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Meeting of generations

On a sunny afternoon the members of the Swiss children’s satsang performed, danced, and played in the nearby retirement home in Flaach. This was done as part of the social awareness development program. The program focused on folklore with Swiss songs and music from eastern Europe. The children sang most joyfully and the elderly people […]

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Family Camp at the Amma Center, Switzerland

On a weekend in June, over twenty children and teenagers participated in the Family Camp 2013 of the Swiss Amma Center in Flaach. The theme of the camp was “Man and Nature in Harmony” with a special emphasis on water. The children and teenagers participated, according to their age, in different workshops centered on the […]

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Retreat for children and teenagers

M.A. Centre, Switzerland The second retreat for children and teenagers took place on a weekend in march with beautiful sunny spring weather. The motto of the weekend was “Nature and humans in tune with each other”. There were separate workshops for children and teenagers as well as some common happenings. On Saturday morning both groups […]

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Christmas carol of Swiss Bala Kendra

The Bala Kendra (children’s group) in Switzerland (Kindertreff Ziegelhütte) sang and played Christmas carols for elderly people in a retirement home near the Amma Center in Germany. The old people were very moved by the concert and applauded enthusiastically at the end. They very much appreciated, that these young people came to sweeten their holiday […]

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Teen Retreat at MA Center, Germany

The first Teen-Retreat for children between the ages of 12-15 took place at the M.A. Center, Germany, on July 1.-3, 2011. The participants came to gel as a group through various team building activities such as group discussions, mural painting, music, etc. The mornings started with meditation. They were given the chance to express themselves […]

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In tune with Nature

“In tune with nature” was the topic for this year’s Children Retreat on June 11th – 13th, 2011 during Pentecost. Forty children and their parents, from all over Switzerland and Germany, gathered together to spend an inspiring weekend at the MA Center Germany in Hof Herrenberg. Dodo, clown from the Children’s Retreat, led all into […]

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Kids camp in Fiji

When Br Shantamrita conducted a two day kids camp in Fiji.

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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. […]

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We enjoy our planet earth

From May 22-24 about 40 children, age 5-13, with their parents, from Germany and Switzerland came together at the M.A. Center, Germany, to spend a children-retreat together. The motto of the weekend was “Nature- we enjoy our planet earth!” With a playful and humorous approach it was made possible for the kids to dive into […]

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Lighting a flame for Peace

On the weekend of May 30 through June 1, 2009, 35 children between 5 and 12 years of age and their parents from Germany and Switzerland met at the Training Center Hof Herrenberg Association for the 5th meeting for children. First, the children were shown a view of human values by the funny figure Clown […]