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December 2019
12 December 2019
SIF Moldova – Sponsorship for the holidays
SIF Moldova S.A. joined our corporate sponsors’ family this year, contributing with a generous financial donation to help St. Nick get the children the presents they wished for, but also to make sure that Chrismas in the AMURTEL Family will be celebrated with joy, gifts and…
October 2019
15 October 2019
Prout Norway
Prout Norway Marches for the Promotion of Local Fodder in Agriculture. On Saturday 29 September PROUT Norge (Prout Norway) participated in the demonstration they had catalyzed to raise consciousness about the import of soy from Brazil as feed for livestock and fisheries.…
15 October 2019
Fifth Annual Bicycle Race in Panatau includes winners from AMURTEL Family Children’s Home
Sunday morning, fifty cyclists and twenty local young volunteers gathered in Panatau for the 5th edition of the annual bicycle race. The race is organized by Asociatia de Ajutor AMURTEL, with the support of the Local Council and funded by Buzau County Council. It was a…
11 October 2019
Play Day September
The children of AMURTEL Family, together with three Italian guests and about twenty other friends enjoyed such a beautiful and warm day for our first Play Day in the big city!
September 2019
27 September 2019
LFT/LPT Training in Ananda Ashiisha
Ten trainees came from Ukraine, Russia, China, Italy and Portugal for one month LFT/LPT training, which took place our Master Unit/ecofarm in Eastern Poland. The head educator Didi Ananda Dayshiila came from Italy, where she is posted. She taught the teachings of our Guru,…
11 September 2019
Seaside holiday
Thanks to our sponsors and friends, the children’s dream to go to the seaside came true. Eight of them spent five days in Năvodari, at the end of August, enjoying the warm water and the sandy beach.
3 September 2019
AM / PROUT in Portugal
Ananda Valley is a settlement focused on all-round sustainability (environmental, economic and social sustainability) and local development, with a vision of being a model for sustainable 21st century living.
August 2019
29 August 2019
Amurt on Spazio Libero of RAI3
On Tuesday 25 June , Cosimo De Cillis (president of AMURT ITALIA), Giacomo Boselli (national coordinator AMURT) and Lisa Pessina (AMURT volunteer) were in Rome to participate in the RAI3 program Spazio Libero , hosted by editor-in-chief AnnaMaria Baccarelli.
14 August 2019
Volunteering at Ananda Festival of Bliss 2019
The Ananda Festival of Bliss was something I’ve near heard of or could have imagined until I experienced first hand the hard work that goes into with making something so special.
7 August 2019
The Children’s Festival 2019
This year’s Children’s Festival took place between the 8th and 19th of July, at the Fountain of Hope Day Center in Pănătău. We wouldn’t have had such a great event without the extraordinary involvement of our volunteers. The children had almost two weeks of creative workshops,…
July 2019
31 July 2019
Happiness is… the simple things
At AMURTEL Family, we encourage supporters to construct meaningful relationships with the children based on quality time spent together. Indeed, we want the children to learn to focus on the non-material pleasures of life.
30 July 2019
School’s out for summer!
The end of the school year brings tremendous joy to children around the world, and for the children at AMURTEL Family, it hasn’t been any different!
29 July 2019
Summer dreams
Now that summer is here, what are the children at AMURTEL Family dreaming of?
21 July 2019
Aid to the victims of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique
Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique on March 14, causing catastrophic flooding that killed more than 500 people in the country and affected more than 1 million survivors. Since then, an AMURT team has been working in partnership with the Rizwan Adatia Foundation and WF Aid to…
21 July 2019
Help for the Victims of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique
Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique on March 14, causing a catastrophic flood that killed more than 500 people in the country and affected more than 1 million survivors. Since then, an AMURT team has been working in partnership with the Rizwan Adatia Foundation and WF Aid to…
16 July 2019
Thriving Seedlings and Weeds
Here in Romania it has been an unusually long, cool and rainy spring, so the gardens are thriving and lush. Two volunteers from France volunteered at our organic farm, working side by side with Cristina and Daniela to master the weeds, and plant tomato seedlings. This year we…
12 July 2019
AMURT and AMURTEL Help Refugees
AMURTEL (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team Ladies) in Greece is working to give relief to refugees with a particular focus on women who are pregnant, birthing, postpartum and those who have infants.
