The festival of Holi is the one of the most significant for Adivasis; they celebrate it, even today, as their forefathers used to: praying and thanking the Fire. It is a three days festival during which the villagers dance around the fire far into the night. Our volunteers had the opportunity to celebrate Holi this [...]
8th March is celebrated as Women’s Day around the globe. It is a memorial of women power, a sign of acknowledgment and support for women empowerment. Almost all the cultures so far have been patriarchal, as a result of which women have not been given equal importance in various facets that build a society. However [...]
Every year we plan at least one educational tour for the children of Baal Sankar Kendras. This year the tour destinations were the Sardar Sarovar Dam and Nilkanth Dhaam Swaminarayan Temple located in Poicha, Rajpipla. The excitement of such a tour is quite evident in children but it gets intensified when the journey is to [...]
Illiteracy deals a severe blow to the society and also to the nation. It is essential that the more privileged and influential people of the society take part in uprooting such a problem. Awareness about Jeevantirth’s interventions has been spreading slowly, year after year, through which we have established affiliations with organizations and individuals that [...]
Many have fallen victims to chikungunya this winter in Ahmedabad. With thousands of cases reported, it has proven to be an epidemic. Fortunately because of available antidotes the disease doesn’t prove to be as fatal as before. However it renders one totally immobile, stuck to one’s bed. The need to spread awareness about the disease [...]
Pitara Book Fair A three-day book fair organized on 5th, 6th and 7th January, 2017. Working in education sector has given us the opportunity to work very closely with children of different age groups. The understanding gained through these experiences is used in creating relevant and effectual Teaching and Learning Material from time to time. [...]
The whole world revels in festivities during the month of December. With a desire to share their happiness where it is most needed, 35 of our children decided to visit Vatsalya Vrudhdh Ashram at Vadaj on 5th January, 2017, and spend their day with the aged. These children were well prepared with dances and song [...]
Even though most of the children connected with Jeevantirth are non-Christians, they eagerly wait for Christmas every year. This is because Christmas is one of Jeevantirth’s annual maha-programs. This year’s program, held at Baba Saheb Ambedkar open air theatre in Ranip, needed a month long planning. It was a month of celebration and oneness in [...]
One of our chief concerns during initiation of Jeevantirth was to make the women of Ramapir No Tekro self-dependent, to free them from the vicious cycle of rag-picking. In order to do this we began Self Help Groups in 2011. We began with 100 members and 1 SHG; this number increased to 700 members in [...]
Gujarat Guardian Limited is a member of a group of companies led by Guardian Industries Corp. (U.S.A), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of float and fabricated glass. The company has a strong emphasis on the pursuit of growth and excellence of its people, product and services. As an industry-leader Gujarat Guardian Limited has a [...]
