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Welcome to the Indian Forum ‘Mahatma Gandhi‘

We are a non-profit association, which promotes the cultural exchange between India and Germany, and supports numerous development cooperation projects.

Who we are

Initiated by former students of the Berlin-based Mahatma Gandhi High School, the Indian Forum is engaged in development and cooperation projects in India for many years now. As a registered non-profit organization, we maintain close relations with other NGOs. Working…

What we do

To promote the intercultural dialogue between young people from Germany and India, we have initiated a variety of aid and cooperation projects. While the Indian Forum is responsible for organisation and implementation from the German side, the Indian activities in…

Kindergarten in Ranchi phase 2

The kindergarten project in Ranchi is largely being implemented with the help of a generous donation from the the Berlin-based…
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Alt-Marzahn christmas market 2023

For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic, we once again took part in the Advent christmas market in Alt-Marzahn,…
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Youth work in urban slums

Within the framework of our long-standing collaboration with and the donations from the the Berlin-based association Die Kappe e.V., umbrella…
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Meeting with Indian visitors group

Accompanied by Alex Nitschke, a group of visitors from India travelled to Berlin in May at the invitation of the…
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Improvement of Infrastructure of YMCA Public School Dhurwa

As part of our long-standing cooperation with the Tagore School in Berlin Marzahn, which has been enabling children in Chaibasa…
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Kindergarten in Ranchi – Completion of phase 1

The first phase of our project for the erection of a child-friendly, attractive kindergarten in Ranchi, started in early 2021,…
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Arrival of new ‘weltwaerts’ volunteer

Today – after Covid19 caused a delay of about one and a half years – our new ‘weltwaerts’ volunteer from…
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Project start “New kindergarten in Ranchi – Phase 1”

The teaching and support concept for pre-school education in India has mostly remained at the level of more than 40…
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Final Project Report on the Slum Centres Project

In November 2020, we were able to complete the slum centres project launched in 2019. After the successful renovation of…
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2020 – Shantiniketan –

After a long and intense preparation period, the time had finally come in February 2020 for a group from the…
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Interim Report on the Slum Centres Project

In an interim report on the Slum Centres project, which has been started in October 2019, our Indian partners –…
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Alt-Marzahn christmas market 2019

As every year on the Sunday of the first Advent weekend, we attended the christmas market in Alt-Marzahn, Berlin. At…
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The calendar for 2020

Basti has once again taken countless photos on his long travels through India and we have selected the most beautiful…
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Project start “Slum Centres”

Thanks to a generous donation of the Berlin-based association Die Kappe e.V., educational umbrella organisation for the Creativity School Centre…
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Farewell to our ‘weltwärts’ volunteer Rimil

A year goes by so fast. Yesterday Rimil, participant in the South-North exchange of the weltwärts programme, successfully completed his…
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Endurance run of the Tagore School

Sporty pupils of the Tagore High School (Gymnasium) in Berlin-Marzahn gave their all at this year’s endurance run for the…
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Harvest festival in Alt-Marzahn

At this year’s harvest festival in mid September in Alt-Marzahn, Berlin, the Indian Forum once again had an own booth….
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Kindergarten opened

In mid January, the new Martha Kindergarten in Chaibasa has finally been finished and inaugurated with about 150 guests. The…
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Members trip to India

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of our association’s official founding, we conducted our long planned members trip to India in…
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Rimil arrived in Berlin

On 13 October 2018 we welcomed Rimil Topno as our new “weltwaerts” volunteer in Berlin. Within the framework of the…
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New board elected

At the annual meeting 2018, a new or slightly changed executive board has been elected. Have a look at the…
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New website

After a longer break, we are happy to present our newly designed website to you today. Many categories are still…
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Harvest festival 2017

On Saturday, 9 September 2017 we participated once again in the annual harvest festival in Alt-Marzahn, Berlin. Many people there…
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Monthly meetings

We usually meet every second Thursday of the month, either at 19:00 at Plesser Str. 3, 12435 Berlin, or online at 18:00 via webmeeting. Visitors are most welcome. If you are interested, please contact us beforehand so that we can let you know if and when and where exactly.

State-approved charitable organization

Helfen Sie mit nur 12 € im Monat --- Help with just 12 € a month

Für eine bessere Zukunft --- For a better future

Helfen Sie uns helfen --- Help us to help

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