Girmitiya Foundation
GIRMITIYA FOUNDATION is an NGO registered in India. Foundation is to help all Foreigners who have Indian origins or who are related to India in some ways or other to reconnect with their history and search for their roots entangled with their ancestral land of inhabitance. Girmitiya history was very painful but it was a great Challenge. Everyone knows the meaning of Girmitiya. More than 1 million of Indians men and women took a very long and perilous voyage across the black waters to work as bonded labour in the Sugar cane plantations in various British colonies between 1838 to 1916. However, narratives about their journeys, hardships and silenced voices have been long forgotten.
Girmitiyas or Jahajis are adventured Indian Labourers who were brought to Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, East Africa and in the Caribbean, mostly Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Jamaica to work on sugar cane plantations for the prosperity of the Europeans. ” Agreement ” is the term that has been coined into Girmit referring to the ” Agreement ” of the British Government with the Indians labourers as to the lengths of their stay in theses countries and when they would be allowed to go back to India their motherland. Many descendants of these Girmitiyas are still searching today for their Roots of their Ancestors.
Why Choose Us
We are the link to your Ancestors / we give you informations with details about tracing your Roots. We are operating in ground level. We are close to you. We are maintaining and promoting the Ancestors culture by awareness and events. We are practicing our Sanskar by actions.
Organizing free coaching for needy children to attend the level to follow an official school program. Help them financially with suitable clothes / shoes / and all school materials needed to facilitate their studies.
Help them to find out their skills and develop their own potential by learning systematically a professional job. Learn with professionalism. Lead these children to be independent, can help themselves and their family. To face their future with Dignity & Integrity.
Help ladies to discover their potential and develop their skill in handicrafts. Help them with materials and guidance. Help them to have an extra income or to become financially independent.
Coaching of how to take care of themselves / Nutrition / Exercises / Yoga. A especial space for those who need specific advices for life motivation/ life management. So that everyone can enjoy Healthy and Happy LIFE properly.