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Category: Community Out Reach

  • Ashram begins Bihar flood relief

    Ashram begins Bihar flood relief

    4 September 2008 —Bihar, India Currently 50 percent of Bihar is underwater. The UN has stated that at least one million people have been rendered homeless; others say the figure is as high as five million. The death toll is currently around 75, but medical experts fear epidemics due to contaminated water. Cases of Typhoid,…

  • To serve those needier than her

    Italy — August 2008 Through her example, Amma has inspired countless people to give back to the world in whatever way they can. Some contribute through donating their resources, others by serving in Amma’s charitable projects and institutions. In this way, not only is the world benefitting, but so too the volunteers, whose minds are…

  • Taking the Elderly for a Stroll

    Helsinki & Porvoo Finland In the spring of 2008, Amma devotees in Helsinki began helping old people, taking residents of Kutaankartano, an old-age home, for fresh-air strolls. “The permanent workers do a valuable and heavy job with a very small number of workers. The volunteer workers can ease the nurses’ workload,” says Sami Kurko, the…

  • The Oxford Shower Project

    Central Oxford, England Inspired by Amma’s vision of a world wherein everyone selflessly and compassionately serves their fellow man, devotees in England have begun running a public shower for the homeless in Central Oxford. Unlike in India, there are no temple ponds, rivers, or public taps were any one can bathe freely in England. The…

  • Hope for the Drowning

    India’s Farmer Suicide Problem and Amma’s Solutions 25 February, Bharata Yatra 2008 — Ahamed Nagar, Maharashtra, a roadside stop between Pune and Mumbai It was only after Amma’s program in Vidarbha that some of the Western devotees travelling with Amma learned the full extent of the region’s suicide epidemic. Figures that baffle the mind: farmers…

  • 101 Self Help Groups Given Capital

    101 Self Help Groups Given Capital

    Part of Ashram’s Fight Against Farmer Suicide5 February 2008 — Amritapuri Working capital was distributed to 101 women’s self-help groups as part of the Ashram’s Amrita Self-Reliance Employment & Empowerment Program (Amrita SREE). Amrita SREE is part of the Ashram’s multi-pronged effort to fight suicide amongst farmers in India. The capital was distributed by Opposition…

  • Children’s hope, Postman s burden

    For the past few weeks, the postman has been arriving at Amritapuri bearing heavy loads. Huge sacks of mail from all over India are coming to the Ashram on a daily basis. They are filled with the hopes of thousands of children. They are applications for Amma’s newly announced Vidyamritam project in which 30,000 children…

  • Story of an Orphan Bride

    Story of an Orphan Bride

    27 September 2007 — Amritapuri It has become a birthday tradition – on Amma’s 54th birthday she once again performed the marriage ceremonies for 50 impoverished couples. The Ashram sponsored all the traditional wedding items—from brocade saris, to gold wedding necklaces and rings to post-wedding family feasts. This year, one of the brides was Jayashree,…

  • Vidyamritam

    September 2007 — Amritapuri On Amma’s Birthday, 30,000 children of farmers living under the poverty line from Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka will receive the gift of free education as part of a new social welfare program called Vidyamritam. The program is part of the Ashram’s new multi-pronged fight against the rising epidemic of…

  • Onam with Tribals

    25 Aug 2007, Idukki Workers atf the JSS office in Idukki, which is managed by MAM, in celebration of Onam, pledged to distribute 1000 packages of food staples to the poor and needy over the next few months. In a function held last week, Sri K.K. Jayachandran (MLA – Udumpanchola) handed out the 108 first…