GWEI Center for Learning - Kolhapur

The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute (GWEI) has a vision: provide the imperiled children of India with a safe place where they will be housed and fed while they receive training to prepare them for a life outside the prison of poverty. GWEI is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt institution and all donations are tax deductible.THE GANDHI CENTER FOR LEARNING: KOLHAPURBeginning in Vashi in the Kolhapur District of Maharastra where 60,000 children live in extreme poverty, GWEI raised funds and with the support ofthe Mahatma Gandhi Foundation purchased five acres of land with the intention of building the first Gandhi Center for Learning.With the significant assistance of a local architecture firm, AmarjaNimbalkar & Associates, the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute hasinitiated a phased development of the Gandhi Center for Learning –Kolhapur Site in order to care for up to 200 children.Schematic Design Highlights Construction techniques mirrored from nearby communities. - Residential quarters - Classrooms - Laboratories - Vocational training workshops - Subsistence farming - Dairy Natural separation of administrative, community public spaces, and semi-private / private areas for the children. The building forms and designated locations will create a sense of security and shelter. Building materials are quarried and harvested from the site itself. Our design carves the buildings to blend with nature to create salubrious ambiences. The site is by in large independent of electricity and fossil fuels. OUR PHASE 1 TARGET - $150,000 USD – YOUR DONATIONS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute depends on the generosity of individuals in the community, like you, to help raise funds for thoseimpoverished people who languish in poverty and ignorance. Donate today at: http://www.gandhiforchildren.org/support/about-donations/.418 Lake Shore Blvd. Wauconda, IL 60084-1522questions@gandhiforchildren.org

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