Gandhi Ashram School

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Gandhi Ashram School
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founding 1993
State West Bengal
Country India
student 315
management Paul d'Souza

The Gandhi Ashram School is located in Kalimpong in the mountains of Darjeeling in India . It was founded by the Jesuit Father Ed McGuire for children whose families have no money for education. The focus of the school is on musical training. The pupils learn a string instrument from the first grade , individual pupils of the school perform on concert tours in Europe together with local musicians. The school has its own violin making workshop.

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  1. ↑ a b The violin children from the Himalayas in the Gandhi Ashram school in Kalimpong. (Pdf) In: www.jesuiten-weltweit.ch. Retrieved April 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Gandhi Ashram. In: www.canadianjesuitsinternational.ca. Accessed April 25, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ The violin children in the Himalayas - children on the way to school Children on the way to school. In: rahel-in-kalimpong.jimdo.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012 ; accessed on April 25, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Gandhi Ashram School - The Violin Children in the Himalayas. (No longer available online.) In: www.jesuitenmission.org. Formerly in the original ; accessed on April 25, 2020 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.jesuitenmission.org
  5. ↑ Violin making at the foot of the Himalayas - one year as a violin maker at the Gandhi Ashram School in Northern India. (No longer available online.) In: www.jesuitenmission.org. Formerly in the original ; accessed on April 25, 2020 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.jesuitenmission.org on the website of the Jesuit mission ; Retrieved December 29, 2011