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November 2026
7 November 2026
Support Sunshine School’s Next Steps in Laos 🇱🇦
Sunshine School in Laos is seeking support for its students and upcoming development plans. 🌱
5 November 2026
AMURT Italy Supports Women’s Cooperative in the Philippines
AMURT Italy volunteer Giovanna has completed her Erasmus+ placement supporting OroqCoco, a PROUT-based cooperative in Oroquieta, Philippines.
October 2026
28 October 2026
Baan Unrak Alumna Brings New Skills Home from Japan
In Thailand, Baan Unrak alumna Ice has returned home after an 11-month training programme in Japan, bringing new knowledge and skills in child development to the community where she grew up.
25 October 2026
Updates from Sunshine School in Laos
Sunshine School in Laos has recorded many achievements in academics, sports and student development.
9 October 2026
Updates from Tonrak Ananda Marga School
Tonrak Ananda Marga School in Thailand is closing its first term with improved facilities, new learning activities and continued support for students and children under its care.
7 October 2026
Baan Unrak Children Showcase Handwoven Fashion at Mahidol University
Children from Baan Unrak Foundation participated in a fashion show at Mahidol University in Thailand on 18 August 2026, as part of “Peace Festival Week: The Spirit of Mahidol.”
2 October 2026
Baan Unrak Foundation Provides Relief for Flood-Affected Families in Myanmar
Baan Unrak Foundation, together with AMURTEL, Green Island School and local volunteers, delivered emergency relief to 830 households in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region, where severe flooding had cut communities off from food and essential supplies.
September 2026
30 September 2026
A Chance to Share, Feel Solidarity: Navigating the Floods in Sangkhlaburi
A Chance to Share, Feel Solidarity: Navigating the Floods in Sangkhlaburi
22 September 2026
Sadhana Shivir in Malaysia
Around 30 people attended a Sadhana Shivir at the Marga Guru (MG) Quarters in Batu Gajah, Ipoh, Malaysia.
20 September 2026
International Futures Conference Explores Spirituality and Alternative Futures
An international futures conference in Bangkok, Thailand brought together futurists and academics to explore emerging social, spiritual and economic possibilities.
18 September 2026
Ananda Marga Global Unity Conference Held in Bali
The Ananda Marga Global Community for Unity (AMGCU) Conference was held at Ananda Kurainja Master Unit, Bali, Indonesia on 4-6 September, bringing together more than 200 people from across the world. Around 80 children from two children’s homes also participated.
3 September 2026
Bringing Care and Compassion to Prisoners in Manila
To mark Shravanii Purnima, volunteers from AMURT/EL and the Women’s Welfare Department came together for a special service program at Las Piñas City Jail, Philippines.
August 2026
22 August 2026
Public Talks Across Malaysia to Raise Funds for Abha Seva Sadan
More than 100 people have attended a series of public programmes on yoga across Malaysia.
20 August 2026
Baan Unrak Continues Earthquake Relief in Myanmar
Following the devastating earthquake in Myanmar, Baan Unrak Foundation launched a large-scale humanitarian response to assist affected communities with both emergency relief and long-term recovery.
17 August 2026
Tonrak Students Develop Sustainable Farm in Thailand
Students at Tonrak Ananda Marga School, Sangkhlaburi, Thailand, have started a small-scale “Happy Farm” with support from Welfare of Japan.
6 August 2026
Baan Unrak Celebrates 35 Years of Caring for Children
Baan Unrak Foundation marked its 35th anniversary in October 2025, celebrating more than three decades of service to vulnerable children and families on the Thai–Myanmar border.
July 2026
7 July 2026
AMURT Responds to 7.8 Earthquake in Sarangani, Philippines
AMURT/EL is responding to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Glan, Sarangani, leaving at least 35 people dead, 12 missing, and over 200 injured due to collapsed structures and landslides.
1 July 2026
Tonrak Ananda Marga School Successfully Raises Funds for New Vehicle
Tonrak Ananda Marga School in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, has successfully raised over US$18,000 to purchase a new 2026-model vehicle to support student transport and essential school operations.
