Mahatma Gandhi Foundation

Mahatma Gandhi Foundation

Mahatma Gandhi Foundation is located in Mumbai, Republic of India and is headed by Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of ‘BapuMahatma Gandhi. The organization under the leadership of Tushar, a socio-political activist of peace issues, is involved in advocating and spreading Gandhian values and principles to address the problems and dilemmas faced by humankind and the contemporary world.

In 2006, Tushar Gandhi was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador [1] of the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition, IIMSAM, that works to promote the use of micro-algae Spirulina (Spirulina Platensis) to counter malnutrition and its severe negative impacts especially in the developing and Least Developed Countries (LDC).

The Gandhi Foundation is a foundation located in the United Kingdom dedicated entirely to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and his works to free India from British rule. It has an office in Kingsley Hall Community Centre in east London where Gandhi stayed in 1931.

This organisation was founded in 1983 by Surur Hoda. The current president of the Gandhi Foundation is Sir Richard Attenborough.

References

  1. ^ IIMSAM, Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations

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