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Our Mission Promote a culture of peace and nonviolence among children. Volunteers of Shanti Fund VOSF have promoted the educational exchanges on Long Island for over last two decades by planning breakfast meetings to which speakers in many different fields of expertise were invited to speak having round table discussions where prominent activists diplomats and elected officials have discussed ongoing world issues of concern and by sponsoring a Teachers Exchange Program between India and the USA. Officials of Suffolk County noticed the activities of the Volunteers of Shanti Fund and invited Volunteers of Shanti Fund to build a Gandhi Memorial on the county property. For the last several years following the United Nations declaration To Promote a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence Among Children Volunteers of Shanti Fund have been inviting children from several area schools Girl Scouts Boy Scouts and youngsters from Indian cultural organizations to promote Gandhian values.