Blood Donation Camp

Dear All,
Ayudh Mumbai will be organising a blood donation drive at Mata Amritanandmayi Math ,AICTE Hall,Sector 20,Nerul , on 6 December 2009 from 10 am to 2 pm. We are seeking for generous blood donors to come forth and do their part in this meaningful event.
So calling out to those out there who are above 18 and would like to give blood and save lives, come to Mata Amritanandmayi Math, to support us. See you there!
Regards,
Ayudhs Mumbai

Tree Plantation drive

TREE PLANTATION DRIVE BY AYUDH MUMBAI

On 15^th November 2009, as part of project “Vrishikam Onnu Vrisham Onnu” Ayudh Mumbai conducted Tree Plantation drive at Amrita Garden, Nerul from 10 am onwards. Around 40 volunteers from the age group of 6 -30 participated in the event. The tree plantation drive marked the first step towards initiating GREEN FRIENDS Activities at Nerul ashram. The plantation was carried using organic manure which was prepared from food and bio degradable waste

The volunteers were divided in 4 groups .Each group were assigned a particular activity of digging the soil, planting the sapling, adding organic manure and watering the plants .All volunteers enthusiastically participated in the assigned seva of planting 41 plants .It was great fun to see the younger volunteers wanting to contribute equally as the older ones in the seva .

After planting the tress ,a short prayer was offered to Mother Earth which was followed by the volunteers circumblating the plants planted while chanted “Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu”108 times .

Ayudh Mumbai plants to extend the organic gardening to other areas in near future with an aim to have a cleaner and better environment.

Date : 15^th November 2009

Place : Mumbai

Events scheuled on 15th november 2009

Dear All,

Om Namah Shivaya!!!

On 15th November 2009 ,we have 2 events scheduled :

i) as an initiative of GREEN FRIENDS Ayudh Mumbai is organizing an Eco friendly Plantation drive - through organic compost at Amrita gardens at 10 am .
ii) Ayudh general body meeting from 11 am onwards at AICTE hall .

All members of Ayudh are requested to participate actively in the plantation drive and the General body meeting .Ayudh record forms would be distributed and collected on the same day . Please carry a passport size photo for the form .

Always at Her Holy Feet ,
Prerana

More Volunteers required for Ammas Angel Class

Om namah Shivaya!!!!

We have currently 45 -50 students in Ammas Angel class and the number keeps on increasingeach week . At this stage it is seems little difificult for us to take a class beyond 50 so we neerd to regretfully send some of them back. In order to accomodate more students we require more helping hands .So its an urge and a request to all those who are interested in teaching to come forward and help a child shape his future .

All those interested can email at ayudhsmumbai@gmail.com or preri2000@yahoo.com /preri2000@gmail.com

Regards

prerana

Ammas Angel Class

Om Namah Shivaya!!!

All vounteers are intimated that there would not be Ammas angel class conducted on 15th November 2009 . However the class would resume on 21st november 20009 onwards .

Regards ,
Ayudh Mumbai

Ammas Angel Class Journey 6th week to 17th week

Dear All ,

In continuation from the previous post , for Ammas little Angel Ayudh Mumbai celebrated Ammas and her little ones bday on second Sunday of October at ashram .The class was decorated with balloons and crepe designs by the children and volunteers .the class started with the usual prayer ,national anthem and pledge .After the prayer session , children and volunteers did the 108 names Ammas ashottram .After the ashttotarm the cake cutting ceremony was held where all the children were given a chance to cut the cake while the rest of them sang Happy bday to Amma !! Some of the children ran between the celebrations to get flowers for their Amima ( that’s wht some children who practice islam call their dearest Amma).Volunteers had brought pav bhaji made at one of their places ,cold drinks , wafers ,chocolates of various kinds .Ammas picture looked to radiant with all the things her older and little children had got . Swamiji had an interactive session with the children after which they sang two bhajans for Amma .After singing the bhajans all of them sat together and had the all the delicacies .

It was indeed a celebration that made each one of us feel the presence of Amma .the presence was felt so strongly that none of them wanted this celebrations to end .

The class ended with Lokah Samstha Sukhino Bhavantu !!!

