AVANI is my heart | Click here to add your pebble of sand into the bucket. We thank you! The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute (GWEI) vision: provide the imperiled children of India with a safe place where they will be housed and fed while they receive training to prepare them for a life outside the prison […]
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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, […]
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 […]
America to Kolhapur: A Mahatma Gandhi inspired Journey
September 1, 2010 by 3 Comments
GWEI Directors Anuradha Bhosale, Jean Williams, and Scott Kafora were just featured in the DNA Mumbai news! ———- From America to Kolhapur: The journey Mahatma Gandhi inspired By Mohsin Mulla | DNA News | Friday, Aug 27, 2010 Over 60 years after he died, father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi continues to find followers globally. […]
India’s child slaves building the Games
August 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
India’s child slaves building the Games By JESSICA HALLORAN in New Delhi From: The Sunday Telegraph August 15, 2010 12:00AM INDIA’S $3 billion Commonwealth Games is being built by children working for as little as $3 a day. Human rights groups have accused organisers of reneging on promises to look after workers and criticised the […]
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 […]
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Legacy Partners
In addition to the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, two other registered tax-exempt public organizations were involved in the planning and execution of the AVANI Residential School and Eco-Dome project. They are: The Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, Mumbai, India Founded in 1995 the foundation exists to spread Gandhi’s message of nonviolence, including its integral concept of “Sarvodaya” […]