Saving the lives of destitute children in India
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An amazing home for destitute children in India is under threat from unscrupulous developers. Across the river lie the ruins of the historic ashram where the Beatles learned to meditate. Could it be transformed into a new home for India's poor?
Website: http://www.friendsramanasgarden.org/
Location: Rishikesh, India
Members: 81
Latest Activity: Jul 12, 2010
Latest news via email from Prabhavati Dwabha, founder of Ramana's garden.
Ramana's Garden is now a loving home to 67 kids, newest arrivals Vishal 18months and Rekha 5 yrs.
Our location situation worsens by the day. The huge condos are up to 8 stories going up 1 more all 300 and worst is that they have huge pipes to run all their sewage untreated direct into the River Ganga which will make it impossible for our kids to bathe, or wash their clothes there any longer and rules out any possibility of pumping up water for our urgent water shortage. Without pumping up from Ganga we can't continue to grow our own food in Ramana's Garden. There is intact pumping and storage system down at the Beatles Ashram.
We have to Move!!!! We can't continue to provide clean drinking water to our kids, our animals, our visitors, or our vegetables.
Our Womens' Weaving project "We Love Bunnies" has grown a lot, providing a safe loving home to 200 angora rabbits and employment to over 36 women. We have no more space for looming but the whole project could move to Beatles.
(15 acres) is lying abandoned and in waste for over 18 years that could with minor renovations provide a loving, safe, supportive environment for shelter, education, vocational training and rehabilitation to over 2500 children (the number of abandoned children living in the streets of Delhi alone is over 50000) while at least 23 million still slave in child labor and the Govt states they can't afford to relocate or give them vocational training) and provide vocational training and jobs for 500 destitute women..(In Uttrakhand there is not a single shelter for destititute women and none of the jails in our district even have a seperate holding cell for women)
It is a fact that the Govt. is planning to "round up all the beggers" in Delhi and move them to restraining camps out in desert outside Delhi for the 2010 games---good time to be doing this coverage as there will be 1000s of children in those camps.
The former Beatles ashram has over 500 accommodation rooms all with attached bathrooms that are recoverable, 3 large halls, Kitchens, classrooms, and plenty of open area for sports fields, organic vegetable gardens, etc. It was given on lease from the Forest Dept. The lease has since been cancelled and the status now is that it cannot be given again on lease without permission from the Central Government. Chief Wildlife Warden Shrikant Chandola has taken the protection of this valuable forest asset strongly to heart and has kept a vigilant eye that this historic treasure not fall into hands that would lead to it’s destruction. The are few sites in all of India that can guarentee such a safe, sheltered environment here on Mother Ganga’s banks.
The children that can benifit from our assistance programs herenot any different than the children throughout India today that face dire circumstances of starvation, abuse, sexual exploitation and bonded labour. They need help to turn misfortunes into stepping stones for a successful future.
The children are our future. Please join hands with us to show the world that “we do care about our children”, and are taking steps without delay to change their plight today.
Our location situation worsens by the day. The huge condos are up to 8 stories going up 1 more all 300 and worst is that they have huge pipes to run all their sewage untreated direct into the River Ganga which will make it impossible for our kids to bathe, or wash their clothes there any longer and rules out any possibility of pumping up water for our urgent water shortage. Without pumping up from Ganga we can't continue to grow our own food in Ramana's Garden. There is intact pumping and storage system down at the Beatles Ashram.
We have to Move!!!! We can't continue to provide clean drinking water to our kids, our animals, our visitors, or our vegetables.
Our Womens' Weaving project "We Love Bunnies" has grown a lot, providing a safe loving home to 200 angora rabbits and employment to over 36 women. We have no more space for looming but the whole project could move to Beatles.
(15 acres) is lying abandoned and in waste for over 18 years that could with minor renovations provide a loving, safe, supportive environment for shelter, education, vocational training and rehabilitation to over 2500 children (the number of abandoned children living in the streets of Delhi alone is over 50000) while at least 23 million still slave in child labor and the Govt states they can't afford to relocate or give them vocational training) and provide vocational training and jobs for 500 destitute women..(In Uttrakhand there is not a single shelter for destititute women and none of the jails in our district even have a seperate holding cell for women)
It is a fact that the Govt. is planning to "round up all the beggers" in Delhi and move them to restraining camps out in desert outside Delhi for the 2010 games---good time to be doing this coverage as there will be 1000s of children in those camps.
