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Vision Mission and aims

Vision:

To encouraging the creation of an egalitarian peaceful nonviolent world order. 

Mission:

To promote Gandhian and other philosophies of nonviolence, sarvodaya (general upliftment of all), satyagraha ( nonviolent truth force to overcome adversity) and swadeshi ( build an egalitarian society through the participation, at local level, of all) and swaraj ( self government/control)  

 

Aims and objects: 

Gandhi Development Trust was launched on the 19th August, 2002.

The Trust was created in memory of Mahatma Gandhi and has as its main short term objectives working in South Africa:

  • To build a spirit of Reconciliation among its diverse population in collaboration with other organisations
  • To help create a common nationhood
  • To create a culture of Peace and Non-violence through appropriate programmes
  • To assist with the work of Development and Empowerment
  • To promote a deeper understanding of Democracy through outreach programmes
  • To promote Human Values
  • To promote learning from and about our History
  • To help to mobilise the community into a nonviolent movement to work for change

 

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Gandhi: Non-Violence Is Superior To Violence Kings will always use their kingly weapons. To use force is bred in them. They want to command, but those who have to obey commands do not want guns and these are in a majority throughout the world. They have to learn either body force or soul force. Where they learn the former, both the rulers and the ruled become like so many madmen; but where they learn soul-force, the commands of the rulers do not go beyond the point of their swords, for true disregard unjust commands. Peasants have never been subdued by the sword, and never will be.

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