Its her divine grace and resolve that we are able to conduct the class .May Ammas love and compassion be always with us !!

Regards,

Ayudh Mumbai

Ammas Angel Class -Week 6 to Week 17

Dear All ,

Its been quite some time that we have updated all of you on Ammas Angel class development .Last sunday we had the 17th class for our little angels .Every class is a learning experience to both volunteers and students. Over the past 11 weeks the children have accepted Amma and us as a part of thier life .Listening to the children’s conversations we understand what Amma means when she says "Be like a child innocent and open hearted" .In one of the class a little child asked a volunteer "Didi where does Amma Stay?" The volunteer replied Amma stays in Kerala .On hearing this the little child quickly replied "No didi ,Ammas stays in our heart ."The simple answer given by the child amazed us .What Amma has been saying over and over all the years and yet we couldnt understand this small boy who hasnt even met Amma was answering.Every class is an learning experience for both the students and the volunteers .The children learn new words and lessons and volunteers learn new lessons in spirituality . One more incident happened a week before Ammas bday .We had mentioned to the kids that next week was Ammas bday .Many of the children who come for the class are not aware of thier bdays and how its is celebrated .so on hearing that it is Ammas baday we didn’t receive any reaction from the kids .But to our surprise on our dearest Ammas bday we had majority of the children pluck flowers on thier way to the class and had made small garlands for Amma .Such is their love for Amma .

With regards!!!
Ayuhd Mumbai

Dear All,

Ayudh Mumbai invites volunteers for Ammas Angels Class( an initiative of teaching poor /slum children various subjects like English and Maths along through values education ) held every Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm at MataAmritanandamayi Math (MAM) ,Nerul .All those interested in sharing thier knowlegde with these children are welcome to volunteer themselves as teachers.The details are as follows :

· All volunteers interested in teaching are required to register with Ayudh Mumbai

· Registration forms would be available at MAM, Nerul or would be provided on request through email at ayudhsmumbai@gmail.com from 27th August 2009 .

· Next batch of volunteers would be for the period 13th September 2009 -13th December 2009.

· Registration of volunteers for classes from 13th September - 13th December would be closed on 5th September 2009

· Volunteers registered would be committed to the class for a minimum period of 3 months

· Volunteers are required to enroll for minimum 10 out of the 14 class scheduled

· In event of unavailability of a volunteer for a particular class he/she is required to intimate Ayudh Mumbai prior to minimum 5 days of the scheduled class.

· Each volunteer would be assigned minimum 5 to maximum 10 students

· Course material and content would be designed and provided to the volunteers

· Minimum Age of volunteer would be minimum 18years

· Ayudh Mumbai can be contacted at ayudhsmumbai@gmail.com

Amma's Angel -Week 5

Namah Shivaya brothers and sisters!

The fifth week of Amma's Angel went off smoothly by Amma's grace. There were around 30 students in the class. As weeks are passing by, the enthusiasm and eagerness of the kids for learning new things every week is also increasing.As usual,the class commenced with the ligthing of lamp and dhyana shloka followed by national anthem and the pledge.

Thereafter, the kids were split up according to their grades and lessons were begun. This time the kids were taught framing of simple English sentences along with revision of numbers.This session went on for an hour.Kids were so much interested and engrossed in writing that they requested us to continue the session till evening.They said they want to study and learn more specially the English subject.But due to time constarints , we had to stop the writing session.

Following the lessons, it was time to have Fun!!!!!!!. Their favourite game of ring-a-ring-a-roses was played. Later Cream biscuits were distributed to all the kids.A story of the Wood cutter and his axe was narrated to kids. The moral of the story being "Honesty is the best policy".They were also taught to throw the waste only in the dust bin and keeping their surroundings clean.

In the end all the kids clapped and sang "Om Namah Shivaya" with loads of enthusiasm . The class ended with chanting of 'Om' thrice and Shanti mantra. then all of us bowed down at Amma's feet .This Project is flourishing day by day with Amma's love and grace.

In Amma's love,
Ayudh Mumbai

Amma's Angel-Week 4

Namah Shivaya brothers and sisters!