The former Beatles ashram has over 500 accommodation rooms all with attached bathrooms that are recoverable, 3 large halls, Kitchens, classrooms, and plenty of open area for sports fields, organic vegetable gardens, etc. It was given on lease from the Forest Dept. The lease has since been cancelled and the status now is that it cannot be given again on lease without permission from the Central Government. Chief Wildlife Warden Shrikant Chandola has taken the protection of this valuable forest asset strongly to heart and has kept a vigilant eye that this historic treasure not fall into hands that would lead to it’s destruction. The are few sites in all of India that can guarentee such a safe, sheltered environment here on Mother Ganga’s banks.
The children that can benifit from our assistance programs herenot any different than the children throughout India today that face dire circumstances of starvation, abuse, sexual exploitation and bonded labour. They need help to turn misfortunes into stepping stones for a successful future.
The children are our future. Please join hands with us to show the world that “we do care about our children”, and are taking steps without delay to change their plight today.
Discussions
Ramanas Garden is special 2 Replies
I ve been to Ramanas Garden and can just tell its unbelievable how the children grow with the love and education thats provided there.The children and the stuff deeply touched my heart. Rishikesh is…Continue
Started by nicci. Last reply by Deva Dwabha Dec 20, 2009.
Ramana's Garden, the children need a new location
We have been familiar with Ramana's Garden project for many years where Dwabha Prabhavati is doing an incredible work. Now the project is being threatened by new real estate developments, polluting…Continue
Started by Vidya Nityam Bolz Nov 11, 2009.
Ramanas Garden
In 2007,I worked as a volunteer at Ramanas Garden.I witness the incredible work that Dwabha has created there.The children are amazing,very special,they touched my heart,the love they inspired in me…Continue
Started by Yasha Araos Nov 10, 2009.
Support for children
It is so wonderful that projects like this exist. Having lived in India for many years I know what happens to children there.I totally support Ramana’s Garden and Dr. Prabhavati Dwabha in her effort…Continue
Started by Dwari Rita Deutsch Nov 10, 2009.
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Comment by Pankaja Brooke on December 17, 2009 at 4:24pm -
Ramana's Garden is a very special place and Dwabha/Prabhavati is an extraordinary woman with the energy and vision to turn the abandoned Maharishi's ashram into a haven for even more destitute children. I have visited Ramana's Garden several times and was always incredibly touched by the loving energy of the place, and by the way the children relate both to her and to each other.
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Comment by alex Power on December 2, 2009 at 11:52am
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She is an amazing woman and the school is incredible. I have visited childrens projects all over the world and hers is probaly the best I have seen. The love she provides and the spirit of pride she makes the children have in themselves is incredible. The beatles ashram would be amazing, these guts really deserve it.
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Comment by Suresh on December 1, 2009 at 1:58am -
Ramana's Garden is a breathtaking place at the Ganges. Let all universes support the relocation to a healthy new place for all children...Yah ho!
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Comment by Christ Dekkers on November 28, 2009 at 11:40am -
Ramana's Garden is really fantastic! The children can teach us so much: in spite of all they have suffered, they are so merry and confident and light-hearted.
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Comment by Mirjam van Dun on November 26, 2009 at 11:27am
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When you look in the eyes of the children of Ramana's Garden, you look in the eyes of God. Sóóóóóó much Love, even more. Cherishing them, is cherishing
yourself and All!
Give, give, give.....
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Comment by Ramdesh Kaur on November 24, 2009 at 6:39am
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I've been here...Ramana's Garden in amazing. An international treasure and an inspiration to us all. This is the real deal. Want to make a difference? Help Ramana's Garden's Kids!
