What's new?
The core belief at MSS (Maharogi Sewa Samiti - the organization behind Anandwan) has always been to give marginalized individuals a "Chance" and not just "Charity" by enabling them to engage in economically productive activities thereby regaining their lost sense of dignity.
To know more about MSS, you can view/download our new brochure in PDF format (Less than 3 MB) by clicking
the image above.
Quote by UNICEF, New Delhi
(from a report published on Anandwan)
At Anandwan, human beings who happen to be leprosy patients and those
usually considered 'disabled' like the blind and the deaf, enter the development
process as responsible "subjects" - those who know and act, in contrast to
"objects" which are known and acted upon. Nothing but awakening of consciousness
can explain the marvels typical of the place: structures, strong and functional,
built without architects, engineers and contractors, weavers without fingers,
leprosy patients successfully insisting on being licensed to drive heavy
duty trucks; a man who cannot walk managing the industrial training centre
moving on a tricycle fabricated with in-house talent and materials; a person
without previous experience in printing, running a press with competence;
a one handed cashier who makes up for a slight slowness by unusual thoroughness;
a master tailor who cannot use his hands freely, training tailors from neighbouring villages…
Newsletters
The latest quarterly issue (January 2011) of Anandwan is here.
You can view/download the PDF (Less than 1 MB) by clicking the image.
Articles
FROM THE ARCHIVES... An article on Anandwan in an old issue of Rain magazine - year 1992!
Click the link below to view PDF.
Rain - Winter/Spring 1992 (PDF - 2.5mb)
An editorial on our Swaranandwan Orchestra was published in Lokmat,
a Marathi daily newspaper on 19th July, 2009. This is written by Prof.
Suresh Dwadasiwar, our long time Associate & Well wisher.
view article