Today was the fourth week of Amma's Angel. There were fifty kids today. It is amazing the way they come every week on one holiday they get. They were ever eager to learn more. The class commenced with the ligthing of lamp and dhyana shloka. We also had the recitation of national anthem and the pledge.
Immediately thereafter, the kids were split up according to their grades and lessons were begun. All the kids love to write and learn! Given their enthusiasm and interest, had they been exposed to the resources available to us, they would do wonders. The lessons session was exhaustive and went on for an hour and a half.

Following the lessons, it was games time! The usual routine of ring-a-ring-a-roses was followed by two new games. The first one was 'Boogie-Woogie' in which the we all danced to the popular song "Put your right had in...put your right hand out...". The kids enjoyed it a lot and some were dancing to it even after it was over! We also played musical chairs singing 'Om Namah Shivaya' as the song.

Following the games, the kids were given biscuits. A story of the golden goose was narrated. An important quality of not being greedy was taught to the kids. They were then asked to recollect the teachings of previous classes like not using foul language, not wasting water etc. The children were also asked to cut their nails regularly and were advised against chewing their nails. They were also taught to use the words 'sorry' and 'thank you'.

In the end the kids were taught the song, "God's Love is so wonderful". All of them sang in accord and enjoyed it a lot. The class ended after changting of 'Om' thrice and offering namaskaram to Amma. Due to Amma's everflowing grace, all of us are realy enjoying this a lot. The kids are also responding very well. Please feel free to come and join us in this seva!

In Amma's love,
Ayudh Mumbai

Amma's Angel-Week 3

Hello everyone!
Today was the third week of our latest project, Amma's Angel. We had an unexpected turnout today. There were around sixty-four children! Almost three times of what we had last week.
The kids were, as always, very enthusiastic. We had to be on our toes all the time to keep up with them!

The class started by lighting the lamp and chanting of "Om Amriteshwaryai Namah" followed by dhyana shloka.
The previous week's lessons were revised and the children were taught basic counting today. After this, there was a small educational game wherein the kids were given instructions like "Stand up! Sit down! Turn to your right! " etc. This was mainly to get them accustomed to basic sentences in English. Many of the kids were very well versed with these sentences! The games session followed this. The kids love ring-a-ring-a-roses, so we play that every week. In addition, we had another popular game 'Oranges and Lemons'. They loved this too.

A snack break of biscuits was given to them. After the break it was lessons time. The children were divided into groups based upon their level of education. Each group had a volunteer to teach them. The younger ones were taught 'ABCD..', the elder ones were assisted wherever they had difficulties and so on.
Soon it was time for lunch. We sang "Om Namah Shivaya" in the end again accompanied by the kids' claps.

Due to Amma's ever flowing grace, each week is proving to be better than the previous one! We too learn so many subtle lessons of innocence, humility and many more while teaching the kids.
Their eagerness to study and learn is immense. We ought to learn so many things from them.

Please feel free to join us and express any ideas to improvise this project.

Always in Amma's love,
AYUDH Mumbai.

Amma's Angel- week 2

Hello Everyone!
The second week of Amma's Angel went off very well. We had around twenty five children. Many of the children from last week were present and there were some new children too. The class was commenced by lighting of the lamp during which everyone chanted "Om Amriteshwaryai Namah". This was followed by chanting "Om" thrice and a saraswati mantra.

The children were then taught ABCD.. in a sing song manner. They responded very well. We, the volunteers and the children then played ringa- ringa- roses followed by 'united chain' (chor sakhli) where a single person starts off by running and catching someone and then those two form a chain and catch another person and so on. Gradually the chain gets longer and it becomes easier to catch the remaining persons. It teaches us a simple yet profound lesson of the effectiveness of doing things together in a team.
The kids really enjoyed it and wanted to play more. Some of them even requested if they could play cricket sometime!

This was followed by Swamiji's story. He explained the importance of doing good actions and the consequences of wrong ones. After Swamiji's story, the children were enlightened about Amma's younger days when she used to get up early in the morning, work, go to school, come back and again work, all while repeatedly chanting god's name.
This was followed by a snack break when the kids were given sandwiches.

