The Scourge of Modern Day Slavery
May 27, 2011 by 5 Comments
guest blog by Caroline Galea | carolinegalea.com The story of Kira beggars belief. Kira is a 28-year-old Moldavian woman who has, for seven years, spent most of her time as a sex slave. Her story was exposed in the British media in the last few weeks and is subject to an ongoing inquiry and court case […]
India Coal Towns, Many Miners are Children
May 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Times South Asia bureau chief Mark Magnier and photojournalist Daniel Berehulak report on the mining situation in the Jaintia Hills district of India, located in the northeastern state of Meghalaya. Perhaps as many as thousands of underage workers as young as 8, lured by the wages, leave school to work in coal mines under perilous […]
GoPhil Helps AVANI & Rescued Child Laborers
May 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In September of 2010, GoPhilanthropic visited its partners – AVANI school in Kolhpur, India who provide shelter and education for 36 children who have been rescued from a life of forced child labor. All of the children now attend school and thanks to the dedication of AVANI Director Anuradha Bhosale and others on her team, […]
Human Trafficking is Violence Against Humanity
May 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Fourteen-year old Gudiya Putul is not in Kingston, Jamaica attending the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC), but her name and history were brought to the attention of some IEPC participants Saturday during a workshop about economic injustice and human trafficking. Source: Ekklesia Putul (not her real name) is originally from a village in West Bengal, […]
Vote Now! YouTube Good Work Contest
May 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
YouTube is rewarding creatives for doing good work for good causes with their Good Work contest. We have produced a 60-second video that looks at the Good Work of Anuradha Bhosale and Avani at the Kolhapur Brick Kilns, empowering women and feeding and teaching children and rescuing them from forced labour. Produced by myself and shot […]
Kavi, A Realistic Account of Forced Child Labor
May 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In the genre of Slum Dog Millionaire, Kavi is a short film written-directed and produced by Gregg Helvey focusing on the problem of child labour in India. It was nominated for Oscar in 2010. Its a 19-minute fictional account of a young boy who wants to escape from the brick kiln where he is forced to […]
Child Labourers’ Plight: Underpaid and Overworked
May 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Source: Puja Marwaha | Mumbai DNA For most people in cities, Labour Day (or May Day, which was on May 1) was just another public holiday that nobody thought too much about. On a day marked to give voice to the rights of the Indian work force, perhaps one ought to consider those who have […]