In 3rd century India, Asoka asked His subjects to revere children and animals throughout His vast Empire. Saying. 'How can we be civilized people, if we are of a mind to neglect the vulnerable'

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It is the Gesar Foundation principle to serve all children across the globe with equanimity and without exception. This means to have no preference towards one group of children over another. We wish to give children, whatever their background, an equal and balanced opportunity to be happy, to succeed and to prosper.

When Gesar showed an interest in the animal sanctuary set in the beautiful Devon countryside, in Holsworthy England. It was with a view to establish a centre that would serve as a living example of how children, particularly those distressed or traumatised, would benefit from being with animals that had been through similar circumstances.

The Holsworthy sanctuary is to be developed as a Gesar Foundation flag ship. A fine example, that will serve both animals and children. It is to support other sanctuary's and encourage other projects of it's type across the world.

It is not the Gesar principle to think only of the animals in our care. We must always think of what equanimity means and serve all living beings equally.

How will our goal be achieved?

To achieve this goal, Pawo has called together a team of individuals, all accomplished in their field of expertise. He has requested that they together put the Gesar Foundation proposal into action.

The team are.

Nick Grove, founder and managing director of Sqn Solutions, a web design and development company with an international client base. Nick Grove also built and maintains the Gesar Foundation web site as a gift to Gesar. Nick Dear, formerly of the BBC and now director of Nick Dear PR Managerment and Sophie Blake, formerly of Sky Television.

Below we see Pawo with Roxy Piper, her partner Tom who came to visit...Both are from a Devon based organisation Tribal Roots, who may one day take a position here with the rest of us.

Nick Grove, is at present building in his mind, a web site that will be both inevative in the use of the latest technology and completely user friendly for us who are new to computers. The web site will house the on line Gesar, friends to Children and Animals magazine. It is the job of Nick Dear, to generate the international interest.

This magazine will need subscibers. It is the subcriptions that will feed the animals and maintain the premises, paying it's bills. Also the funds accumalated annually will be distributed world wide by trustees to struggling sanctuary's in need of support or development.

Sophie, who has already done so much to get this project moving, will continue to do what she can to introduce celebrities and friends to the magazine, so we always have a flow of interesting articles from a flow of known characters from across the world who have an animal story to tell.

In the meantime, Pawo has pledged to raise £999,999 to ensure that all the animals resident and received in future are safe from any threat of closure. He will achieve this sum as he travels the country far and wide this summer

See below the poster kindly donated by John Gardener at Jag Signs of Holsworthy Devon England. Pawo will carry this sign with him as he travels.

We must also thank Tracy Evans and her husband Matt, who run the Gesar Charity shop on ebay and inspire so many others to help Pawo to bring down the 999,999 figure he has set out to raise...Matt also looks forward to recording Wish Fulfilling Tree at his local church and will inspire we hope recordings from churches across South Devon.

Below is a picture of Tracy, Matt and Pawo at their first meeting in Brixham England during July 2010.

We have much work to do before this beautiful and most poetic project is off the ground. Lets concentrate with great diligence and picture our total and undiluted success.

Our children's village will eventually be made up of replica dwellings from around the world, including Ethiopian mud huts, Teepee's, Canadian log cabins and even a tree house build on the lines of the famous film home of the Swiss Family Robinson, and we must not forget the Amazonian long house to be built on stilts by the lakeside.

Below we see a picture of Denice and Casey Vandenberg. Casey is chairman of the Brixham Berzerkers, an iron age re-enactment society who are building an iron age settlement at Holsworthy...

Adventures of this nature do take time and we must be patient with all who have an interest in achieving the finest outcome. Children will cherish the freedom of open space and want to come along every weekend. They will hold with them wonderful memories and bring their children too. How wonderful it will be for all our friends, young or older, four legged or two, beaked or with a nose, furry or otherwise. There will be a sense of belonging for everybody.

