My Nonprofit Reviews

Mata Amritanandamayi, or Amma, who is the inspiration behind the sprawling activities of the MA Math, lives SOLELY for the world. She has no personal goals or aspirations. Her only wishes are to see the poor and the needy getting to a better station in life. Her modus operandi towards this objective is to use like-minded people to provide service selflessly. Selflessness is the path to our True Self. When a devastating earthquake flattened a large part of Gujarat state in 1993, she boldly announced that she will sponsor the reconstruction and rehabilitation of 3 villages at a time when she was already doing significant other charitable activities and that too when funds were not readily available. But slowly She made it a reality and the villagers were overwhelmed by the kindness shown by this divine stranger. Dec 2004 tsunami. story repeats. This time too, She takes on rehabilitation and reconstruction for several villages and delivers. The important difference is that even the Govt of SriLanka (among the worst-affected countries) invited Her to provide consultative and collaborative guidance in the rehab efforts!!! The important aspect of her non-profit is that there is no "salary" involved as the work is done almost entirely by unpaid volunteers. Thus, unlike the other genuine non-profit orgs like Red Cross or United Way, this reduces costs significantly and adds to increased output where it is truly needed.

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