Hand-made Anandwan Greeting Cards

The following hand-made greeting cards made using recycled materials by the disabled residents of Anandwan are for sale in Toronto, Canada.

All proceeds from the sale will go to Baba Amte's Anandwan.  There is no "profit" and I will keep nothing for myself.  I have no official tie-up with Anandwan.  I'm just doing this to raise money for a good organization.

Please read my Report on Anandwan if you would like more information on Anandwan.

I brought 500 of these hand-made cards with me during my recent trip to India.  I will wire-transfer the money to Anandwan by the end of 2010.  The goal is to raise roughly Rs.100,000 or C$2,500.  I'm selling these for only C$5.00 a piece.

Please contact Neeraj at neeraj(dot)ss(at)gmail(dot)com if you would like to purchase these or if you require more information.  I would also like to hear from you if you can help in any other way.

Clearly, these are not the work of amateurs.  The cards are professionally made by disabled yet talented artists.

The cards are blank and require you to write your own message.  But do not be put off by that.  Send someone special an Anandwan Greeting Card and say you love them very much... simple as that.


Contact Neeraj at neeraj(dot)ss(at)gmail(dot)com.

Report on Hemalkasa

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"After my tour in the tribal belt of the Madias, I feel the intensity of injustice right down to my toe-nails." - Baba Amte

Prologue

I read somewhere: "Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting."

I've an obsession for seeing beautiful and unusual places.  Hence my trip to Hemalkasa.

Many thought I had lost my mind to go to the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra - an economically backward and under-developed region plagued by Naxalite (Maoist) violence.  The same people don't have a good opinion on the other activity that I frequently engage in either - mountain climbing.  As far as they are concerned, it is a useless and risky activity.  However, just like mountain climbing, they have no idea how rewarding this journey was for me and I hope that this article helps them to understand.

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