Above we see three of the many horses living the good life of retirement and ease at the sanctuary and in the distance, along the tree line we can see the site marked for our Native American Indian teepee's

Below are Debbie and Pawo standing with the Iron Age village site in the background

Below are Nathan, Alf and Pawo eager to get started on our main hall, to be built in the Tibetan style. this hall will enclose the shower block and shower units, as well as the main meeting space for talks, theatre etc.

Below we see the first pylon go into the ground

The full address is as follows...

Lakeside Farm

Clawton

Holsworthy

Devon

EX22 6PP

Tel 01409 255442

See below further pictures of the farm and rejoice at the good fortune of both the children and the animals at the farm.

Above is Joan Diamond celebrating the animals happiness by waving the Gesar Flag. Though Joan works very hard for our children she also has many pets at home. When you meet her, she will tell some very funny stories about dogs and parrots, ferrets, two cats and other very funny things

Below is myself, Joan Diamond and the De Ste Croix family when we first met inside the gate.

Below. Just two of the many horses on the farm

And one of the many cockerells that grace the walk ways, paddock's and fields.

The beautiful lake. To the right we see a twenty acre woodland, so old and so very natural

Jann Wertz who serves the Nepalese children she has befriended with such generosity, talking to Alf about the running of the farm.

And Pawo. Making friends with a vietmanese he met on the edge of Dartmoor

Below. Is Geoff Pitt, who owns an adjoining wood to our property. He is in deep discussion withour John who has a passion for wood and woodlands. The two men were inseperable and could have talked for days. It appears we will have all the necessary timber within our own woodland to complete our project and thanks to these fine men, we have all the detail.

Thank you again to our patrons and friends who are behind us all the way.

Below we have David Schofield.

Cherie Lunghi

Sophie Blake

It is heartwarming to hear from friends from all over the world, who are so kind and wish to help us with the children and animal development. no doubt our special space in Devon will be a great meeting place for us all and over the years, many animals and children will benefit.

Immediately their are children who benefit from the Gesar Foundation Quality Of Life Sanctuary. The Gesar Karate club Holsworthy have set up their headquarters and also the Gesar Four seasons nature club.

Below we see an article from the local press telling of the how the Karate club are to establish themselves at the children park.

Below we see a picture of Pawo and local children from North Devon. All are planting vegetables. One of the essential activities at the sanctuary. All children receive the opportunity to plant, cultivate and reap the benefits of Vegetables.

Below.Friends in the barn. All our friends brought their children to the sanctuary for the day. It is wonderful to see the youngsters familarising themseves with the poultry, remembering their names and making friends with each other. These children have some very special memories to recall later in life.

Below. All our friends and the children walking towards the the lower barn following our nature walk, where the children were shown pond wild life. Experts in this field will soon make themselves available for regular nature education events.

Below we see Roxy Piper, founder of Tribal Roots, her daughter Freyja and our dear friend Haley fishing for samples of pond life to show the children.

Below we see a sample of the pond life for the youngsters to study. We have one pond and one lake on the premises and both are undisturbed by humans. They are fine examples of English nature and of great interest to those who specialise in the subject of pond life.

Below we see a picture of Pawo pushing little Freyja on a wood cart. Bless her hreat, she loved her experience. Freyja is the young daughter of Roxy Piper, founder of Tribal Roots.

Below we see a picture of Roxy Piper with Alf as they remove the sheets to prepare the ground for vegetables. Members of the Gesar nature club for children who have their headquarters at Holsworthy will be the ones who tend these these vegetable patches.

Below we have fun pretending to be tree's. The picture was taken in the orchard field. Tree's are already donated by the Gesar Foundation, Jaden Cornelious Foundation and Tribal roots. All are fruit tree's. There are several other tree's to come from existing sponsors and new sponsor's and friends alike. The orchard consist of apple, pear, kiwi, sweet chestnut, fig, bay and damson tree's. Also in the orchard there is to be planted The Wish Fulfilling Tree for the children to hang their dreams on.

Below we see the team hard digging but full of laughter as between us we dig the organic vegetable garden. The garden is designed on the principles of permaculture and will incorporat raised beds, a double herb spiral with ponds along with companion planting.