The Gandhi Foundation

1. Education Project – National

In order to assist educators, The Gandhi Foundation has produced a presentation ‘Gandhi – A Life in Pictures’, designed to be used at secondary / high school level, and also suitable for adult audiences. It is free to download, but please support the development of resources such as these by making a secure donation via Paypal.

Gandhi: A Life In Pictures (Powerpoint 3.3MB)

Gandhi: A Life in Pictures (PDF 9.5MB)

Worksheets / Modules

A free educational resource pack on Gandhi, designed for school teachers (UK KS3&4), is available in the form of an Adobe PDF file by emailing: farmington@hmc.ox.ac.uk and quoting ref. TT186.

Written by Susan Denton-Brown, Chair of The Gandhi Foundation executive committee, and previously Head of Religious Studies at Tanbridge House School in West Sussex, the resource pack includes six modules which focus on the following aspects of Gandhi’s life and work:

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1. Identity
2. Non-violent protest
3. Conflict transformation and mediation
4. Equity in community
5. Environmental issues
6. Exploring spirituality

Each module suggests relevant clips from the movie Gandhi by Richard Attenborough, and then presents a series of exercises for groups and the whole class.

The Gandhi Speakers Network provides a list of Speakers available to address schools and community groups around the country.

The Gandhi Foundation has been appointed as UK touring partner by the British Library for its Gandhi Travelling Exhibition. The exhibition comprises six roll-up panels, printed with photographs depicting events in the life of Gandhi. Each panel is 220 cm high and 86 cm wide when erected. If your venue is interested in hosting the exhibition, please email exhibitions@gandhifoundation.org with your requested dates. There is no charge for the exhibition itself, but venues are required to pay transportation costs and to provide insurance cover.

The panels can be viewed at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gandhifoundation/sets/72157619691146800/

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2. Education Project – East End of London

In memory of Surur Hoda, the Foundation is putting together a permanent photographic exhibition on Gandhi, based at Kingsley Hall. It is designed as a resource for local school children in the East End of London, and is being developed in partnership with GandhiServe Foundation, Berlin, which has the most extensive photo archive on Mahatma Gandhi and India’s independence movement. Children visiting Kingsley Hall will see view the exhibition and visit Gandhi’s cell upstairs. There will also be artifacts, such as portable spinning wheels for them to try.

We are now looking for a further £600 so we can buy exhibition materials to realise this exciting project and launch it in 2009. We would, therefore, like to make a fresh appeal for funds. Donations should be sent to The Gandhi Foundation Treasurer, Graham Davey, 29 Norton Road, Bristol BS4 2EZ.u

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3. The Patna Collective, ­ India

a family of 7 lives on 1 US Dollar a day

The Gandhi Foundation in 2006 started to fund a group in Bihar, India to set up a long term food and school program for the children of urban slum dweller. These families have a daily income of less than US$1/day and their average family size is between 4 to 7 people which leave no money for health and education. This program aims to help children to have better nutrition, education and eventual employment opportunities which will help uplift their entire community.

Adobe Acrobat file describing the Patna Collective and their works

To help change the lives of these children please make a donation to:

“The Gandhi Foundation – The Patna Collective” and send to:
The Treasurer, Gandhi Foundation, 29 Norton Road; Bristol BS4 2EZ.

For further information please contact:

Omar Hayat, Trustee, The Gandhi Foundation, omarhayat@chemecol.net
www.gandhifoundation.org

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4. The Jeevika Trust, India

The GF trustees have decided to give a donation of £1000 to the Jeevika Trust whose 14 projects in India are mainly in Orissa. Andrew Redpath, the Executive Director, says,

“Access to safe water has become our leading priority, and of course through water issues of sanitation, nutrition and health are also addressed; the role and empowerment of women through income- generation training, self-help groups and microcredit is integral with these other issues”.

Jeevika, founded as the India Development Group in 1970, is Gandhian inspired. Unfortunately funding is tight at present and new supporters and donors are urgently needed. More information can be found at their website www.jeevika.org.uk or from Jeevika Trust, Navigator House, 60 High Street, Hampton Wick, Surrey KT1 4DB

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5. Hakulala – Ghana Village Education Project

The Gandhi Foundation is pleased to support the Hakulala Project which was started and is being run by a young Gandhi Foundation friend.

The project is based in Ghana and aims to bring education to village children. They believe the most effective method of offering help in developing countries, such as Ghana, is to teach it’s people how to help themselves and make any change self-sustaining.

Details of the project  and how to donate are available via the link below:

www.hakulalaprojects.webeden.co.uk

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6. Nonviolence Within: Peace For All

The Gandhi Foundation is cooperating with the International Sufi School who are organising a weekend event in Edinburgh 21-23 May 2010. There will be the British Library exhibition on Gandhi, accompanied by Gandhi literature, and a talk by Ellen Moxley, a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award in 2004. The venue is the Barcelo Carlton Hotel, which is in the centre of Edinburgh. ‘The Role of Consciousness in Peacebuilding‘ is the theme.

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7. Surur Hoda Memorial Fund

In 2005 former Chairman of the Foundation, Cecil Evans, established a fund in memory of its founder, Surur Hoda. After discussions between Cecil, the Executive and Surur’s widow, Elisabeth, it was decided to spend the money raised from the memorial fund in three ways:

a) Kingsley Hall Schools Project
(see above, under Education Project – Local)

b) Kingsley Hall Garden Bench
Surur built a close relationship between Kingsley Hall and the Gandhi Foundation. He was also a lover of gardens and the outdoors. Surur’s widow Elisabeth thought that it would therefore be appropriate to dedicate a bench in the Kingsley Hall garden to his memory.

Gathering at Kingsley Hall on 19 May 2007 to unveil a memorial bench to Surur Hoda, first Secretary General of the Gandhi Foundation.

c) Photograph for the GF office
A framed photo of Surur with an inscription was placed in the Gandhi Foundation office at Kingsley Hall and the bench placed in the garden at the gathering of GF Friends on 19 May 2007.