Jayesh Patel

Jayesh Patel is the co-founder and director of Manav Sadhna, an NGO based in the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, India. Formed in 1990 with the mission to serve the underprivileged, Manav Sadhna now provides health and hygiene, education, and employment services to over 4,500 women and children through over 38 projects.

Videos featuring Jayesh Patel

  • Living Service

    In "Living Service", Jayesh Patel, founder of the Indian NGO Manav Sadhna, walks us through the vast slums of Ahmedabad, showing us how Gandhian principles inspire the organization to help women and children living in poverty. Jayesh explains that the world has enough good ideas and what's really needed is for all of us to commit to one another through humble service.

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"Be like a ladder, not like a leader. If you become a ladder, then everyone develops themselves. And try to love all, serve all."
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