Category: Community Out Reach

  • Rich hearted children

    26 Jun, Albuquerque, New Mexico – 2010 USA yatra Fifteen of Amma’s children in New Mexico ranging from ages 5 through 15 have been selling handmade art during the 5 day Albuquerque program. They have been making beautiful cards of many colors with their own drawings and cut out Amma photos from various free publications.…

  • Amma to start an orphanage in Haiti

    Amma to start an orphanage in Haiti

    The orphanage in Haiti will be the third such institution; the others being Amrita Niketan in Kerala, India (1989) and Amrita Watoto Boma in Nairobi (2009).

  • Japanese students help Raichur housing project

    Japanese students help Raichur housing project

    Students participated in the free housing construction for flood victims.

  • Amma in Hyderabad

    Amma in Hyderabad

    Two days of Brahmasthanam festival programs were held in the ashram in the Mahendra Hills, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

  • Amma will inspire others

    Amma will inspire others

    “Amma has come to shower Her Love. All over the world, people wait for Amma’s arrival and Darshan like the proverbial chataka birds waiting for the rain.”

  • Easing the suffering of mankind

    22 December, Kodungallur –Bharata Yatra 2009 During the first evening program of the annual Brahmasthanam festival in Kodungallur, Amma extended several of the ashram’s charitable projects to recipients in the area. Sewing machines were  distributed along with financial working capital to start self-help groups for impoverished women. KP Dhanapalan,  a Member of Parliment of the…

  • Amrita institute for differently abled inaugurated

    19 Dec 2009, Kozhikode A new institute for the differently-abled, Amrita Institute for Differently Abled (AIDA), was inaugurated by  Mr. M. K. Raghavan, honorable Member of Parliament of Kozhikode constituency, in the presence of Amma during the Kozhikode Brahmasthanam festival. This new Institute, situated in Putiyara, is dedicated to the welfare of the mentally challenged…

  • Vidyamritam: bagging prize, winning the heart

    The series of competitions organized for Vidyamritam beneficiaries across Kerala culminated in the finals of the elocution competitions in the junior and senior category, held at the Pandal erected in the Engineering College grounds of Amritapuri campus.  Both categories saw eight participants each arguing vociferously on the need to preserve Mother Nature for a healthy…

  • Vidyamrita Sangamam 2009

    As part of Amma’s 56th Birthday Celebrations, 10,000 Vidyamritam scholarship recipients have come from all over Kerala.  These students have had a full schedule since their arrival, including Amma’s darshan and bhajans, different competitions and a magic show. The finalists were given prizes in an evening function held on 26th.

  • Art competition for Vidyamritam recipients

    21 September 2009 — Amritapuri Approximately 10,000 children—ages nine to 16, from all over Kerala—will begin converging on Amritapuri in the evening of 24th September. They are coming to participate in a grand finale of cultural events that have been organized for the beneficiaries of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s (MAM) Vidyamritam scholarship program. MAM started…