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.
From the ministries
Recent news.
Drawn from recent community updates, workshop reports, and campus milestones.
Society jubilee inaugurated at Samanvaya
Carrying forward the living vision of Anna Dengel and the Medical Mission Sisters, celebrations and community reflections were inaugurated here on the hillside. The Society Working Committee also gathered at the Eco Centre alongside students and neighbours.
Community health awareness in Ahmednagar
Invited as chief guest by the NGO Aasha Ankur for their Women’s Day celebration in Bhokar, a Society resource person spoke on sustainable health, linking it to the UN’s third Sustainable Development Goal — deep breathing, exercise, water, sleep, sun and a positive attitude as primary prevention.
Speaking for Climate Action on SDG Day
One of five panelists at the Society-wide online sharing on the Sustainable Development Goals, a Society representative presented reflections on SDG 13, Climate Action, in the context of Eco Healing and Health.
A new pathway makes the Healing Centre reachable by wheelchair
A new concrete pathway runs down the hill to the Healing Centre, allowing people to reach it by wheelchair, auto or scooter.
Ecologists begin a biodiversity record of the hill
Ecologists from the Institute for Ecology and Livelihood Action led a day’s workshop on One Health and ecosystem stewardship, beginning a campus-wide record of the life forms sharing the campus.
Children living on the street supported with schooling
The outreach team helped street-living children enrol in local school in Bibwewadi, and follows up regularly with the children, their families and their teachers. World AIDS Day was marked with the families in community solidarity.
Nursing students from across Maharashtra join workshops
Nursing students from colleges across Maharashtra have participated in workshop sessions and experiential learning activities.
Advanced certification in Sujok and auricular therapy
Society practitioners completed specialized certification and hold credentials in Sujok and auricular therapy, applying both therapies in daily practice at the Healing Centre.