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
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
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
Saturday, July 11, 2009
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
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
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
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
Monday, June 15, 2009
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
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
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