{"id":7837,"date":"2025-03-11T15:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T18:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foradacaixacoletivo.com.br\/openzine\/?p=7837"},"modified":"2025-06-01T09:23:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:23:28","slug":"global-forum-2025-planting-the-seeds-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foradacaixacoletivo.com.br\/openzine\/global-forum-2025-planting-the-seeds-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Forum 2025 – Planting the seeds of change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I would like to share with you my participation in the Global Forum at Azim Premji University<\/strong> in the city of Bangalore, India. But first I need to express my gratitude for the support we had from friends and partners, who donated to our online Crowdfunding and helped us reach the amount needed to cover the remaining costs for the flight to India. I am grateful for the support of His Holiness the Dalai Lama  and his Foundation, which paid the other part of the ticket, and to Azim Premji University<\/strong>, which hosted me on its campus accommodation,  offered delicious meals during the event days, and took super special care of me and all the participants who traveled from other countries to participate in the event. The photos and videos presented here are a combination of recordings made by me and photos taken by the university staff. I did my best to identify  and introduce myself, even if briefly, to everyone I had the honor of meeting and spending time with during the event.  Even so, it was impossible to meet all the amazing people present there, so I’m sorry for those who I couldn’t connect, but hopefully we’ll be together again in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo of the building where the university accommodation is located.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Global Forum’s proposal was to plant the seeds for the changes we  want for the Education in the Third Millennium<\/strong>. We are facing an immense challenge: changing educational practices that are currently increasingly competitive, capitalist, exclusionary and devoided of human values, causing a cascade of problems that arise from the first school years until university graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Azim Premji University is a philanthropic state institution with the purpose of working towards creating a more humanized, fair, equitable and sustainable society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All classrooms, laboratories, dining hall, auditoriums and pavilions are spacious, very well signposted and with an excellent structure, they also have a huge Amphitheater where some cultural presentations take place regularly on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meals were served in the dining hall and there was a variety of typical Indian dishes, always accompanied by dessert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young university students walked around the university, they worked as volunteers to help participants find the rooms where different activities were taking place. As the campus is very large, people often get lost. I myself got lost on several occasions in different paths and sometimes I was literally taken by the hands of very cute students who wanted to know everything about what our work was, where we were coming from, if it was the first time in India, etc. You could see the sparkle in their eyes and the satisfaction they felt in studying there. Many praised the university and especially the teachers, who, as some reported: \u201cthey help us inside and outside the classroom, it’s a real family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university’s main objective is to contribute to the social sector through scholarships, offering high-quality academic training, the development of public policies and being a reference for inclusion and quality. They have two active campuses, one in Bangalore, another in Bhopal and a third still under construction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Azim Wipro Premji <\/strong>\u2013 He is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of Bangalore-based information technology services company Wipro Technologies. Azim Premji has prestige and fame in his country compared to foreign technology entrepreneurs like Bill Gates. According to Forbes magazine, \u201cPremji is among the world’s most generous billionaires, having donated $21 billion to his charitable foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azim strongly believes that companies have a responsibility to employ ethical, fair and ecologically sensitive business practices, and to engage with key social issues. Wipro is recognized as a global leader in sustainability for its social and environmental initiatives covering all countries in its area of \u200b\u200boperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2001, Azim founded the Azim Premji Foundation<\/strong>, a non-profit organization focused on improving quality and equity in India’s public school system. The Foundation works with over 350,000 schools across seven Indian states. She also manages the Azim Premji University<\/strong>, which focuses on teaching and research programs in education and other areas of human development. The Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives <\/strong>supports non-profit organizations working in areas of human development and education, such as nutrition, local governance and the well-being of vulnerable groups. Azim’s $15 billion donation to the Foundation’s endowment makes it one of the largest foundations in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beautiful auditoriums were decorated with very colorful paintings, full of symbolism and images that reflected Indian culture. It was an aesthetic and inspiring pleasure to walk around the campus. It was even fun to get lost and wander aimlessly through the buildings and gardens. In the morning with the cool breeze and the waking sunlight, every angle deserved a photo. The sound of birds felt like a  symphony and completed the scenario. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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