During the post-break session, the children were taught Gandhiji's message of not speaking bad, hearing bad and seeing bad. They were also taught not to waste water. They were advised not to use foul language and if they encountered someone doing so, they have to tell them not to do so.
Following this, the children responded very enthusiastically and eagerly when they were asked if they wanted to write. The children were taught to write alphabets both in capital and cursive handwriting.

In the end, everyone sang 'Om namah shivaya' accompanied by loud and energetic clappings of the children.

Thus, thanks to Amma's grace, another session of this project went off very well. Please feel free to express any ideas you might be having in order to make this endeavour a success!
Namah Shivaya!

In Amma's love,
Ayudh Mumbai

Amma's Angel

Dear All ,

Ayudh Mumbai conducted its first class for Ammas Angel ( an initative to teach slum children ) on 12th July 2009 from 11 am -1pm . A strength of 37 children ranging from 5 to 15 years of age spread across various religion attended the class .The class commenced with lighting of lamp and chanting Ammas Dhyana Sloka . The class was divided into 3 parts moral science ,games and Art class .The class started with children being narrated a story from Religious text ( this week we had a story narrated on Amma ) followed by the drawing class whereby children were provided with drawing papers and colours and aked to draw what they like .The drawings very impressive from icecream man selling icecrem,to beautiful houses besides the lake and beautiful enthralling flowers .As a token of apprecialtion prizes were given to best 2 drawings in each category (age group 5- 7 ,age group 8-11 & age group 9-15) The drawing class was followed by games which was enjoyed by the children and the volunteers to its fullest .

The children were very enthusiatic and cheerful . They were very much keen on meeting Amma and wanted to do something for her .They were interesed in performing arts like dancing singing etc .Few of the students wanted help in their studies for subjects like English and Maths .At present 3 children are being given guidance by the volunteers . Children expressed thier desire to learn english .As per thier request .Ayudh plans to conduct English class as a part of the program in the coming weeks .The class ended with singing of devtional bhajans .The children repeated the songs very devotionally and epressed thier enthusiasm throughout by clapping in sync .

At the end all students were given sweets and biscuits .It was indeed very suprising to see these children who have matured beyond thier age ,are going thorugh lot of hardship kindle love and compaasion in thier hearts .While distributing chocholates to all of them ,one small boy who was about to eat the chocloate saw a volunteer without one and was seen asking "Didi would you have chocolate?" .It really touched our hearts to see that love and heart to share whatever they have in these children .With Ammas divine grace flowing ,we intend to continue such clasess every Sunday at 11 am .All those who would be interested in the seva are heartily welcome .

Always At Her Holy Feet Preri

Activities in july 2009

Activities for the month of July 2009 :

Details Date Timing
Class for Street Children 12-July -09 10am
Organic Compost 12-July -09 Post Lunch
Matruvani Campaign 18-July-09 1pm
Class For Street Children 19-July-09 10am
Organic Compost Workshop 19-July-09 Post Lunch
Class for Street Children 26-July-09 10 am
General Body Meeting 26-July-09 12 noon

Projects at Vidarbha

Dear Brothers & Sisters ,

The other day at ashram we met with Br. Eknath who is in charge of the various seva activities in Vidarbha region . He shared with us an experience stating that there was a tribal family consisting of 9 members - grandfather ,grandmother ,son ,daughter in law and 3 grandchildren who were summoned to court for stealing the rice from a nearby village field. His crime was that he stole the rice from the paddy fields and fed his family who were hungry for many days .The judge found this man as guilty for stealing from somebody's property and as he was poor penalised him with a sum amount of Rs 2.00/- and the lawyers fees was Re 1.00/- which the family did not have to pay .Yes that's right the family did not have Rs 3 to pay as fine .This is the condition of some tribal people .Its so difficult to believe that in today's world when even beggars don't accept anything below Re 1 these people do not have it !!!!

A substantial section of people in the village are from lower income group and have agriculture as their main income and on account of various soci economic probelms are living on the verge of poverty .In many houses food is prepared only 3-4 days a week ,The people lack basic clothing ,the schools are far away whereby the children have to walk 10 kms daily ,Brilliant students are deprived of higher education due to high fee stucture for the courses ,The women in the villages are housewifes and many are widows who have lost their husbands who owed large sum of debt and committed suicides.There are young girls who do not have fathers and are of marriageable age but cannot bear the expense of a basic marriage.