June 2026
25 June 2026
Ananda Marga Community Comes Together for Bali Retreat
More than 200 margiis from across Indonesia and abroad gathered for the annual retreat at Ananda Kurjana Master Unit in Bali, Indonesia. The retreat was supported by 12 acharyas, who facilitated classes and workshops.
24 June 2026
UWC Students Participate in Exchange Programme at Baan Unrak
Nine students from UWC Thailand International School spent time at Baan Unrak Children’s Home, taking part in an exchange programme focusing on community service and cultural exchange.
21 June 2026
Baan Unrak Builds 77 Homes for Displaced Families in Myanmar
Baan Unrak staff and Green Island School volunteers have completed the construction of 77 homes for families displaced by the 2025 Myanmar earthquake, fulfilling a commitment made after the disaster.
20 June 2026
Bringing Meditation to More Communities across Northern Malaysia
A six-weeks beginner’s meditation program was recently kickstarted at Ananda Asitima Master Unit in Kedah, Malaysia as part of ongoing efforts to introduce Ananda Marga meditation and practices to beginners across Northern Malaysia.
13 June 2026
AMURTEL, Sisters Training Center Celebrate International Children’s Day in Maharlika
Volunteers from AMURTEL, together with the Sisters Training Center, celebrated International Children’s Day by providing community service for 50 children in rural areas of Maharlika (Philippines).
4 June 2026
AMURT Mass Feeding, School Supplies Distribution at Ananda Kuranga, Maharlika
A mass feeding program and school supplies distribution were recently held at Ananda Kuranga Master Unit in Maharlika (Philippines).
1 June 2026
Children’s Day Celebration in Malaysia
Margiis and volunteers from across northern and central Malaysia gathered at Batu Grace Children’s Home in Kedah, Malaysia, for a Children’s Day celebration.
April 2026
30 April 2026
Sunshine School Updates from Vientiane, Laos
Sunshine School, run by Didi Ananda Gaorii and Didi Ananda Madhvi in Vientiane, has had a wonderfully vibrant season! Their recent highlights spanning from December 2025 to March 2026 showcase an incredibly engaging environment for students across their kindergarten, primary,…
January 2026
23 January 2026
Building a Sisters Training Center in the Philippines 💛
For many years, sisters have lacked a stable and suitable training center. Visa challenges made the Poland MU unsustainable, and without a permanent place to train, many inspired sisters were ready to serve but had nowhere to go. Some were even lost along the way.
December 2025
14 December 2025
Dharma MahaSammelan (DMS) Malaysia 2025 Concludes with Global Spiritual Vibrance at Berjaya Hills
Highlights
March 2025
29 March 2025
Earthquake Emergency in Myanmar
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March 2023
December 2021
19 December 2021
Super Typhoon Rai Philippines
Super Typhoon Rai crashed into the country’s southeastern islands on Thursday, levelling homes and bringing winds of about 195km/h (120mph).
June 2021
3 June 2021
AMURT – Leave No One Behind (Philippines)
AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team) was one of the first NGOs on the ground after the super-typhoon.
