South Asia

Dada Ramananda continues to hold AMURT medical and mass feeding programmes at Ananda Nagar, West Bengal, on a regular basis.

Allahabad Region

Ac. Kalyanmitrananda Avadhuta addressed the students of MBA college in Ghazipur and spoke to the them of combining a moral and spiritual education with academic excellence. Ac. Jamini Brc. and Ac. Sidhvidyananda Avt. addressed students at Agra university. Service programs were held in Ghazipur, Allahbad and Jhasi. A Prabhat Samgiita program was held in Haridwar on 14 September.

Kolkata Region

Baleshwar district of Orissa experienced severe rain caused by a storm in the bay of Bengal causing rain from September 21-23. The AMURT unit of Baleshwar rushed in for relief work serving nearly 80,000 people in 27 villages.

Jaipur Region

A public meeting was held at Bhuj. The meeting was organized by Ac. Lokanathananda Avt. Dada also addressed an education college in the same area. A medical camp at Udaipur was organized under the supervision and care of Dr S. K. Verma. The Ananda Marga unit in Jaipur also distributed fruit to 400 patients in local hospitals.

Ranchi region

Prabhat Samgiita day was celebrated at Chiraiyatar, Patna. Ac. Avanindrananda Avt. was the chief guest. Other Prabhat Samgiita programs were organized at Bhopal, Jabalpur, Dagar, Rewa, Bilaspur, Ujjain,  Betiah and Simdega.

Medical camps were held at Betiah, Bhagalpur, Muzafarpur and Ujjain. In Muzaffarpur, 1500 flood victims received relief supplies from Ananda Marga's teams.

An historical DMS (Dharma Maha Samelan) was held at Anandapalli on 13-14 October. 10,000 margiis attended the event.

Kaoshikii day was celebrated at Ananda Marga school at Durga, Bhopal on 6 September. This celebration is held on the anniversary of the introduction of the yogic dance, kaoshikii, by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in 1978.

Bangalore Region

Narayan Seva  (providing social service to needy people) was done at Bangalore on 21 October. Narayan Seva is done on a regular basis in Salem. In addition, 20 senior citizens are provided with food on a daily basis in Madurai.

Mumbai Region

RAWA Mumbai presented a cultural evening based on Prabhat Samgiita on 23 September to celebrate the silver jubilee Prabhat Samgiita. The RAWA
program was held at the Shivaji stadium in Mumbai and Shri Madhuraj Mohan, the editor of Hindmata, was the chief guest.

The silver jubilee of Prabhat Samgiita was also celebrated at Solapur on 14 September. Apples were distributed to 500 patients at the civil hospital in Solapur.

Kathmandu Region

Food was distributed to 100 people at Kishanpur in Dhanusha district in Janakpu, and 300 people were given clothes.

Warm greetings to you all from the most deprived schools of rural India. As you will see below, many of the schools problems are getting solved, thanks to the help of all of you.

During this period we were able to build or repair 4 toilets, one of the most basic needs of any school. And we managed to sponsor 17 of the poorest schools for Rs. 500 per month. A small donation of only US $12 per month has made such a big difference to the lives of the school principals of those desperately struggling schools.

In spite of all your deeply appreciated efforts, there are, however, still several schools in need of regular support while they try to become fully self-sufficient. It only needs $12 a month to make a very big difference, so if there is anyone else out there who would like to sponsor a school, please remember, even a small amount can make a huge difference to the life of a village school principal and the children under her care.

During this period several volunteers have helped individual schools either by making personal financial donations, by fundraising for them, or by contributing their skills to the school. The help these schools have received has been invaluable, and we thank those volunteers most warmly for their kind support to our work. We also heartily invite anyone who is interested to join our volunteering programme to get in touch with me for more information.

In spite of all our help, a large number of our schools and orphanages are still in need of a lot of support before they can become fully self-sufficient. For this we need your help. If you would like to help us sell greetings cards or sponsor a child’s education, we would also be delighted to hear from you.

Here in India even a little help can go a long way. Even US $12 a month can change a life; it can give a child an education s/he wouldn’t otherwise have had. With even a small donation, you can make a big difference.

If you would like to make a donation or sponsor a school in need, write to info at anandamarga.org for more information.