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Khuphuka 2010

Apr 3, 2010

Photos: 106

Anandwan 2009

Over more than fifty years a community of society's outcasts have been drawn together by the loving vision of Anandwan. When we first came upon this Forest of Bliss we saw it as a rare jewel, an embodiment of compassion; a vision of the future. We want to offer the opportunity for others to experience the wonder, the empowerment, and the beauty of this precious place.

Dec 3, 2009

Photos: 60

Being Peace Hebron 2009

On our Being Peace program we joined Breaking the Silence on their tour of the “Ghost Town” of Hebron. They reveal the shocking and difficult lives of the Palestinians under Israeli occupation, and show the painful acts that are asked of the teenage soldiers stationed there. For more info visit http://www.shovrimshtika.org/index_e.asp

Oct 23, 2009

Photos: 34

Being Peace 2009

SanghaSeva organised a two week work retreat in Israel and Palestine. Over the fortnight we spent time developing relationships in the Palestinian village of Deir Istya, and harvesting olives with Palestinian villagers who are otherwise prevented from accessing their olive groves by the Israeli authorities and settlers. Our wish is to bring support and understanding to all those living in this conflict. We worked with both Palestinians and Jews dedicated to a nonvoilent transformation of their lives, and bore witness to lives lived in extremes.

Oct 22, 2009

Photos: 70

Anandwan 2008

Dec 7, 2008

Photos: 86

Being Peace 2008

SanghaSeva organised a two week work retreat in Israel and Palestine. Over the fortnight we spent time developing relationships in the Palestinian village of East Ba'arta, and harvesting olives with Palestinian villagers who are otherwise prevented from accessing their olive groves by the Israeli authorities and settlers. Our wish is to bring support and understanding to all those living in this conflict. We worked with both Palestinians and Jews dedicated to a nonvoilent transformation of their lives, and bore witness to lives lived in extremes.

Oct 1, 2008

Photos: 106

Reforestation sangha work week with Trees for life 2008

A work week in cooperation with Trees for Life, a Scottish charity committed to reforestation. We spent a week in the ancient Caledonian forest of northern Scotland exploring the dharma, practicing simplicity and working together on the land. This involves about 6 hours a day of tree planting and is a great opportunity to make a difference to Scotland’s degraded environment through working in some of the most beautiful and remote areas of the Highlands. The focus of these weeks is to explore what happens when like-minded people come together with the intention of bringing a positive change to the world. This time is an experiment of practicing the dharma in action.

Apr 8, 2008

Photos: 12

WozaMoya 2008

The hills of rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, are an area of great poverty. The HIV/Aids infection rate is nearly 40% and many people of the local community are dying. In response to this crisis Woza Moya was founded in 2000. Its mission is to provide care for those affected by the pandemic through home care and food security, and to raise awareness and educate about HIV/Aids. In Spring 2008 we joined the Woza Moya Project to meet the people affected. And to participate in positive actions including creating 'door-gardens' (highly-productive vegetable gardens) in homes in the valley, as well as a demonstration garden at the Woza Moya site. We also joined Community Care workers on visits to families affected by HIV/Aids.

Apr 4, 2008

Photos: 8

Anandwan 2007

Dec 7, 2007

Photos: 52

Reforestation sangha work week with Trees for life 2007

Apr 4, 2007

Photos: 18

Anandwan 2006

Dec 2, 2006

Photos: 92

Sadhana 2006 Monsoon

Sadhana Forest's dream is to reforest 70 acres of land in the most sensitive and vegan way. The community is led by the visionary Aviram, the ever-giving Yorit and their full of life daughter Osher. Their watchmen from the local community are felt to be both members of their community and their family. All of them work with the tireless passion of people following their dream. Our homes for these days were thatched huts and an enormous canvas pulled over 100 year old towering native palms. Our beds were made in the traditional way jute-rope hand-woven over wood. It was beautiful, humbling and very very simple.

Nov 18, 2006

Photos: 46

Being Peace 2006

In October 2006 SanghaSeva organised a two week work retreat in Israel and Palestine. Over the fortnight we spent time developing relationships in the Palestinian village of East Ba'arta, and harvesting olives with Palestinian villagers who are otherwise prevented from accessing their olive groves by the Israeli authorities and settlers. Our wish is to bring support and understanding to all those living in this conflict. We worked with both Palestinians and Jews dedicated to a nonvoilent transformation of their lives, and bore witness to lives lived in extremes.

Oct 2, 2006

Photos: 70

Reforestation sangha work week with Trees for life 2006

Sep 14, 2006

Photos: 4

Walk to Walk 2006

In June 2006 we walked a section of the South West Coast Path of Devon. The aim of the walk was to raise funds for an Indian charity offering physiotherapy. The idea of the walk came from our intention to continue to support this invaluable work. As the charity is helping to get people affected by Polio back on to their feet, we felt that we could walk so that they may walk.

Jun 5, 2006

Photos: 57

Sadhana 2006

Reforestation in Sadhana Forest is an intense experience. Not always easy in the surprising heat of late winter. In the last two weeks of January, only a few weeks after the end of the winter monsoon, a group of 19 of us joined the young community to help bring new life to a barren area of South India. Our home was a statement of the intention of the community; spirituality borne of simplicity. In every moment we were encouraged to look deeply at the consequences of our lives, and to allow our connection to nature to blossom. Our work over the fortnight was to nurture the young tree saplings planted during the recently passed monsoon. Some had been buried in silt the now invisible river had left behind. This gentle nurturing work was possibly the single most transformative part of our time here. The whole retreat was physical in a way retreats are so often not, but rewarding to the heart in a way they so need to be.