June 2020
17 June 2020
AMURT: Rohingya Refugee Crisis
AMURT: Since 25 August 2017, an intensification of targeted violence has seen over 626,000 Rohingya refugees driven out of Myanmar’s Rakhine state across the border into Bangladesh in what became the world’s fastest refugee influx in decades. They joined others who had earlier…
May 2020
6 May 2020
AMURT Malaysia and Indonesia
AMURT Malaysia has become very active – our programs include Grocery Aid for those most in need (we focus on refugees and foreign workers who have no access to help, and also the poorest Malaysians), Feeding the Homeless, Producing Face Shields for Health Centre Workers, and…
April 2020
18 April 2020
Feeding the Homeless in Los Angeles
The homeless feeding program in LA, which currently feeds around 2,000 people a month, was started in 1983 by Delia Parvati Javier, affectionately known as Mama D. Originally from the Philippines, Delia was a charismatic person who came to Los Angeles to work in the film and…
December 2019
15 December 2019
Linking Relief and Rehabilitation to Development Work
AMURT Indonesia’s Early Childhood Teacher Training Project is a humanitarian project conducted by AMURT-AMURTEL (an NGO engaged in disaster-relief, rehabilitation and development) which combines the spirit of Neohumanist education and Proutist civil society development in an…
October 2019
2 October 2019
“REMEMBER, REIMAGINE, RECYCLE” A RECYCLING COMPETITION
Ananda Marga Special Academic Institution (AMSAI) held “Remember, Reimagine, Recycle”, a recycling competition for students’ parents. The competition was held last October 1, 2019, 3pm at the Ananda Marga Special Academic Institution, Cabantian Davao City.
August 2019
25 August 2019
Honoring a former Ananda Marga missionary
Members of the Ananda Marga led by Avt Ananda Anupama Ac, Sectorial Women’s Welfare Secretary of Manila Sector, pay tribute to philanthropist Gina Lopez during the public viewing of her remains at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City on Thursday. Lopez spent 20 years…
October 2018
21 October 2018
Sulawesi earthquake/tsunami 2018
The cascading events on 28 September 2018 on Sulawesi island of Indonesia are characteristic of a catastrophic disaster scenario where major earthquakes triggered near-field tsunami, major liquefaction, and landslides, which resulted in direct damages, impacts, and constrained…
4 October 2018
Earthquake in Indonesia
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September 2018
27 September 2018
Indonesia Early Childhood Teacher Training 2014-2018
A child-centred curriculum – character building through learning the rights and responsibilities of making choices
May 2018
18 May 2018
Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Since 25 August 2017, an intensification of targeted violence has seen over 626,000 Rohingya refugees driven out of Myanmar’s Rakhine state across the border into Bangladesh in what became the world’s fastest refugee influx in decades. They joined others who had earlier sought…
December 2017
9 December 2017
Half a Million Rohingya Children Seek Refuge
Since 25 August 2017, an intensification of targeted violence has seen over 626,000 Rohingya refugees driven out of Myanmar’s Rakhine state across the border into Bangladesh in what became the world’s fastest refugee influx in decades. They joined others who had earlier sought…
February 2017
14 February 2017
Social Enterprise Code Signed by Philippines Cooperative
In April, 2017 the Mayor and municipal council members of Oroquieta, a coastal city of some 80,000 people on the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines, were introduced to Prout. This catalyzed a better understanding of the potential to develop a more vibrant and…
August 2016
14 August 2016
AMSAI Mindanao
Kids’ yoga at AMSAI (Ananda Marga Special Academic Institute) in Mindanao, Maharlika (Philippines).
