http://site.theammashop.org/blog Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:59:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Amma’s North American Tour – Fall 2011 http://site.theammashop.org/blog/2011/11/19/ammas-north-american-tour-fall-2011/ Amma’s North American Tour – Summer 2011 http://site.theammashop.org/blog/2011/05/08/ammas-north-american-tour-summer-2011/ Discovering Rikuzentakata http://site.theammashop.org/blog/2011/05/08/discovering-rikuzentakata/ Four Days in Ishinomaki – Relief and Reflections from Japan I believe it is good for students to see these situations and to interact with people here. Here we can learn so many things which one can never learn in textbooks. This family has relatives in Sendai City; they are moving the day after tomorrow. We stop and help a family with the heavy work of removing everything from their house. We stop and help a family with the heavy work of removing everything from their house. We stop and help a family with the heavy work of removing everything from their house. We stop and help a family with the heavy work of removing everything from their house. We stop and help a family with the heavy work of removing everything from their house. There is a rule in place that even if people abandon their house, it is their responsibility to remove everything from the house. Delivering soup to another shelter. Every night there are meetings on the campus of the local university, where a kind of volunteer headquarters has been established. Representatives of all the volunteer organizations here exchange ideas and information. There are also strange sights... boats in the streets. We see others that are completely destroyed. Many houses have been badly damaged. On the last day, we cooked food for 1500 people. I wish everyone could have this precious experience to serve people who are so in need of help. Is that it is really important to check with the refugees what they really need, and not just come up with our own ideas and bring them what we think they need. Different teams - medical, cooking, clean-up, even animal protection - meet in small groups. The groups share information on locations of temporary shelters and cooperate to ensure that each shelter is served. After checking with a shelter earlier, we bring as much as we can of what they requested. It is impossible not to have a deep respect and admiration for these people. These people here lost everything—their houses are washed away, many of them lost family members. But they are not beat For more than 10 years, the Japanese student volunteer organization IVUSA has been sending groups of students to India to participate in Embracing the World’s housing projects for the homeless and for disaster refugees. These students participated in ETW projects to build homes for tsunami refugees in both Kerala and Tamil Nadu after the 2004 [...]]]> http://site.theammashop.org/blog/2011/05/08/four-days-in-ishinomaki-relief-and-reflections-from-japan/ Amrita Watoto Boma, Children’s care home inaugurated Amrita Watoto Boma, Children’s care home inaugurated Amrita Watoto Boma, Children’s care home inaugurated Amrita Watoto Boma, Children’s care home inaugurated Amrita Watoto Boma, Children’s care home inaugurated   5 April 2011, Kenya The Vice-President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Kalonzo Musyoka opened the new children’s home built by Mata Amritanandamayi Math Charitable Trust – Kenya, in Amma’s presence. In a public function organized here at Athi River, in addition to the Vice-President, several other dignitaries including the Deputy Minister for Sports [...]]]> http://site.theammashop.org/blog/2011/05/08/amrita-watoto-boma-children%e2%80%99s-care-home-inaugurated/ Green Festival – A benefit event by Amma’s Kitchen volunteers DSC_0023 DSC_0028 DSC_0024 DSC_0025 DSC_0005 DSC_0003 DSC_0013 DSC_0014 DSC_0004 DSC_0019 DSC_0021 DSC_0015 DSC_0029 DSC_0037 DSC_0031 DSC_0002 DSC_0018 DSC_0035 DSC_0027   Images from the benefit event by Amma’s Kitchen volunteers at the San Francisco Green Festival which was conducted on April 9-10 at the San Francisco Concourse and Exhibiton Center.]]> http://site.theammashop.org/blog/2011/05/05/green-festival-a-benefit-event-by-ammas-kitchen-volunteers/ World Tour 2010 DVD http://site.theammashop.org/blog/2011/05/05/world-tour-2010-dvd/ Amma’s Songs and Music on iTunes http://site.theammashop.org/blog/2011/05/04/ammas-songs-and-music-on-itunes/ Amma Sings at Home Collection http://site.theammashop.org/blog/2011/05/04/amma-sings-at-home-collection/ Follow us on Twitter http://site.theammashop.org/blog/2011/01/12/follow-us-on-twitter/