Shanti Fund Inc.

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“Volunteers of Shanti Fund are actively engaged in promoting peace and nonviolence through educational means since its inception in 1993.Programs of Shanti Fund to build bridges between main stream and highly educated immigrant communities werehighly admired and appreciated by the Suffolk County government. To honor Volunteers efforts the county government invited them to commission and place Ghandhi statue within Suffolk County in 1997. Volunteers retained a famous American sculptor for a life size bronze Ghandhi Statue. The statue was dedicated on October 2, 1998Ghandhi birth anniversary and is currently gracing the Plaza Lebel of the Suffolk County Executive office building in Hauppauge, New York. As part of the educational efforts, which are strengthened after 9-11 catastrophic event in the American history, volunteers reached out to local schools to instill value of peace and nonviolence through various programs, including Peace Walk, Peace Poster Competition, Chorus of Peace Songs, Peace Skits, Peace Presentations, Peace Themed Movies and photo exhibitions. Volunteers of Shanti Fund have received hundreds of posters as part of the Peace Poster competition every year from the school age children of grade 1 to grade 12. Winners are felicited with awards and gifts certificates at a dignified ceremony in the presence of student artists, school officials and elected officials. For last 13 years, this winning art works have been madepart of Shanti Fund Peace Art Calendar. Volunteers are reaching out extensively to many likeminded peaple, groups and organizations for the celebration of upcoming 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Ghandhi, which will be a yearlong celebration from October 2, 2018 to October 2, 2019. Volunteers already supported a unique publication of Mahatma Book depicting colorized photographs of Ghandhi. This massive book weighs 15 lbs and has a coffee table size of 11x 16x 2. Volunteers envision active participations at many lebels for this expected to be a worldwide celebration.GHANDHI 150 was officially launched by Consul General at the Shanti Fund event on October 2, 2018.”