6 July 2019
Prout´s Vision and Policies in Portugal
The Porto chapter of PAN (People – Animals – Nature), an environmental oriented party in Portugal, invited the Prout Research Institute of Portugal (PRIP) to share Prout´s vision of society. The program, held on 5 April. was part of an ongoing series entitled Atlas of Utopias.…
June 2019
29 June 2019
New Youth Volunteers organise Children’s Day
On June 1st, Romania celebrates “Children’s Day”, so AMURTEL’s Fountain of Hope After School Center organised a festival for all of the children in Pănătău village! Although the night before it rained and rained relentlessly, the next morning the sun came out, and it was a…
25 June 2019
Amurt on Spazio Libero on RAI3
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17 June 2019
Bicycle Treasure Hunting Reloaded
As you may remember, at Christmas, we managed to get bicycles for all of the children – however, since then, three more arrived. As bicycles have been all the rage since then, those three were left out of the fun. So thanks to a few generous donations, we were able to get…
17 June 2019
Play Day May 2019
All throughout the night before Play Day, there was an intense thunderstorm, but miraculously – the next morning, the clouds dispersed and the sun came out just as the guests began to arrive! Friends from Italy, Rotary club, Switzerland, Bucharest, and the local community…
17 June 2019
Easter Bag Hunt
On Easter Sunday, the children of AMURTEL Family gathered together with Mirela, Gopi, Nicușor, Karuna, and Didi for a picnic on the grassy lawn dotted with sunny dandelions of a nearby traditional village house that Gopi is renovating.
14 June 2019
Maetri’s Volunteer Experience
We spend our lives stepping one foot in front of the other. Sometimes we don’t question where our path is going and we go with the flow which leads to emotional and satisfaction flux. Humans are task oriented, we complete one thing after the other. Without questions, we live…
13 June 2019
Renovated bedrooms, happy kids
The last days of spring brought great joy to the kids at AMURTEL Family.
7 June 2019
Sunrise Kindergarten, Helsinki, Finland
I came to Finland in September 2004 to manage Sunrise Kindergarten in Espoo, Finland. And I remember there were only 4 children. The kindergarten was on the brink of closing down. It had only one teacher who did almost everything there. During the first 4½ years, the school…
May 2019
27 May 2019
True or not, or something else?
Week-end 25 – 26 July our small Study Circle group from Bucharest, explored the beauty and mysterious environment in Romania. There are places that are surrounded by mystery. Areas that generate controversy, legends and make scientists raise their eyebrows or frown over the…
21 May 2019
Pequena Ilha Verde at the Oliveirinhas Senior Residence
Today we had our first visit to the Oliveirinhas Senior Residence; it was a pleasure to see the intergenerational meeting between babies and the elderly! Next week we have another meeting scheduled!
15 May 2019
National Volunteering Week at the Fountain of Hope
In 2019, the National Volunteering Week celebrated its coming of age with the 18th edition! The theme for this year was 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
10 May 2019
Easter at Familia AMURTEL
I have been in Romania now for a little more than a month, but it wasn’t until this past week that I felt I was truly able to connect to something uniquely Romanian and make a satisfying contribution with my volunteer work.
April 2019
11 April 2019
International Project: Together for Peace
“If we are to reach real peace in this world, then we shall have to begin with the children” (Gandhi)
11 April 2019
International Project: Children in Permaculture
“Care for the earth and care for people in education”
1 April 2019
AMURT Portugal is recognized by the Covilhã City Council
Today AMURT Portugal, together with representatives of 88 other organizations, took part in a ceremony at the Covilhã City Council, where we signed a contract granting us 1036 euros to help fund our Ananda Festival of Bliss, which will take place…
1 April 2019
AMURT Portugal Is Recognized by the Covilhã Municipal Council
Today AMURT Portugal, together with representatives of 88 other organizations, took part in a ceremony at the Covilhã Municipal Council, where we signed a contract granting us 1036 Euros to help fund our Ananda Festival of Bliss, which will take place…
March 2019
10 March 2019
International Women’s Day Commemorative Dinner
To celebrate International Women’s Day last Friday, 11 members of Amurt Portugal gathered for dinner at the newly opened Italian restaurant “La Bella Pasta” in Covilhã. We took the opportunity to present the “Back to Roots” Project, which…
10 March 2019
Commemorative Dinner for International Women's Day
To celebrate International Women's Day last Friday, 11 members of Amurt Portugal gathered for dinner at the Italian restaurant "La Bella Pasta," recently opened in Covilhã. We took the opportunity to present the "Back to Roots" Project, which created quite a lot of enthusiasm in the group!
February 2019
5 February 2019
Portugal Welcomes Proutist Author
In January, Roar Bjonnes of the United States, and co-author of the ground-breaking book Growing A New Economy (https://www.growinganeweconomy.com/), visited Portugal to present his findings on practical and comprehensive solutions to today’s problems and to strengthen…
January 2019
21 January 2019
Spazio Libero interviews AMURT volunteers
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14 January 2019
The Search for Balance
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