Posts by Lynnea
January 11: SEWA
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, we will spend a full day with the women of SEWA, (Self-Employed Women’s Association of India) located in Ahmedabad, India. SEWA is a trade union registered in 1972. It is an organization of poor, self-employed women workers. These are women who earn a living through their own labor or small businesses. They do not obtain regular salaried employment with welfare benefits like workers in the organized sector. They are the unprotected labor force of our country. Constituting 93% of the labor force, these are workers of the unorganized sector. Of the female labor force in India, more than 94% are in the unorganized...
Read MoreJan 12: Heritage Walk of Old City of Ahmedabad
Heritage Walk of Old City of Ahmedabad: Early morning, before breakfast, enjoy a heritage walking tour in the old city of Ahmedabad. See how the women compensate who are in the city where they might not have access to a river or lake to wash their clothes. Visit a Muslim Mosque in session, a Jain Temple in morning session, cows sitting relaxing outside the Jain Temples. Walk among the camels, elephants, bicycles and motorcycles as we walk from temple, to mosque to temple. Visit the Kavi Dalpatram Memorial – Kavi Dalpatram was born into a Brahmin family which was rich in Vedic knowledge and culture. He had powerful analytical and intellectual skills enabled...
Read MoreJanuary 13: Ajmer and Barefoot College India
Upon arrival at the Ajmer railway station, the group will be transferred to the Paradizzo Resort, Ajmer. Buffet breakfast at the hotel, and then a full day visit to the Barefoot College India. Dr. Bunker Roy at Barefoot College in Ajmer, India addressing the Gandhi Legacy Tour of India Delegation. Established in 1972, Barefoot College India is a non-government organization that has been providing basic services and solutions to problems in rural communities, with the objective of making them self-sufficient and sustainable. These ‘Barefoot College India solutions’ can be broadly categorized into solar energy, water, education, health care, rural handicrafts, people’s...
Read MoreJanuary 14: Pushkar / Sariska
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, the group will drive to Sariska in North Rajasthan via Volvo bus. Travel Time: 5-6 hours Upon our arrival at Tarun Bharat Sangh’s Campus Ashram, The Gandhi Legacy Tour of India delegation are warmly greeted by The Waterman of India, Dr. Rajendra Singh, his family and the community members he serves. We are honored, introduced to each other, served some chai masala and learned more about the community, his background and projects, at the Tarun Bharat Sangh Campus he founded. A compelling story is told by Kasturi, one of the women in the Sariska community who now serves as a board member of Tarun Bharat Sangh’s...
Read MoreJanuary 15: The Waterman of India
Sariska to Delhi by Volvo Bus: Travel Time 3 to 4 hours Buffet breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, the group will visit the Tarun Bharat Sangh (“TBS”) Campus and their field sites. A tip of the hat goes to Tushar Gandhi for introducing us to this amazing innovator … Rajendra Singh is a man on a mission – he wants to stop a Third World War from breaking out because of water shortage. Singh, known as the “waterman of India”, is a celebrated water reclaimationist from the Alwar district of Rajasthan India. Singh won the Stockholm Water Prize, an award known as “the Nobel Prize for water”, in 2015. The prize honors individuals, organizations and...
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