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Prasanna Ananth
Review for Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Kerala, , India
I have been involved in a number of service projects through this non profit organization and cannot say enough about how the Mata Amritanandamayi Math has changed my life. In 2004, following the Southeast Asian tsunami that devastated million of homes and lives, the MA Math helped garner donations from dozens of US hospitals to be used in health care facilities in India. Through this project, I was able to contribute medical supplies and contacts, and thousands of tsunami victims were aided. The MA Math, however, went beyond mere medical care; they constructed hundreds of homes and rebuilt whole communities in both South India and Sri Lanka. The Math provided free tubal ligation reversal surgeries to women who had lost children in the tsunami and were no longer able to conceive due to family planning measures taken prior to the natural disaster. The MA Math went above and beyond in providing care, love and basic needs to these victims. The MA Math does not limit its scope to India. I have participated in "Mother's Kitchen" activities in various soup kitchens around the US, where we prepare and serve delicious, healthy meals to the homeless. The MA Math also has built a free hospital in Kerala, India, to provide both basic and subspecialty medical care to those who need it most. In addition, the Math has donated $1 million to the Clinton Fund to help rehabilitate those Americans devastated by Hurricane Katrina. This is an organization with a phenomenal scope and a magnanimous heart. Moreover, the overhead costs are minimal, since every volunteer works for the Math free of charge. The Math is most deserving of this award.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Volunteering in the most unlikely of ways. I am a trained physician, but I am often inspired to wash dishes when I visit the MA Math's nonprofit headquarters in Kerala, India, because it is an amazing experience to help others who visit the Math.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
from all over the world. People from every country on this planet have been touched by the efforts of the MA Math, which is absolutely phenomenal.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every six months
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009