Gandhi Development Trust

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  • Salt March 2007

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  • Salt March 2009

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    {wmv}saltad{/wmv}   Commit to nonviolence and Ubuntu Join the Mahatma Gandhi Salt March on Sunday 19 April 2009 How to participate: · Report to the Battery Beach opposite Natal Command at 5.30.a.m. Buses will transport you to Phoenix Settlement. · There will be secure parking at the Battery Beach. · The walk will start at…

  • Donations

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    Gandhi Development Trust IT 890/02 and 022-195-NPO PBO 93001872   Dear Donor, Having read the profile of this organisation you will realise that it is providing a vital service.  It is a registered Trust ( IT 890/02),   a not for profit organization (022-195-NPO)  and a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO93001872)  Any donation to GDT will…

  • Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation

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    MAGI Awards The Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation(MAGI Awards) was created in memory of Mahatma Gandhi who began his socio-political life in South Africa and struggled ceaselessly for justice and for peace and reconciliation. The award was created in 2003 to mark the centenary of a newspaper, Indian Opinion, published in South…

  • Mission

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      Vision, Mission,Aims and Programmes 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…

  • Editorial Comment

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    Humankind is today standing at the threshold of an important revolution. We either change and begin the revolution towards a more humane responsible and caring nonviolent society, or we bring about our own annihilation through the destructive course that has been charted for us. In this edition of Satyagraha there are numerous references to ways…

  • Teenage pregnancy

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    By Dr Kalpesh Prahlad Ramcharan Teenage pregnancy has become a norm in South African society. According to the Department of Education, more than 72 000 females did not attend school last year, due to this factor. 5868 of these girls were from KwaZulu Natal. Even more alarming is the fact that this figure does not…

  • Zinzi

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    By Jermaine Parmanutha There was once a little girl called Zinzi. She lived with her grandparents on a farm, because her mum and dad had died in a car accident. She loved all the animals on the farm. One day Zinzi’s grandparents called Zinzi but she did not come. They found her in her room.…

  • The Moral Regeneration Movement

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    By Neeba Budhoo The origins of the Moral Regeneration Movement date back to June 1997 when former president Nelson Mandela spoke at a meeting with various representatives of government and religious affiliations organised by the ANC's Commission on religious affairs. Mandela asked that religious institutions work with the state in order to achieve 'social transformation'.…

  • Community Centres offering help!

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    In the current stream of social problems that many people find themselves , the provision of social services within communities aiming to assist people recover from different types of trauma, plays a pivotal role. Abuse, neglect, abandonment, harassment and other transgressions of human rights have been a motivating factor in ensuring a response from different…