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Comment by Anand Mega on November 22, 2009 at 11:39pm -
I Have known Dwabha for quite a number of years now and had already seen her doing some very Kool work with tribal villagers in the surrounding area of Rishikesh in the 90's...I totally appreciate her devotion and passion for adding her share to improve the lives of these wonderful kids who needs a new home and what better place than the Former Ahshram of the Beatles.
Yes Ramana
Yes to Angie comment
"it is urgent to move"I do know about the heat as more than half my life was spent in India...Yes...If we pull this through(by divine intervention as well) I can easily imagine that we can say yes...there is still more space... you are Welcome.
Yes to Brenna Abeyta-Watson"all children are worthy to be loved and should be cared for in this world"...And I would like to add that not only" is this a worthy project that makes positive and beautiful changes in so many lives"...But Also in our own lives as well.
Yes to Susan Atkinson.. Great Publicity...We do need this!!!..And of course it is a Win Win Situation
Yes Mayke Beckmann Briggs..
I did see the Utube video... and Loved it.... Thank you .. So much!!!!
I do realize that although Ramana's Garden is self sufficient in certain ways....It still requires visitors for its survival..Not a very healthy dependency..Political and world economic changes are going through a transmutation at the moment in time...less money ..less tourists
And yes !!Here is not only your Dream Mayke.... but my Dream too......
The magic of the Beatles, which was Love, Love, Love...would continue to flourish in this most practical way of providing a place to grow and expand this haven for the children as well as provide a historic place for the caring annual visitors and volunteers, and hopefully attract many more.
Yes Catherine Jackson..
.The same thought is going through my Head as well..
"Still, It is always in my mind that their lives hang by a thread. Their futures are a hair's breadth away from disaster until they have a secure place to live that will not be threatened. "...
"We all know the unspeakable sufferings that these children have already experienced. We know that they have found a happy life. We must preserve this most basic of all human rights: the right to be loved and cared for as a child. The other options facing them are not to be contemplated."Thank you for Sharing.
Yes Martine Bachelart
" Ramana's garden is a place of generosity, compassion, love, tolerance, meditation, education...The children open your heart, make you step out of your comfort zone, remind we can all make a difference."
Yes Badrena Tschumi Gemin
You said it all for me
" Dwabha did an amazing job over the last 20 years to set Ramana's Garden up and take kids in. They deserve the support of a worldwide community.
Nobody knows the full impact of horror the kids have been through yet at Ramana's Garden they find a refuge, where their healing can begin and creativity emerge."
Yes Phoebe Jackson...Bravo!!!
" I volunteered my services as teacher and child care provider for half a year at Ramana's and I believe it changed my life more than I changed it.I continue to return to Ramana's to see the children as they grow up.....
Ramana's Garden is an extraordinary place run by extraordinary people, filled will extraordinary children. It would certainly make an extraordinary project for Imagine This."".... Yes!!!¨... Hip!!! Hip!!! Hurrah!!!
Yes Ragini......
".Imagine This is a wonderful program for the world to see! "........ Yes....It is About Time.
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Comment by Joan Cushing on November 13, 2009 at 12:21pm -
Several years ago a friend of mine, Kathy Carroll, told me about her involvement with Ramana's Garden, and asked if I would like to collaborate on a musical about some of the children who live there. I learned more about the founder, Prabhavati, and all the wonderful things she is doing for destitute, abandoned, and abused children. About how all of the children are getting a first class education, learning to speak English, cooking, dancing, and giving back to their community. About how they are training women in the village to have careers, growing organic food on their property, and teaching community neighbors how to grow organic food. It is a totally win win combination between the orphanage and their neighbors. I would love to see them expand their living quarters to this new property. Kathy and I received permission to write our musical, and we are currently working on it. Empowering children with the tools to lead a fulfilling and happy life is a grand plan.
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Comment by Pietro Geetam Crivelli on November 10, 2009 at 7:13am -
Yes I am happy that this discussion board also is available. this is good.
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Comment by Jocelyn Macurdy Keatts on November 10, 2009 at 7:03am
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Ramana's Garden is run with heart based intention and thoroughly humane mechanics. I'd be hard pressed to say who gains more from this organization: the children, or all those they inspire.
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