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Bihar Flood Relief Camps
Camps: Construction and Life MAM set up two relief camps. One in Purnia District, and one in Supaul District. The first was completed on 16th September; the second on 11th October. In total, 1,500 flood victims were housed in the shelters. Kitchens and toilets were also provided. At one point, when construction supplies were delayed,
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Bihar Floods 2008
On August 18, 2008, the Kosi River broke through a man-made embankment in Nepal. The flooding was massive and engulfed half the neighbouring state of Bi¬har in India. The prime minister declared it a national calamity. According to the World Health Organization, 3.3 million people in 1,850 villages were affected, with one million rendered homeless.
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Amrita Offset Printers gets a new machine
12 Dec 2008, Amritapuri Today a new Heidelberg, a quality 4 colour printing machine, was inaugurated in the newly constructed building of Amrita Offset Printers by Swami Amrita Geetananda. It is situated by the Amrita Kripa hospital. Hereafter, the colour printing of all Amma books in different languages will be done from here.
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Karthika lamps
11 Dec 2008, Amritapuri Today is Karthika. The path to the stage from Amma’s room was lit with oil lamps. Watch photos here.
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Orissa flood relief
13 Nov 2008, Bhuvaneswar, Orissa Orissa is one of these states in India which undergoes flooding in one part of the state or the other during the monsoons. The annual monsoon season though eagerly awaited, by the farmers of Orissa are also the bane of development or the cause of their sorrow as the river
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Flood relief in Brazil
In November 2008 Santa Catarina, one of the main States in Brazil, was flooded as never before due to very hard storms. The floods caused around 150 deaths and about 33,000 people had to leave their homes. A family of Amma’s devotees was in the tragedy location and they made a dramatic call to Sao
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Amma arrived at the ashram
07 Dec 2008, Amritapuri Amma reached Amritapuri ashram this afternoon after her Europe-USA yatra. She was away for two months. Ashramites welcomed her back home with great love and affection. Darshan starts on saturday, 13th December.
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Amma in Detroit, Michigan
4 Dec, Detroit, Michigan, USA Yatra 2008 At the 5-day program in the city of Dearborn (near Detroit) in the State of Michigan, thousands of devotees from all over the US and Canada came to see Amma. Andy Meisner, Congressman for the State of Michigan came to welcome Amma. He said: “What a great privilege
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Amma in Dublin, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland – 21 Nov, Europe Yatra 2008 This is the 5th year that Amma has come the visit Dublin, Ireland. The South African Ambassador to Ireland, Her Excellency Priscilla Jana, who has come for the third time to be in Amma’s presence, said: “Your teachings, the religion of love, is particularly significant, very relevant
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Clicking their way to a brighter future
Kalpetta, Wayanad, 7 Nov 2008 Young Manikanden stares intently at his computer and then clicks the mouse. This twenty-year-old tribal boy is clicking his way to a brighter future. His is taking a Business Office computer course offered by the Village Resource Center in Kalpetta. He has been working as a day laborer, but with