We would be taking up activities to help these people lead a better life .Dear Brothers and sisters do come up with your suggestions on the activities we can undertake.

Have a Wonderful Week!!!!

Always at Her Feet
Admin

Upcoming Projects & Events

Om Namah Shivaya!!!!!

As you all are aware we had our 2nd general body meeting on 28th June 2009 .We had our 40 members attending the meeting .Here's a gist of points discussed in the meeting :

i) Ayudh to commence Amma's Class for slum children aiming at teaching them moral and ethical values ,rendering them tuition in subjects they require and making them a better individual .
ii) Ayudh to form a Amrita Quick Response Team at various pockets of the city for disaster management.
iii)Ayudh to provide free Basic computer training to deserving children from the poor families
iv)Ayudh to form a group of instructors for IAM Meditation technique .

More ideas and suggestions are welcomed on the forum !!!!!!!!!!!

Have a great day!!!!

Always at Her Feet
Admin

Dear All ,

Activities for the month of June2009 :

Date	Seva	Timings	Nature
20th June 2009	Ashram cleaning	10am- 5pm	Voluntary
21st June 2009	Organic compost 2nd batch	4pm -6 pm	Voluntary
28th June 2009	Ayudh general body meeting	11 am -1 pm	Complusory

Organic gardeing workshop!!!!!

Namah Shivaya my dear brothers and Sisters,

We had our first organic compost prepared under the guidance of Peter from Amritapuri .We had a strenght of 30 Ayudhs attending the program (chk out for the pics) .Great work Guys and Gals!!!!.Those who couldnt make it have seriously missed the sweet scent perfume aroma ,dirty pants and lots of fun!!!!!!!All those who had been for the Organic Gardening would understand what i am talking about!!!!!The compost made, would be manure after 3 months .This was our first step towards organic compost .There would be many more in the next few months so as to cover the entire garden area .

As many of you would be aware Amma has dedicated her one year june 5,2009 to june5,2010 as Environmental year . Amma has requested each of her children to plant one sapling a month to make the world a better place.(chk out this months Matruvani last page).Ayudh mumbai would be preparing a compost every alternate sunday at front garden post lunch at 4pm .

All those who are interested are required to infom in advance .

Keep the enthu alive and rocking !!!!!
Always at her Lotus Feet
Preri

Organic Gardening

Activites this Summer

Namah Shivaya Dear Brothers and Sisters!!!!!!

The organic gardening workshop has been finalized on 30-31st May 09 .As mentioned in the previous blog, the workshop would have sessions on organic gardening ,waste management , making natural products at home, creating an eco centre and eco shop in your surrounding .All those who are interested please sign up by 15th May 2009.

As a part of the revenue generation for our community service project , Ayudh would be having a stall for refreshments at ashram on every Sundays at 4 pm .The seva for the same would start by 2pm .All those who are interested in this seva please revert. At present we plan to provide lemon juice and sandwiches.

As many of you are aware, last summer Amma mentioned of building public toilets at different pockets of Mumbai for the poor and needy. Amma had suggested that the youth construct toilets and it be managed by a corporate.In this regard , we have a meeting with Swamiji and Mhada Slum Rehabilitation official on Saturday 11th April 2009 at 4 pm. All are heartily invited for the meeting to voice their ideas and suggestions regarding the same .

Guys lets all put in all our efforts through these small steps towards Ammas vision and make our Ammas wish into reality by her grace !!!!!!
Hoping to seee all of you participate actively in these events .

Om Namah Shivaya !!!!
Preri

Dear Brothers & Sisters ,
This sunday 12th April we have class by Br. Avayamrita at 11 am AICTE hall. Please pass the message to all those whom u are in contact with .
Alaways at Amma's Feet,
Preri .

Organic Farming Workshop

Namah Shivaya Brothers and Sisters !!!!!

