Gandhian visits State to promote cause of underprivileged children

Gandhian visits State to promote cause of underprivileged childrenAssamNet - Guwahati , Assam , IndiaGUWAHATI, March 30 - International Member of Friends of Assam & SevenSisters (FASS), Garvin Brown, a 79-year-old Gandhian from Queensland ,Australia , met Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on March 24 at hisoffice and requested him to support the cause of underprivileged children.Garvin had visited Assam to create awareness for promotion ofeducation for underprivileged children and world peace. He recentlytook part in a charity walk in Guwahati to collect funds forunderprivileged children.During his interaction with the Chief Minister, Brown requested himfor a plot of land for Parijat Academy , a school for underprivilegedchildren at Pamohi, Garchuk, Guwahati. Garvin informed the ChiefMinister that he was planning a students' exchange programme toAustralia from schools of underprivileged children, namely Prajnalayaof Titabor and Parijat Academy of Garchuk , Guwahati.Brown was accompanied by Friends of Assam & Seven Sisters (FASS)secretary general Bidyananda Barkakoty and vice-president JayantaBarman. Brown had participated in another charity walk in Titabor. Inboth the places there was an overwhelming response from the public andmany noted Gandhians and senior citizens took part in the walk.Brown, an ardent follower of the Gandhian principles, has organised aMahatma Gandhi awareness day in Gold Coast , Australia , participated inthe 75th anniversary of the Dandi Yatra in India and runs anorganisation called Mahatma Gandhi Awareness at Queensland , Australia .Brown's visit was a great boost to several schools for underprivilegedin Pamohi, Titabor, Nongpoh and Tamulpur. His presence motivatedhundreds of villagers in Garbhanga (on the city outskirts nearAssam-Meghalaya border) who incidentally have not yet seen basicamenities such as electricity, clean drinking water, school, medicalfacility, etc.Besides bringing many FASS volunteers unitedly into selfless actions,the trip of Brown also started a new Gandhi consciousness in the NorthEast, as many old Gandhians came out in big numbers to join thegeneral charity walks both in Guwahati and Titabor.Brown's visit to the North East has finally come to an end. He tookpains to travel to the distant places of Assam and the North Eastwhich include Tamulpur, Kumrikata, Jorhat, Titabor, Nongpoh, Shillong,Garbhanga, etc., and spread the message of peace.(The Assam Tribune,Monday, March 31, 2008