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Full time vacancy for a Programmes Manager at Karuna

By Andrea@Karuna on Tue, 14 May, 2013 - 09:58

Full time vacancy for a Programmes Manager at Karuna

By Andrea@Karuna on Tue, 14 May, 2013 - 09:58Karuna is a dynamic Buddhist charity formed in 1980 as the Triratna Buddhist Community’s response to the suffering of India’s Dalit community. We work with some of India’s most disadvantaged and discriminated people, sending more than £1 million every year to India. Our partners enable Dalit and tribal communities to fulfill their potential through social and Dharma projects. Karuna is a vibrant and dynamic organisation and that offers an amazing opportunity to transform both self and the world!

We...

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An exciting new opportunity - Karuna is recruiting for a Head of Fundraising

By Andrea@Karuna on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 14:50

An exciting new opportunity - Karuna is recruiting for a Head of Fundraising

By Andrea@Karuna on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 14:50Karuna was formed in 1980 as the Triratna Buddhist Community’s response to the suffering of India’s Dalit community. For 30 years, Karuna has worked with some of South Asia’s most disadvantaged people, sending over £1 million every year to support Dalit and tribal communities fulfill their potential through our social and Dharma projects.

We currently have a full time vacancy for a Head of Fundraising

Karuna Trust is a dynamic Buddhist charity working in partnership with grassroots led...

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Permanent and Volunteer opportunities at Karuna

By lokabandhu on Wed, 20 Feb, 2013 - 10:33

Permanent and Volunteer opportunities at Karuna

By lokabandhu on Wed, 20 Feb, 2013 - 10:33The Karuna Trust was formed in 1980 as the Triratna Buddhist Community’s response to the suffering of India’s Dalit community. For over 30 years, Karuna has worked with some of South Asia’s most disadvantaged people, sending over £1 million every year to support Dalit and tribal communities fulfil their potential through our social and Dharma projects.

Supporter Care Officer
We have a full-time, permanent vacancy for a Supporter Care Officer based in our office at the...

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Karuna fundraising 2013: transforming self and world

By Andrea@Karuna on Mon, 14 Jan, 2013 - 16:15

Karuna fundraising 2013: transforming self and world

By Andrea@Karuna on Mon, 14 Jan, 2013 - 16:15Happy New Year friends of Karuna Fundraisers.

If you are up for a personal challenge in 2013 you may want to consider doing some fundraising for Karuna this year. You’ll personally benefit in ways you’d never have imagined as well as helping India’s Dalit community.

We have spaces on the following appeals:
Men’s Door-to-door (London)16 Feb -to 30 March, 6 April to 18 May and 25 May to 6 July.
We’re also running a Phone Appeal from our...

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Padmadaka appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Karuna

By Andrea@Karuna on Sat, 22 Dec, 2012 - 09:44

Padmadaka appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Karuna

By Andrea@Karuna on Sat, 22 Dec, 2012 - 09:44We’re delighted to share with you the news that the Karuna trustees have appointed Dharmachari Padmadaka as the new Chief Executive Officer of Karuna.

Vajrapushpa, Karuna’s chair of trustees says: “Padmadaka comes highly recommended by those who have worked closely with him in the past. He has also been an effective Programme Manager in Karuna and a valued member of staff who has already made a significant contribution to Karuna. The trustees believe Padmadaka has the skills and experience,...

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The Big Give Challenge 2012: You can help Karuna lift 10,000 Indian kids out of child labour and poverty

By Andrea@Karuna on Wed, 5 Dec, 2012 - 12:47

The Big Give Challenge 2012: You can help Karuna lift 10,000 Indian kids out of child labour and poverty

By Andrea@Karuna on Wed, 5 Dec, 2012 - 12:47Only 55-65% of children in the villages of Sangamner, Maharashtra, India are attending school. The root of the problem is poverty, where in Maharashtra, 27 million people live on less than 80p a day. Poor and uneducated parents do not always recognise the value in children, especially girls, attending school. Instead children are often kept away from school to bring extra income into the household through scavenging, or following their parents into work.

Education for all children is the...

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Karuna: Empowering women

By Andrea@Karuna on Fri, 2 Nov, 2012 - 10:50

Karuna: Empowering women

By Andrea@Karuna on Fri, 2 Nov, 2012 - 10:50Andrea from Karuna writes: We’ve recently published our annual Karuna 2012 Newsletter highlighting our women’s empowerment work in India. We send the newsletter to all our supporters so they’re kept informed about the brilliant projects we support. Some of the women featured in it such as Sanjivani and girls such as Susimita and Priyanka have found their voices. They are not going to be silenced by prejudice and discrimination or their own fears.

Karuna is Triratna’s fundraising...

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Dharmachari Amitayus and the gift of the Dharma

By Andrea@Karuna on Fri, 12 Oct, 2012 - 06:05

Dharmachari Amitayus and the gift of the Dharma

By Andrea@Karuna on Fri, 12 Oct, 2012 - 06:05We continue our ‘India week’ on Triratna News with a profile of Amitayus, a young Indian Order Member living and working in Amaravati, a busy city in Maharastra, central India. He’s one of over 450 Order Members in India.

Like many others, Amitayus’ grandfather’s job was ‘untouchable’ work, to carry dead animals away from the village. His grandparents often had no food except the flesh of rotting animals. With no land of their own, they were forced...

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Moving from darkness to light - being on retreat in India

By Andrea@Karuna on Thu, 11 Oct, 2012 - 08:12

Moving from darkness to light - being on retreat in India

By Andrea@Karuna on Thu, 11 Oct, 2012 - 08:12Bhaja Retreat Centre - funded by Triratna’s Karuna Trust - is located in a rural area between Pune and Mumbai. Away from the crowded slums India, Bhaja is a rural idyll located between Pune and Mumbai (in western India).

Imagine living in a one room shack, amidst hundreds if not thousands of others with corrugated roofs that trap the harsh Indian sun. There is no running water, you have to walk a mile or more to collect that, to...

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Volunteer Opportunities at Karuna

By Andrea@Karuna on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 15:39

Volunteer Opportunities at Karuna

By Andrea@Karuna on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 15:39You can help alleviate suffering in India by volunteering at Karuna - a friendly and vibrant Team Based Right Livelihood

Karuna was formed in 1980 as the Triratna Buddhist Community’s response to the suffering of India’s Dalit community. For 30 years Karuna has worked with some of India’s most disadvantaged people, sending over £1 million every year to support low-caste and tribal communities fulfill their potential through our social and Dharma projects.

We are looking for volunteers to...

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