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December 2022
25 December 2022
AMURTEL supports local Ukrainian women to bring tons of aid to villages in Ukraine, because of an Americares grant
Logistic operation for supplies powered by women At the outset of the war, a brave group of women decided to create their own logistics operation at the Siret border to ensure the flow of relief supplies donated from Romania and abroad to heavily affected villages in…
23 December 2022
Interview: Cindy, Volunteer and Donor
A short interview with Cindy, a Food For All donor and volunteer
15 December 2022
Yoga Shivir at Ananda Jyoti, Jarwa
Ananda Marga Yoga Shivir, 24 Hours Akhand Kiirtan & Annual Function & Mass Feeding at Ananda Marga School, Ananda Jyoti, Jarwa (U.P.)
13 December 2022
One Hundred Ukrainians and Romanians Unite their Voices for a Festive, Nostalgic Holiday Atmosphere
Singing to celebrate oneness
5 December 2022
A new school inaugurated in Togo!
November 2022
25 November 2022
AMURTEL supported the NOWKOLO children’s camps
AMURTEL Romania provided mentorship and a small grant to a newly formed NGO in Chernivsti Ukraine to empower them to set up programs for internally displaced children.
24 November 2022
Food Sharing Stories: Althea Black
Over 45 years ago, in a high school in northeast DC, Ms. Black met a friend for life. They were opposites. Ms. Black was reserved, Di was outgoing. But it was in their differences that they found compatibility. As they grew in life experience they always supported each other…
22 November 2022
THANKSGIVING REFLECTIONS
Through a diverse collaboration of stakeholders, FFA DC has become a beacon of hope for many of the District’s food insecure residents. Such cooperative action strengthens civil society and helps guarantee the fundamental human right of food security.
21 November 2022
Autumn Festival with Ukrainian and Romanian Parents Sharing Traditions
Amazing weather for November Autumn Festival!
20 November 2022
Planting action carried out with the support of AUCHAN
On Friday, November 18, we made a small planting action of cherry trees and fruit bushes in the orchard behind the “Tudor Arghezi – Mărțișor” Memorial House museum managed by the National Museum of Romanian Literature.
17 November 2022
Amurt Viadana volunteers honored
16 November 2022
Zhazira: The Kazakh way of sharing food
Zhazira is a research scholar on assignment at George Washington University. The monthly stipend she receives is not enough to meet her family’s expenses in the costly environment of Washington, so she has reached out to Food For All DC for support.
12 November 2022
Meet Ms. Ike!
Doris Ike grew up in rural Virginia, and spent a lot of her childhood on her uncle’s farm. In addition to tending to the land and the cows, her uncle was a part-time hairdresser. People loved to sit in his chair not only for the haircut, but also for his common-sense wisdom.…
12 November 2022
Ukrainian Women Self-Organize a Fair to Share Traditions and Joy with Romanians
Sunday, November 13, a Ukrainian fair of traditional food and handicrafts will be held from 12:00 to 17:00 at Manasia Hub – 13 Stelea Spatarul Street, Bucharest.
8 November 2022
Rectory at Ananda Girisuta
The Rectory at Ananda Girisuta is now coming near completion. Recently, we completed the outside of the Rectory by painting the siding and the deck. The first floor is completed, and brother Dharmapala has moved in. The upper floor still needs most of the finishing work. The…
7 November 2022
Good news from Guatemala
Acarya Satyamitrananda Avadhuta conducted seminars in Guatemala and El Salvador in August and September 2022. Dada was also renovating Guatemala Jagrti and organized a retreat in June in Guatemala.
7 November 2022
AMURTEL Response in Ukraine
It has been an incredibly exciting and busy year, with so many projects underway for supporting the Ukrainian refugees in Romania, thanks to the rapid and generous support that many of our donors like you gave right at the beginning of the war.
7 November 2022
Los Angeles Regional Retreat at Ananda Dhiira, October 6 to 9, 2022
Avadhutika Ananda Acira Acarya, Avtk. Ananda Hitaprabha Ac. and Ac. Diiptimanananda Avt. and Margiis in the San Fransisco Bay Area organized Los Angeles Regional Retreat. The retreat took place at Ananda Dhiira Master Unit in Grass Valley, CA, from October 6 – 9, 2022, and was…
7 November 2022
Prabhata Samgiita Celebration and Service in Toronto, Canada
Ananda Marga Canada has regular food distribution to homeless people in downtown Toronto. On September 17, the Margiis and Ac. Parinirvanananda Avt. and Ac. Dayashiilananda Avt. organized a Prabhata Samgiita Celebration in Waterloo, Canada. Seventy people attended this event,…
7 November 2022
Summer Camp and After-school at New York Sectorial Office
The Ananda Marga after-school program at New York Sectorial Office is going well under the guidance of Acarya Kovid Brc. and Ac. Abhiramananda Avt. This summer, 2022, Dada Kovid, LFT brother Madhuvrat, and Margii brothers and sisters, organized a Summer Camp for children…
7 November 2022
Good news from Ananda Dhiira Master Unit, California
Avtk. Ananda Acira Ac. is taking care of Ananda Dhiira Master Unit in Penn Valley, Northern California. The Master Unit is thriving in all respects. Didi has a beautiful kitchen garden with herbs, spices, vegetables, and flowers. She makes eco-enzymes out of fermented…
7 November 2022
Dada Iishvarakrsnananda and Dada Anudhyanananda Pracar in Mexico
We had a meeting in Garcia, about two hours away from Monterrey, Mexico. Twenty-five people came to attend our program. Twelve people got initiated after the talk. Some sisters are waiting for initiation. There was no female Acarya available at that time.
