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Mohanji Foundation South Africa MCB Earth Day

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ถ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ in collaboration with the ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and the ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ (Mohanji Centre of Benevolence in South Africa) celebrated ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† at the temple in Nonoti, Stanger on Sunday 23 April.
It was an exquisite day as ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ commemorated this special event. The ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—™ ๐—›๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ, the ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฃ ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ต, the speaker of the house KwaDukuza, ๐— ๐˜€. ๐——๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and many other dignitaries also graced the event.
The program commenced with ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ visiting the Shirdi Sai Baba temple, followed by him delivering the key note address of the event which focussed on the importance of creating resilient and sustainable communities, whilst living in balance and harmony with the environment.
Mohanji South Africa was delighted that ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ถ also took time from his schedule to grace the event live from India. Mohanji spoke about his vision for South Africa, the importance of adding value to the society and what more we can do for the world. He spoke about the importance of sustenance, in relation to clean water and the power of planting fruit trees.
๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ addressed the audience and spoke about the importance of environmental awareness for positive change in oneโ€™s life, and communities.
He said, โ€œEarth Day is a way of raising awareness and enhancing activities that counteract the destruction, by changing the way we think and liveโ€ฆ The act of planting trees is itself an act of faith and patience. The trees we are planting today will take time to bear fruit, but they are an investment in the wellbeing of this community.โ€
He also expressed gratitude to Mohanji for the local and global work conducted for the betterment of society as both foundations are aligned by an underlying ethos and commitment to making positive change in lives of all who reside upon this beautiful planet, irrespective of colour, race, creed or religion.
๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ also spoke in honour and respect of the charity activities by ACT Foundation. He expressed similarities of making a positive difference, through hardships and shared a personal life experience of losing his beloved daughter in a car accident when she was just 9-years-old.
He said, โ€œI have been impressed by the benevolent work of the Mohanji Foundation, particularly through the Ammucare Charitable Trust which provides food to some of the most vulnerable families in this community.โ€
In support of the temple and seva activities happening at the temple for the community, the ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฐ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ which will greatly support in providing water to the Mohanji Centre Of Benevolence and the broader community of semi-rural Nonoti.
๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ commemorated this special event by โ€œopening the tapโ€ of the first JoJo tank that was installed at the site.
In honour of Earth Day and celebrating Mohanjiโ€™s core teachings of adding value to earth, ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ were donated by the ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and various trees were planted at specific spaces around the Mohanji Centre of Benevolence.
The day continued with expressions of love and togetherness and food seva was held for the community.
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