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The GandhiServe Foundation executes such educational projects which propagate peace, the ethics of nonviolence, and the memory of Mahatma Gandhi and his teaching.
  • The Gandhi Bridge of Understanding
    In co-operation with our partner institutions in India, we regularly organize painting events entitled Mahatma Gandhi - As I See Him for youth of 10-18 years. These events aim to inspire the study of Gandhi's life and thoughts, and to reflect upon its relevance today. The pictures are then exhibited in Germany, the UK, the USA, and other countries. There, youths of the same age write to the young Indian artists, and, as pen pals, exchange views about the project, cultures, art, and families. The aim of The Gandhi Bridge Of Understanding project is to overcome religious and cultural prejudices, and to help further understanding of one's own, as well as other cultures.


  • Gandhi musical and educational project
    A musical about the life of Mahatma Gandhi is getting produced in the Netherlands. It will have it's premiere on January 30, 2008, which is Gandhi's 60th death anniversary. Apart of the Dutch performance an English translation will be developed as well. Moreover, an educational project for teenagers will accompany the musical.
    Gandhi, the musical will be a new and personal discovery of the life of Gandhi. His public life as a resolute leader will be presented against the reality of his private life as father and husband with all shortcomings and doubts of a human being. How did Gandhi manage to live according to his principles and ideals? What choices made him capable changing a whole country? What price did he pay for being the father of India?
    The first performance of the musical will be played by 12 to 18 years old teenagers. A professional version is planned, too. The creatives from Amstelveen College, Netherlands, and the GandhiServe Foundation work together in partnership to produce the musical and the educational project and to make it available allover.
    The project has its own website: http://www.musicalgandhi.nl


  • Photographic, audio-visual and experiential exhibition for school children
    The UK Gandhi Foundation and GandhiServe Foundation are jointly developing a photographic, audio-visual and experiential exhibition for school children. The exhibition will be displayed at the Gandhi Foundation's head quarters at Kingsley Hall community centre in East London. The exhibition is being funded by a memorial fund, set up in memory of Gandhi Foundation founder Surur Hoda. An educational pack on Mahatma Gandhi will accompany the photographic exhibition. It is being produced by retired teacher, Susan Denton-Brown, who has already written a guide on teaching Gandhi in schools in the UK. The exhibition and educational pack will be ready towards the end of 2007.


  • Indo German Film Club
    Every Wednesday at 19:30 hrs. quality film and TV productions on an Indian subject are presented in the culinary-relaxed atmosphere of restaurant RADHA. Films are selected from the genres:
    - Classics of Indian films and German films on Indian subjects.
    - Documentations on Indian films and the Indian film industry.
    - Current German films and TV productions on Indian subjects.
    - Current quality film productions from India.
    The entrance to the club is free. Restaurant RADHA is located at Hardenbergstrasse 9a, 10623 Berlin - Charlottenburg, between Steinplatz and Ernst-Reuter-Platz, opposite TU-Mensa, Bus 245.
    The Indo German Film Club is jointly organised by restaurant RADHA, green chilies e.V. and GandhiServe Foundation.