Date: 4th July 2024 In early July, we made a presentation capturing our work thus far since the beginning of Seedling Foundation in November 2023. It was for a meeting of all NGOs working at the various children Homes of Mumbai and Children’s Aid Society (CAS), the organization that runs
Date: 2nd September 2024 Today afternoon, we were in Dongri preparing for a new initiative on Gandhi ji’s life at the Children’s Home, called Gandhi Abhiyan. While we were planning for this initiative, I received a message that Arun Dada passed away a few minutes back. Arun Dada was an
Event Date: 15th August 2024 At the Dongri Observation Home, some of the staff members have been working for over a decade, while many others have been working for more than several years. Moreover, most of their work is a thankless job, oftentimes even behind the scenes. There is a
Event Date: 19, 20, 21st June Introduction UTSAV was a 3 day event that we planned with various competitions. We included chess, carrom, painting, speech, singing, dancing, playing musical instruments, drama, and science projects as the various competitions for the UTSAV event. This was initially conceptualized by Sneha, based on
“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” – Rollo May Event Date: 14th May 2024 Detailed Session Plan This session was more about understanding human psychology and factors that affect social behaviour than mental health itself, but we chose to name it mental health
Bahujana-hitāya, Bahujana-sukhāya, Lokānukampāya “Wander forth, O monks, for the benefit of many, for the happiness of many. Shower compassion on the world for the good, benefit, and happiness of gods and men. Let no two go in the same direction.” – Gotama, The Buddha Event Date: 24th May 2024 Few
Event Date: 13th March 2024 After a strong, positive start to the series ‘Safar Zindagi Ka’ (SZK) with Episode 1, the second one got a massive response from everyone and set this event into a long term series. There was no looking back after this 2nd episode (Ep2)! Soon after,
Many of us use ‘Chindi’ as a slang word to signify something worthless or something useless. Chindis, actually, are the small shredded pieces of extra cloth which are cut off at a tailoring shop and often just go into the garbage pile. I had never imagined to see it get
Loosely translated, a Sangha is a group of virtuous people walking on the path of inner transformation. Again, loosely translated, a ‘Kalyan Mitra’ is a ‘Virtuous Friend’ who supports us while walking on this path of inner purification. As me and my team were planning a session for the staff