A Handful of Seeds
Carrying a handful of seeds blessed by Amma, Amrita SeRVe sevites visited our village in Andhra Pradesh to initiate a small tree nursery. ...
In Seva for Ugadi
Fifty students and five faculty members from Amrita University joined together to serve in Komalikudy during the Telugu new year at the end of February. ...
Learning Holistic Health
“All villages should be like this,” said Amma to the 24 women from nine different states who completed health worker training at the end of February. The program focuses on how to take a holistic approach to improve the health of people in villages. ...
Upcycling to Empower
Twenty women came to Amritapuri for a two-week course in tailoring and crochet via upcycling. The students from Amrita SeRVe villages were taught how to take old and discarded materials and make them into new things—things that can often be sold for a higher price. ...
Visits from Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri
Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri visits two villages to monitor progress and hear from local residents about what else is needed. In each place, he was careful to speak to the villagers in detail as they took turns to explain their problems to him. ...
Villages are the Roots of India
During a speech at the United Nations, Amma expressed her hope that university students all over the world would consider interning in villages. ...