This quarter was full of events and festivals. Starting from Ramzan, 15th August, Navratri, Diwali, Teachers’ Day etc. All the stakeholders of Jeevantirth were in festival mood. We are happy to present some of the important highlights and events in this brief newsletter. Girl-Child Education Program Special Classes for RTE Students Our staff makes regular [...]
Date : 20-21st August 2016 Venue : State Institute of Agriculture Management, Jaipur Participants : 550 farmers and 100 resource persons from 23 States of India (14 participants from Gujarat) Prize and certificate honored : 2 farmer’s each from 23 states. Mr. Dipen Patel and Mr. Harsukh Patel was honored from Gujarat. Farmers Mr. [...]
As part of their foundation programme at IIT-Gandhinagar, students go through various training and workshops throughout their course. This year they had workshops of Warli art, painting, basic photography, juggling, theater, sculpture etc. They call experts in various subjects and expose the students to their faculties. For the workshop of Origami - Japanese art of paper folding [...]
Jeevantirth's main office premises is located in a small village called Juna Koba in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat. Juna Koba is on the banks of river Sabarmati between the capital city of Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad. The main office has a conference hall with LCD projector and AC, dormitory with 10 bunk-beds with AC, 4 pairs of toilet-bathrooms and [...]
It has been 19 years since Jeevantirth first set its foundation stone in the field of community work. On 14th July, 2016, we celebrated the 19th anniversary of Jeevantirth the school of life lovers. We talked to Raju Bhai and Deepti Ben, founders of Jeevantirth, on this occasion. “We believe that the greatest gift [...]
Backgound: Despite many organizations being run for the sole purpose of the betterment of marginalized communities right in our own city, most of the people are unaware of the situations and difficulties the minorities endure. Even though literature is being distributed to spread awareness it doesn’t really ignite the spark in the general public to [...]
India is a land of unparalleled diversities. So eclectic are the cultures of this country that if one wishes to absorb them with an open mind it could take more than a lifetime for a learner. One doesn’t need to go too far to witness this multiplicity. Ahmedabad as it is today was initiated as [...]
Jeevantirth team and its volunteers work throughout the year on their urban initiative, knowing and solving the issues of city slum dwellers. Every year we also make sure to connect with a few villages for a period of 10 days; this is done by Jeevantirth’s staff and volunteers. This keeps us connected to our roots [...]
Even as grownups we find airplanes moving close overhead fascinating; this experience as a kid gave us much more than a 3D movie could do us now, it gave us the thrill of the pilot himself. Gujarat Aero Conclave organized an air-show, planes performing aerobatics, on 3th April 2016 providing the newly built riverfront park [...]
Indian tradition, in all cultures, has given immense importance to religious pilgrimages. It is believed that after one has finished his worldly duties and is in one’s last years, s/he should make pilgrimages to religious places in order to attain to heaven, the abode of God. Usually it is the sons that take their parents [...]
