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<\/p>\nThe Lotus Trust, the welfare arm of Bhaktivedanta Manor Hare Krishna Temple raised thousands for local charities, including the Great Ormond Street Hospital during a Charity Walk on Sunday 18th July. This year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Walk was themed \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcwalking with the cows\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as there were over fifty walkers dressed as cows! Walkers included a grandmother aged 93 and Himani Patel, aged 9, who were dressed in fury black and white costumes!<\/p>\n
Bob Blackman, MP for Harrow East and the Mayor of Harrow Cllr Asad Omar opened the event.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I congratulate everyone who has taken part in the Walk- \u00e2\u20ac\u201c raising money for the Great Ormond Street Hospital which is a great cause,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Bob Blackman MP. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The event also promoted the proper treatment of cows which are an important aspect of our society\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is an annual event which benefits local charities. This year we supported the Great Ormond Street Hospital,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d explained Sheila Chauhan, the organiser of the Walk.<\/p>\n
The Walk was also to promote a new milk quality marked as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAhimsa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Those milk products with the Ahimsa mark will represent milk which comes from cows which will kept free from slaughter.<\/p>\n
Most farms in the UK will slaughter their cows for human or domestic animal consumption after about five years of their milking life. However, the Ahimsa campaign is looking to collaborate with farms to take care of their cows until they die naturally. A pilot is soon to be launched where people can purchase Ahimsa milk through a collection scheme.<\/p>\n
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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This premium milk will offer consumers the chance to avoid buying from an industry which is based around slaughter and suffering, and instead buy from a fresh new alternative\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Mr Sanjay Tanna, Director of the Lotus Trust.<\/p>\n
You can learn more about Ahimsa milk on the website: www.lotustrust.org\/ahimsa<\/a><\/p>\n The Lotus Trust is an educational, relief and development agency seeking to transform lives and improve the environment both in the UK and overseas.<\/p>\n