Welcome to the site of Nightingale Group!!!

Nightingale Group , as envisaged by its promoters, is the umbrella body or the central agency under whose aegis several Bahá’í inspired non-profit organizations are planned to work aiming to contribute effectively to the process of building an everlasting, ever-advancing civilization on this earthly homeland. All the member organizations of the group strive to promote individual and collective well-being in the society. While doing so, systematic application of Bahá’í principles are kept at the heart of all activities of the Group.

A member organization and the charity wing of this Group is ‘Milly International’, an asylum for the needy, an institution registered under Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 in the year 1991. Milly International was formed, mainly for undertaking humanitarian and charitable activities, in the name and in the cherished memory of Amelia Engelder Collins, a very distinguished American Bahá’í who made substantial contributions for the development of Bahá’í Faith and she was affectionately called by all as ‘Milly’. She was extremely close to Shoghi Effendi, the beloved Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith and to his dear wife Amatu’l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum. Milly International has several plans and projects in mind and it will gradually embark on each one of them as its resources increase and allow.

Another member organization and the training wing of the Group is ´Nightingale Training & Consulting Services´ which, as planned, focuses its efforts on various kinds of training, capacity building programs independently and/or in collaboration with like-minded organizations and individuals. Good governance, value education, human rights and responsibilities, global prosperity are among the core areas of work of this entity.

Like minded Organizations and individuals desiring to comment or seeking collaboration or wishing to remain on the mailing list of the Group to learn about our new programs and activities are most welcome to write to us here .

The most prominent member organization, the research and publishing wing of the Group is ‘Nightingale Press’ that works to conceptualize, research and develop educative materials, publish them and distribute them across the world at subsidized prices. Several publications are in the planning stage at this time and selected writers are assigned the task of developing materials. ‘Nightingale Press’ also accepts printing assignments from institutions and the friends in other countries. It either ships out whole consignment by air/sea or takes up distribution of the material globally on such terms and conditions as mutually agreed by both parties. ‘Nightingale Press’ also accepts editing, copy-editing and proofreading assignments as well as publishing consultancy services.

Friends wishing to remain on our mailing list and wish to be notified about our new publications and announcements may write to us here.

Writers wishing to work and collaborate with us are most welcome to contact us at the following address. All others wishing to discuss business matters should also contact us.

The most successful product that ‘Nightingale Press’ developed so far is the beautiful Bahá’í Diary, a hard bound executive diary, having both Gregorian and the Bahá’í days and dates aiming to familiarize the friends with the characteristics and use of Bahá’í calendar. Nightingale Press has been producing these Diaries for the last six years and the seventh Diary for the year 2009-10 is being published this year. Usually with a single announcement, the first print of the diary gets sold off and often a second print is procured at the request of the friends. For more information regarding the Diary for the year 2009-10 and for ordering/buying it, please click here.If you wish to see the covers of all the previous diaries, please click here.

Nightingale Press will soon announce about its next publications and a part of its revenue will be used for charitable and humanitarian purposes. Thank you for supporting our endeavors and you are welcome write to us your ideas and comments.

If you had already sent us your order earlier, received our reply/estimation and wish to pay the amount online, please click here to use our manual order form.