Category: Community Out Reach

  • Japanese students bring warmth to Uttarakhand

    February 2014, Uttarakhand A group of 73 students from all over Japan came together and travelled to India to help take part in Amma’s rehabilitation of the areas devastated by the 2013 floods in the state of Uttarakhand. Amma pledged to rebuild 500 homes in the area. The first phase of that work is going…

  • Electrician course for tribals in Attappadi

    In Attappady, an electrician course was conducted at Kottatara Karandara Community Hall for Adivasi youth. The 45 day long course was organized under the auspices of the Amrita Self-Reliant Villages program (Amrita SeRVe) in association with the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India. Amrita SeRVe is a program initiated with…

  • Amrita SeRVe project launched in Attapadi

    During Amma’s 60th birthday celebrations the adoption project of 101 villages throughout India was launched. The village of Mulli in the Attappady region of Kerala was one among those chosen villages. Attappady is a tribal area nestled deep in the Western Ghats mountain range in the Palakkad district of Kerala. 85% of this pristine land…

  • Financial support for Idukki landslide victims

    MAM to give Rs. 100,000 to Families of People Who Perished in Idukki Landslide The Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) will be providing Rs. one lakh to families in Kerala’s Idukki District who lost family members in landslides that struck the region in early August. The fatal landslides in the region were triggered by one of…

  • Safety for women, Security for mentally challenged; a device by Amrita

    How can anyone live in fear? Most women are victimized for no fault of their own unable to travel and perform mundane activities. In discussions with Amrita University’s Centre for Cyber Security, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma), stressed the need for developing technology to protect and make Indian women feel more safe. According to Dr.…

  • AMMACHI Labs to setup vocational institutes in 101 villages

    AMMACHI Labs to setup vocational institutes in 101 villages whcih would be adopted by MAM. The institutes would be centred around Computerized Vocational & Education Training (cVET) and Life-Enrichment Education (LEE) systems developed and managed by AMMACHI Labs. AMMACHI Labs has already provided training to more than 1,000 women in fields such as plumbing through…

  • MAM to adopt 101 villages throughout India

    10 Sep 2013, New Delhi The Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) to adopt 101 villages throughout India, which is being called the Amrita Self-Reliant Village Programme (Amrita Swasraya Gramam). Announcing this in a press meet in New Delhi, Vice Chairman Swami Amrita Swarupananda said that this would amount to the most massive humanitarian programme ever undertaken…

  • Haritamritam, organic farming project inaugurated

    10,000 people to cultivate organic vegetables in 1,000 acres 22 Feb 2013, Amritapuri, Kollam Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated Haritamritam, a new humanitarian initiative of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math today in Amritapuri Ashram in the presence of Amma. Haritamritam is an initiative to promote organic farming in the state. The Math is becoming a…

  • Justice delayed is Justice denied

    Chala is a small town in Kannur District of Kerala. In the recent past it bore witness to a catastrophic accident involving an LPG Gas Tanker Explosion. It was a cruel reminder of a similar incident which occurred in Karunagapalli (not so far from Amritapuri) which only added to the empathy that was felt for…

  • Free marriage for the poor

    Free marriage for the poor

    27 Sep 2012, Amritapuri – Amma’s 59th Birthday celebrations Amma conducted the weddings for 59 impoverished couples. The couples were given new cloths  and gold ornaments and food for all family members who attended. This was part of the number of charitable activities launched during the 59th birthday celebrations of Amma. [av_partner columns=’1′ heading=” size=’no…