Introducing the Gandhi For Children Bracelet by KonectIDY – Let It Begin With the Children!

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. - Nov. 12, 2014 - PRLog -- As M.K. Gandhi once said: "Poverty is the worse form of violence," and must be tackled on all fronts to ensure human rights and human dignity to those who are victims of societal exploitation.

Did you know?

The number of child laborers in India today is staggering—85 million. Of those, an estimated 40,000 work in the Kolhapur district in the state of Maharashtra. Many of these children have been sold or forced into dangerous, physically grueling occupations and into commercial sex work. Often, they come from broken homes, the result of a broken system that does not provide education or basic life necessities to the poorest levels of Indian society. Without intervention, these heartbreaking conditions will continue, and 18 hour work days with no hope of escape will be all these children will ever know.

Fortunately, there is hope. The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, in partnership with the NGO, AVANI, has been working to protect children from exploitation as child laborers, including a bi-monthly child labor rescue program, school for migrant children in brickyard labor camps, and a children’s home for rescued child laborers and the children of abandoned, divorced and widowed women. Once rescued, these children are provided with healthy food, clean clothes, a safe place to sleep and access to quality education.

In this uniquely connected time in history, we have the opportunity to help bring light to those who so badly need it. KonectIDY (http://www.konectidy.com/) (#IDY) has been chosen as the supplier of the Official Bracelet of the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute.  The Gandhi For Children Bracelet (#GandhiBracelet; www.gandhibracelet.com), was designed by GWEI and serves as a constant reminder and daily affirmation that the soul is healed by loving children.

Sales from The Gandhi For Children Bracelet benefit the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, raising and allocating funds to achieve the GWEI’s three fundamental principles:

Sarvodya:: “the welfare of all” – to create communities that promote self-determination and equality of all individuals, regardless of their socioeconomic status.

A wide education focus: To provide educational programs encompassing both practical and vocational training, as well as Gandhian philosophical teachings.

A family’s involvement: To involve parents in their children’s education, offering them insight about the necessity of education, and empowering them to take action to combat domestic violence.

As Arun Gandhi has said, “Nobody really has the means to transform this whole world.  We have to do little things that ultimately grow into big things and make a big difference.”

Through the simple gesture of purchasing The Gandhi For Children Bracelet, you have the opportunity to make a tangible difference, and help bring an end to these tragic conditions. The #GandhiBracelet features four meaningful colored beads:

White—the color of purity, empowering awakening.

Black—the mysterious color of power, absorbing and protecting from negative energy.

Grey—the combination of black and white, creating the space for compromise.

Orange—the color of new ideas, freeing the spirit of its limitations.

Please wear The Gandhi For Children Bracelet, and share its message. Be a part of the change you want to see, in the villages of India, and around the globe. Through the power of your intent embodied in this bracelet, you play a part in bringing the “light” and remembering through your actions that the soul is healed by loving children.