Jain Spirit 2003 03 No 14

Author(s): Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains

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Using the Internet as its key tool, NetAid Researchers, students, activists, and anyone interested in is building an active network of people the 20th century's most famous advocate of non-violence and organizations in developed countries - visit www.mkgandhi.org, which brings together a wealth committed to ending extreme poverty of information for anyone who wishes to learn about around the world. In September 2000, Gandhi, his life, work & philosophy. This comprehensive world leaders committed themselves to site offers a wide range of information on Gandhi's cutting poverty in half by 2015. NetAid thinking and activities: from the village economy to civil brings people together in ways that will disobedience, from religion to politics, from education to help achieve this goal. The website the environment. There is a particularly thoughtprovides opportunities to donate and provoking section entitled 'Peace, Non-violence, Conflict sponsor projects around the world, as well Resolution', which has articles by Gandhi and other as learn more about the difference that thinkers on these topics - it could be helpful to anyone NetAid's work is making to real people's who wants to relate the Jain concept of ahimsa to real life lives in all corners of the world. Most situations. In addition, you can view a pictorial biography importantly, this website allows you of Gandhi, read inspirational quotations by him, try your
wherever you are, whatever your age to hand at the Gandhi quiz, and even send Gandhi e-greeting become a citizen of the world. Through NetAid, you can offer your time, cards! Students may find this site particularly useful not energy and skill to make someone else's life better.
only for textual information, but also for photographs. For example, a volunteer in Germany translates documents for an organiza- available in the 'Students Section'. In this section, it is tion serving youth in Africa. A man in Nigeria writes articles and a case study possible to submit your own completed projects as well as for an organization in the U.S. addressing poverty in West Africa. A woman in view others' assignments on Gandhian topics. the United Kingdom concerned about children and poverty creates a web site for an organization in Sri Lanka. These volunteers help without having to leave their homes. They volunteer on weekends, in the evenings, on their lunch break, or whenever their schedules permit. And you can, too - visit www.netaid.org and find out how!
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