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Manav Sadhana, an NGO based in Sabarmati Ashram
On previous tours, we visited the “Manav Sadhna, an NGO based in the Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram, Ahmedabad, which is dedicated to the upliftment of the underprivileged through love.” Manav Sadhana – In 1990, a team of young volunteers, inspired by Gandhian values, began gathering under the branches of a tree in the Gandhi Ashram every Saturday to play with street children. They provided the children with a nutritional meal and taught them about basic hygiene by cutting their nails and bathing them. This activity quickly came together into a full time endeavor working to brighten the future of underprivileged children. Today, from a quiet corner in the Gandhi Ashram,...
Read MorePretoria Highlights
In 1894 Gandhi helped found the Natal Indian Congress, to unify local Indians into a political force, and became the first secretary. In September of the same year, Gandhi became the first Indian to be enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Natal. Gandhi felt firsthand what it was like to be discriminated upon, he struggled to find a hotel in Johannesburg and the Grand National Hotel would not allow him to eat in hotel dining room. The Central Baptist Church turned Gandhi away and would not let him enter a white church. At the meeting held in the Empire Theater in Johannesburg, Gandhi introduced the idea of Satyagraha resistance through non-cooperative,...
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Cape Talk in Cape Town, South Africa
Arun Gandhi sharing his thoughts on the radio in Cape Town during one of our past Satyagraha Tours of South Africa. Arun Gandhi’s Message “The Gandhi Legacy Tour, led by Gandhi’s grandson, Arun Gandhi, and great grandson, Tushar Gandhi, for the past several years is unusual in that it does not focus on places of tourist interest but places of human interest. It is designed to educate … ” … in the essence of Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence and how individuals can apply it to bring about socio-economic change. The tour visits rural India and urban slums to see and compare projects helping to make the change we wish to see in the world. Gandhi believed in creating a...
Read MoreOn This Day!
On This Day! Today is the anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s swearing-in as President of South Africa. Photo: This is the very location where Nelson Mandela cast his vote in his country’s first all-race elections at a polling booth in the school. Mandela chose the area because he wanted to give the native black population the confidence to vote. He chose Ohlange High school in particular because this is where John Dube the first President of what was to become the ANC was buried and he wanted to lay a wreath. Mandela stood by the grave and said “Mr President, I have come to report to you that South Africa is free today.” Photo taken during...
Read MoreGandhi Quote
In a gentle way you can shake the world.” Mahatma (Bapu) Gandhi Share us on:ShareTweet Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)...
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