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Amma’s Amazing Charities I’d like to say a few words about Amma or Mata Amritanandamayi in regards to her amazing and totally thorough charitable contributions to this world. The list of her charities and charitable works is mind boggling. From hospitals, schools – lower, higher education, trade, technical and tribal schools for those who live in remote villages, orphanages, homes for the homeless, disaster relief help – with medical support, food and shelter, for tsunami, flood and earthquake victims. Amma has pensions for the poor, food and soup kitchens throughout India, Europe, and the United States and elderly care homes in India. Amma's Circle of Love program is another one of her practical examples of universal compassion. Its whole purpose is to provide a network of compassionate service between those who are in need of assistance and those who would like to help them. Amma also is very concerned about the preservation of nature she says: “One of our priorities should be to preserve nature. We must put an end to the practice of destroying the environment for money, for our selfish short- term needs. Each family should grow trees and plants in their yard.” Thus, there are many environmental projects Amma is sponsoring through the “Green Friends” network. One project I work on a lot is Amma’s housing project. Every week we have a bake sale to earn money for building the many thousand homes which are so badly needed for those who are homeless and or have lost their homes to some disaster. It used to take $750 to build a home in India, but with all the disasters Amma wants us to build very sturdy homes and now it takes $2000 to build a home. We make about $400 per bake sale, so it takes at least 5 bake sales to make one home. It is so simple to make something for this sale and in doing so we are truly bringing great joy to those who are less fortunate than ourselves. Probably the most awe inspiring aspect of Amma is her ability to give and give of herself so infinitely to this world and thus she in turn inspires thousands and thousands of us to try and do the same. She says, "We can never close our eyes to the world in the name of spirituality. As a result an unfathomable amount of charitable contributions are made to this world in the name of Mata Amritanandamayi Math. Most Respectfully, Adarsa Whitney

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