“I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.”
                                  -Blaise Pascal-

We feel truly blessed to welcome noble family from Manav Sadhna, an NGO at the Gandhi Ashram in India, to London for a few days, and warmly invite you to join  for a Circle of Sharing at our home on Sunday, 29th October.

It will be a beautiful and rare opportunity that five of the children from the Earn ‘N’ Learn Project, one of over 40 values based Projects of Manav Sadhna are amongst the small group coming. We look forward to holding space together, allowing emergence for reflections and stories, insights and learnings from  personal service journeys from inspiring souls such as Viren bhai Joshi, Co- Founder of Manav Sadhna, Yogesh Shah as well as others who  have dedicated their lives to uplift the lives of others. 

We plan to...

• 2.30pm - Sit together in silence 
• 3 pm - Inspiring reflections and stories from mentors who walk a path in selfless service deeply rooted in Gandhian values
• 4 pm - Q&A
• 4.30 pm - Afternoon tea/meal with vegetarian home cooked food

After you submit your RSVP, you will be emailed follow-up details a few days prior to the gathering.

Volunteering opportunity...
You are also invited to join the group in the morning at a volunteering "Hands" activity at the cow sanctuary at the beautiful Hare Krishna Temple in Watford from 9.45 am - 1 pm, where we plan to do inner service through outer work with our hands with cleaning, grooming cows and farming. Email adevlia@gmail.com if you plan to join this activity. 

It would be great to have you join us, share a contemplative space where seeds for inspiration and goodness may be planted. To join, simply RSVP below and we'll send you a follow-up email with the details.  


Meet the Earn N Learn Children ...

Earn N Learn is one of over 40 projects of Manav Sadhna, an NGO based in a quiet corner of the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmadabad, India. It aims to support and develop the journeys of young children living in slum areas who are faced with the burden of working to support the family by engaging in hazardous labour, selling balloons, working at tea stalls, picking rags, or shining shoes at the side of the street to contribute to the household income.

The Project is a stepping stone and a medium through which values are imparted to the children, encouraging their inner and external growth. Through the process, children learn and practice cleanliness and hygiene, honesty, responsibility, how to help others, how to work together, the importance of supporting their families. They develop their self-confidence, creativity and awareness. The children also receive exposure to people from all walks of life from around the world, gain real-life education and get to participate in trips and workshops.  Earn N Learn is a family where seeds are planted in a nurturing and loving environment.  

Meet the Manav Sadhna Family...

What started 20 years ago as an experiment, where, Viren Bhai Joshi along with two other friends, Jayesh bhai Patel and Anar Ben Patel, engaged with children under the shade of a tree in the Gandhi Ashram every Saturday, cutting their nails, teaching them about sanitation and hygiene, has organically grown into a non-profits organizations, Manav Sadhna (meaning Service to Humanity) which  serves the underprivileged communities of some of the largest slums in Gujarat, while offering international volunteers an opportunity to grow in service.