Rajghat

Gandhi 150th Birthday Award--Presented To Heidi Kuhn, Founder/CEO, Roots of Peace

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

NEW DELHI, Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --On the occasion of the 150th Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the Gandhi Global Family awarded the prestigious Gandhi Seva Medal to Ms. Heidi Kuhn, Founder/CEO, Roots of Peace, a humanitarian non-profit transforming minefields to vineyards and orchards worldwide.

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  • NEW DELHI, Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --On the occasion of the 150th Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the Gandhi Global Family awarded the prestigious Gandhi Seva Medal to Ms. Heidi Kuhn, Founder/CEO, Roots of Peace, a humanitarian non-profit transforming minefields to vineyards and orchards worldwide.
  • As the recent Afghan Presidential Elections have resulted in uncertainty with only 20% voter turn-out, and while peace talks and peace treaties seem to dissipate--the Roots of Peace is alive and well in Afghanistan.
  • This week, Roots of Peace organized over 130 Afghan traders to meet with hundreds of Indian buyers at the Indian-Afghanistan Investment and Trade Show funded by USAID.
  • Kuhn has been invited to attend the Interfaith ceremony at Rajghat, the sacred burial site of Mahatma Gandhi, on October 2, 2019 at 7:30am at Gandhi Samadi, Rajghat, New Delhi, India.