20 FebruaryAnnual observance
SDG Day
A Society-wide sharing on the Sustainable Development Goals. A representative from the Eco Healing Centre participated as a featured panelist, speaking on SDG 13, Climate Action.
The annual calendar
Days we keep together.
Some dates are fixed in the international calendar, some move with the intake. All of them are marked on the campus at Bibwewadi.
8 MarchAnnual
International Women’s Day
A celebration and awareness session on women’s empowerment and sustainable health at the Outreach Centre. A Society resource person was invited as chief guest at an awareness gathering in Ahmednagar.
22 MarchEnvironment cycle
World Water Day
Marked at Samanvaya alongside the Centre’s rainwater harvesting work, which sustains the greening of the hill through the dry months.
22 AprilEnvironment cycle
Earth Day
Part of the Samanvaya environment cycle, shared with collaborators and the neighbouring community.
22 MayEnvironment cycle
International Day for Biological Diversity
Tied to the campus biodiversity record begun alongside visiting ecologists and conservationists — observing and protecting the life forms that share the hillside.
5 JuneEnvironment cycle
World Environment Day
The largest of the environment observances at Samanvaya, on the hillside the sisters greened by hand.
Through the yearSeveral intakes a year
Basic Holistic Health Workshop
The six-day residential programme for nursing students, college students and the public. Recent intakes have run throughout the season. See Programmes for the curriculum and details.
14 NovemberAnnual
Children’s Day
Games, prizes and a cultural programme for the children of the outreach families and neighbouring communities.
1 DecemberAnnual
World AIDS Day
An awareness day and a celebration with the outreach families — games, cultural performances and a shared meal. Marked every year with families in the programme.
By arrangementYear-round
Retreats and quiet days at Samanvaya
NGOs, student groups, youth and children’s groups and nature lovers book the Eco Centre for short courses, sessions, seminars and quiet days throughout the year.
Observances that follow the international calendar are shown on their standard calendar date.