7 November 2022
Monterrey Retreat, September 16 to 18, 2022
By His grace, we could conduct our retreat in Monterrey from 16 to 18 September 2022. Every year, we do the retreat in September during the week of the Mexican Independence celebration. But unfortunately last two years (2020 & 2021), due to the Pandemic, we couldn’t do it. It…
7 November 2022
The Northern Lights Bless Ananda Marga’s Future in Alaska
The Aurora Borealis has been blessing the northernmost Master Unit in the New York Sector in recent weeks. Ananda Marga has a beautiful 66-acre rural property on the fringes of Fairbanks, ALASKA, a ten-minute drive from the University of Alaska. Our dear late brother Govinda…
6 November 2022
Meditation Retreats in Canada Summer 2022
In Canada, Acarya Dayashiilananda Avt., Ac. Parinirvanananda Avt. and LPT brother Nirmal organized three beginner meditation retreats in the greater Toronto area and the Ananda Kanak Master Unit. Their retreats were a successful and important step in the pracar in Canada. Most…
6 November 2022
Beginner Meditation Retreats Summer 2022
This summer, 2022, New York Sector organized three new people retreats in the USA, with an attendance of over thirty people, and three retreats in Canada. The first program in the US was at Ananda Dhiira Master Unit in Grass Valley, California, led by Avtk. Ananda Acira Acarya…
5 November 2022
International Yoga Day, June 2022
The International Day of Yoga was given by the United Nations in 2015 and is held every year on June 21. Various programs related to the International Day of Yoga are organized in New York, Long Island, New Jersey, and other locations, and Ananda Marga Acaryas are invited to…
5 November 2022
Summer Conference 2022
Ananda Marga New York Sector organized the Summer Conference at Ananda Kanan, Minneapolis Region, from July 1 – 6, 2022.
October 2022
31 October 2022
A Ray of Light for Ukrainian Refugees at the Border: project funded by CARE France
Since the outbreak of the war, the project “MHPSS support at the Siret Border” funded by CARE France through SERA and FONPC allowed AMURTEL’s Emergency Psychologist, Melinda Endrefy, to bring her commitment, kind-heartedness, determination, and courage right where the needs…
September 2022
24 September 2022
Refugee Relief Effort in Romania
Over 80,000 people have crossed the border so far, with about half of that number moving to other EU countries and the rest staying in Romania. Women and children are arriving traumatized, forced to flee with the clothes on their backs and to leave behind burning buildings,…
21 September 2022
Hurricane Fiona Relief, Puerto Rico
Please Donate to help those hit hard by Hurricane Fiona
August 2022
July 2022
26 July 2022
Supporting the Resilience of Front Line Mental Health Workers in Ukraine
In this brief video, you can glimpse the healing moments your support has generated in the art-therapy sessions that AMURTEL’s Emergency Psychologist, Melinda Endrefy, is leading in psychiatric hospitals in Ukraine and other institutions. The frontline mental health workers in…
18 July 2022
Intensive yoga and meditation retreat 2022
The intensive retreat “Live and spread joy” has just concluded, held from July 2 to 10 at the Ananda Vipasa center, in Valpolicella.
6 July 2022
Ukrainian Refugee Response
AMURT and AMURTEL have responded to the Ukrainian refugee crisis with humanitarian aid in the form of basic necessities and psycho-social support.
June 2022
28 June 2022
Renaissance Universal Talk – Concentrated Thinking
It was memorable for RU Club Bangalore Chapter day for getting an opportunity to present a topic of Renaissance universal about “Introduction to Concentrated thinking” at St. Aloysius Degree College, Cox Town, Bangalore. Undergraduates, students of Arts, Commerce, and social…
22 June 2022
Meditation Steps Romania
I am really honored and delighted to be part of the Meditation Steps project that Dada Sadananda initiated, with his very popular Russian YouTube channel, that now has versions in English and many other languages.
22 June 2022
Visiting Dallas and Mexico
Acarya Iishvarakrsnananda Avt. and Ac. Anudhyanananda Avt. traveled 6,500 miles in March and April 2022. They went from New York to Virginia, Dallas Region, and Mexico. They initiated ten brothers, gave talks, and organized 6 Akhanda Kiirtana and online and in-person programs.
22 June 2022
AMURT and AMURTEL Ukraine Response
AMURT works with AMURT & AMURTEL chapters throughout Europe for the Ukrainian humanitarian response that offers basic necessities and psycho-social support to the neediest.
22 June 2022
Ananda Dhiira MU Updates
Didi Ananda Acira is taking care of Ananda Dhiira Master Unit in Grass Valley, California, Los Angeles Region. In the last two months, she has been busy with growing a variety of organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs. She has started making organic handmade soaps, using herbs…
9 June 2022
Site-management support and Community Based Protection for Ukrainian Refugees
The project “Site-management support and Community Based Protection”, is a project in partnership and funded by the Norwegian Refugee Council from April – December 2022 to serve Ukrainian refugees and improve the way they receive help in Romania. The site-management support…
8 June 2022
Ananda Marga Canada Summer Seminar 2022
Welcome to participate in the Ananda Marga Canada Summer Seminar, July 29 – 31, 2022!
8 June 2022
Ananda Kanak MU, Quebec, Canada Retreats
New People Spring Retreat at Ananda Kanak Master Unit
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