We would be having an organic farming workshop at our Nerul ashram by end of April or May. The Ecology team from Amritapuri would come to teach us organic gardening at Mumbai ashram whereby we could cultivate vegetables and maintain a beautiful garden at ashram premises .They would also be guiding us on subjects such as making natural products at home, creating an eco centre and eco shop in your surrounding and waste management.The tentative proposed dates are 25-26 April / May 9- 10 / May 16-17 / May23-24 / May30-31. Kindly rank your preference on the above mentioned dates as per your convenience.Lets all learn and benefit through this workshop and make our environment cleaner Kindly voice your convenience or any other suggestions at ayudhsmumbai@gmail.comat the earliest.

Always At Ammas Feet,
Preri

Get SMS updates of Amma news

Happy news for Amma’s children in India.

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To get sms alerts, (it works only with Indian numbers) send an sms to 9870807070

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Thanks to Google for the SMS service.

Visit to Badlapur Cancer Hospice

Om Namah Shivaya!!!
Ayudh is visiting Badlapur Cancer Hospice On 22nd February 2009 .The cleaning seva would be from 10 am to 4 pm .A transport facility is being proposed from nerul ashram which would leave at 9 am for badlapur . All those who would be interested in this service kindly mail or sms me as soon as possible.
All those who have already confirmed may ignore it .

Always at Amma's Lotus feet
Preri

Badlapur cancer Hospice Visit

Om Namah Shivaya!!!!!
Ayudh is visiting Badlapur Cancer Hospice on 22nd February 2009 .The seva would be from 10am to 4pm.A transport facility is planned to be arranged from nerul ashram at 9am .All those who wish to avail the transport facility from ashram are requested to sms or mail me as soon as possible.
Always at Ammas Lotus Feet
Preri

Badlapur Cancer Hospice

Om Namah Shivaya !!!!!!!!
On 22nd February 2009 ,Ayudh visits Badlapur Cancer Hospice at 10am .The cleaning would be from 10 am to 4 pm .A transport service is planned to be arranged from Nerul at 9am .All those who would like to come through the service at nerul are requested to sms me as soon as possible .
Always at Ammas Lotus feet
Preri

Visit to Cancer Hospice- Badlapur

Om Namah Shivaya Folks !!!!!

Ayudh has been requested to visit the Badlapur Cancer Hospice for cleaning on account of major construction work undertaken on the venue .On Sunday 22nd February 2009 there would be cleaning seva at the hospice from morning 10am .All are requested to keep themsleves free .Further details would be initmated shortly ...

Always at Ammas Feet
Preri

Ayudh Annadanam & Blood Donation Camp!!!!

Om Namah Shivaya!!!!!
The blood donation camp and Annadanam by the grace of AMMA was a huge success .Around 75 people registered to donate blood and more than 50 bags of blood were donated .The blood donation ended at 2 pm with many more wanting to donate blood but could not due to time constraints.It was very encouraging to see all of you with such enthusiasm .Keep up this vigour Ayudh!!!
Around 650 poor people were served food in th afternoon. Ayudh took part in serving and cleaning vessels .
With Amma by our side ,lets all pave through the path which she is leading and leave many more such imprints in the society.
Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu !!!!!
See you all soon.
Always at Ammas Feet,
Preri

25th January 2009

Namah Shivaya!!!!!

We have lot of things happening this January .First of all ,as most of you all are aware Ayudh has taken up the act of spreading Ammas message through ''Matruvani: and have held stalls at various Ayyappa programmes .Continuing with the seva ,we plan to keep Matruvani stalls at different locations like station premises ,temples and public gathering .This Saturday on 17th and 18th Jan we have a stall at Belapur .All those who are interested in the seva can contact us .(Veena /Suppu/Saumya/Karishma/Mithila)
On 25th January 2009 ,Ayudh has organised for a blood donation camp at our nerul ashram from 10 am -2 pm .The blood donation camp is mainly for cancer and thalessemia patients .We also have Ayudh Annadanam on the same day whereby we would be required at vegetable cutting seva , serving seva and vesel washing seva .All tose who would like to contribute for the Annadanam please contact us.(Lucky/Sanjay /Prerana)
Let us all implement the planning and discussions carried out into a reality with the advent of the new year!!!!!!

Hoping to see all brothers and sisters on 25th Jan 2009

Take Care ,

At Ammas Lotus Feet,

Preri