July 2015
27 July 2015
Thailand Adventure
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Earlier this winter my two daughters and I found ourselves standing behind a rusty metal gate at the bottom of a steep dirt drive. After 3 days of travelling by planes, taxis, buses and finally motorbikes, we had finally arrived…
June 2015
22 June 2015
International Yoga Day
International Yoga Day was celebrated by margiis around the world, as in here at Denpasar, Bali…
8 June 2015
Feeding the Homeless in Los Angeles
The homeless feeding program in LA, which currently feeds around 2,000 people a month, was started in 1983 by Delia Parvati Javier, affectionately known as Mama D. Originally from the Philippines, Delia was a charismatic person who came to Los Angeles to work in the film and…
March 2015
10 March 2015
Baan Dada Children’s Home, Thailand
Baan Dada is an Ananda Marga children’s home on the Thai-Burmese border. It started in 1994 in an effort to protect the growing number of orphaned and disadvantaged children in the area. Many refugees and migrant families moved to this area due to poverty, disease and…
10 March 2015
Vietnam
Vietnam, with its 90 million inhabitants, is developing a vibrant yoga scene and about 80 percent of the yoga centers in Hanoi are run by Ananda Marga or AM related centers. Needless to say there is a high demand for qualified yoga teachers. In August Dada Shankarsanananda…
10 March 2015
Laos
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December 2014
July 2014
2 July 2014
AMURT (our parent) doing amazing work in the Philippines
AMURT – the parent organization of Food for All DC – runs a project in the Philippines that is incredible! They are rebuilding and repairing over 100 classrooms, schools, and homes affected by typhoon Haiyan. Overall it is a $2 million project being run under the capable…
February 2014
November 2013
12 November 2013
AMURT responds to the emergency in the Philippines
Following the tragic events in the Philippines, with the occurrence of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Bohol and now a Super Typhoon (Yolanda or Haiyan), with local authorities fearing a high number of dead and displaced in the regions of Leyte, Samar, Cebu,…
12 November 2013
AMURT Responds to the Emergency in the Philippines
Following the tragic events in the Philippines, with a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Bohol and now a Super Typhoon (Yolanda or Haiyan), with local authorities fearing a high number of dead and displaced in the regions of Leyte, Samar, Cebu,…
June 2013
6 June 2013
Malaysia Tour Coming to An End
I have been in Malaysia for the past two weeks and participated in a big spiritual retreat where I gave a one hour concert. After the retreat I gave lectures in three places: Ipoh, Alor Star and Penang. I sold all the CDs that I brought with me and enjoyed the warm friendship…
November 2012
27 November 2012
Travels with Joni for International Boutique
I have just returned from a month in Asia, where I attended meetings, visited some Amurtel programs, and of course shopped for the International Boutique. On this leg of my annual travels to Amurtel projects around the world, I went to Thailand, Nepal and India.
August 2012
25 August 2012
Manila Floods
In the Philippines local AMURT & AMURTEL volunteers responded to massive floods in early August in and around Manila. Throughout the month they distributed cooked food, bread, drinking water, and hygiene items to more than 10,000 people.
December 2011
25 December 2011
Philippines Flood Relief
In Cagayan de Oro the AMURT team distributed food rations to 400 families at Lower Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City.
October 2010
1 October 2010
Better World Program, Padang, Indonesia
AMURT & AMURTEL sent an emergency response team to Padang, Indonesia immediately after the earthquake in West Sumatra on 30 September 2009. After the initial emergency response period, AMURTEL identified a need for Early Childhood Development (ECD). Those children most…
October 2009
14 October 2009
Manila response
11 October 2009
Padang Earthquake Response – October 2009
Submitted by support Author’s Name Kalyani Project website resources.amurt.net/index.php Document software pdf Project director name: Sanskrit / Legal Dada Ragodbhasananda Project location: Village, Sub-district, District, Province, Country 21 villages in the…
7 October 2009
AMURT in Indonesian earthquake response
An earthquake and subsequent aftershocks near the city of Padang in Indonesia left 1,000 confirmed dead and several thousands missing. Half a million people were left homeless and the city’s infrastructure severely damaged. 83,712 houses, 200 public buildings and 285 schools…
2 October 2009
Manila flooding response
Submitted by support Author’s Name AMURT Manila Project website www.amurt.net Project director name: Sanskrit / Legal Premamaya Ananda Project location: Village, Sub-district, District, Province, Country Metro Manila Project type: Disaster Relief/ Development…
1 October 2009
Flood Relief in Manila
Four typhoons hit Luzon, in the Philippines in 33 days, with a death toll of more then 1100; thousands of hectares of land flooded and rendered unusable for agriculture for the next two months at the best. Thousands of houses were washed away and up to half a million people…
August 2007
6 August 2007
Indonesia – Yogyakarta Earthquake Response 2006-2007
Projects completed in Yogyakarta • Distribution of Emergency Relief Supplies to 2083 families in 20 sub-villages Yogyakarta Province following the May 27th earthquake • Distribution of emergency relief supplies and temporary shelter items to 1318 families in 27 sub-villages…
May 2007
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