PMs’ Interaction with St. Kabir Students

Wow. What a Saturday Special it was!! Students from St. Kabir School performed Garba and played Anthrakshari (song competition) with our Paryavaran Mitras (PM) at Mausal- RUPA Paryavaran Mitra Center. It was a really humble gesture from their end that they came beautifully dressed, all the way into the slums and performed graciously for them. Students also talked about cleanliness with a focus... Continue Reading

Heart Festival!

We had a great time at the Heart Festival this week! The first day was Gandhi Jayanti so both the ashram and Manav Sadhna were packed in celebration. Along with our bottles, stands, and installation on display, our Paryavaran Mitra stall featured two of our artists demonstrating how they design and paint the bottles for Gift of Change. New for the exhibition, the girls painted recycled pots made... Continue Reading

Celebrating Festival Season

In the spirit of festival season, we did Rangoli with our sisters this week for Saturday Special at the Mausal- RUPA Paryavaran Mitra Center! Everyone enjoyed themselves and it was a wonderful chance to relax and get creative to cap off the workweek. It was great to see how artistic the women are and the range of designs they created. At the end, our volunteer judges recognized the team with the... Continue Reading

Charades!

Another great Saturday special! We played charades again, this time at the Kiran Center, and everyone had a great time. Favorite actions included a rickshaw, Gandhi, and Bollywood.  The woman enjoyed getting to know some new faces and the energy of new volunteers thanks to Mathilde, Niyati, and Belly. As always, the kids were dying to join in and we all finished with some Gerba.... Continue Reading

Inauguration of Education Center at Kiran PM Facility

Yesterday, 13th Sept was the birthday of our inspiration, mentor and guide Late Ishwar Dada. To pay a tribute to him, we had a great event inaugurating the new Education Center at Kiran Paryavaran Mitra (PM) Centre in Motera, Sabarmati. We had an amazing turnout with about 150 children from the area, along with some parents, guests, and Manav Sadhna staff. After opening with prayer, we shared a... Continue Reading