9 March 2010, San Ramon, USA
Amma is starting an orphanage in Haiti in order to care of children who lost their relatives in the earthquake of 12 January 2010.
A four-story house rented in Laboulle, a suburb in the hills outside of Port-au-Prince, which is in the process  of being converted into an orphanage. The orphanage [Read more... click the article link above]

Japanese University students participating in the free house construction at Raichur for the flood victims

21-22 February, Hyderabad — Bharata Yatra 2010
Two days of Brahmasthanam festival programs were held in the ashram in the Mahendra Hills, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
Amma’s satsangs were translated into Telugu, the local language, and touched on many points.  Highlights included the importance of giving and generosity, the value of avoiding intoxicants, and the meaning and worth [Read more... click the article link above]

February 17 – Bengaluru, Bharata Yatra 2010    `
The Chief Minister of Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa, was on hand today to receive the symbolic key of the first 100 houses built by MAM for the 2009 flood victims. Upon receiving the key from Amma, the Chief Minister in turn handed it over to the deputy commissioner of [Read more... click the article link above]

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 Mukundapuram District of [Read more... click the article link above]

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 children belonging [Read more... click the article link above]

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 [Read more... click the article link above]