The Bhaktas concert at Starlight 2017 was a beautiful event.
Bliss Festival 2017…
Ongoing monthly satsaunga is held by Dada Shuddhacittananda and the Brisbane margiis in a local Brisbane community hall…
Dada Gunamuktananda appeared at TEDxNoosa 2014:
… and gave a follow-up meditation intro and course at the Brisbane Yogafest
… and Cairns Beaches Yoga in Cairns:
An inspiring Meditation Surf Camp was held recently in Yamba, on the east coast of Australia.
This documentary showcasing the practice and philosophy of Ananda Marga was filmed at the New Year’s Gathering in Tyalgum:
The Sunrise Kindergarten in Melbourne has been upgrading its playground and resources with the help of parents and the Ananda Marga Melbourne community:
Our TBAs (Traditional Birth Attendants) currently cover 33 villages. AMURT has distributed 1 ton of millet in the flood-affected area of Bangeldaye. A watershed management program was initiated to collect surface water and keep the rainwater from running off without penetrating the soil by means of small check dams and other rainwater harvesting methods such as creating barriers to retain water around trees.
At the Bissiri master unit, the transition into organic farming is proceeding smoothly as the farmers have clearly understood the benefit of it. We have a donkey and a few goats and are working to acquire some cows in order to produce our own manure. A beekeeping project has been started to introduce beekeeping to the community.
Our clinic in Bissiri, near Ouagadougou, is growing. We hired a second nurse and have nearly completed a new room for the increasing number of patients during the rainy season (which is the big malaria season too). We are also building a simple toilet and bathroom facility. One of the nurses is now living in the MU itself. This allows the patients to get care during the night. We have been able to dig a borehole. The regular supply of drinkable water in quantity is a very great improvement.
We now are making our own bread, thanks to a very simple traditional mud brick oven. The bread is nice and our trainer, a French baker and friend, had the community taste its very first bits of pizza! Now the bread is made every day, small bread that the community can afford. There was no local bread available until now and everyone enjoys it.
ALF has grown, matured and transformed over the last few years.
As a non-profit organization, we have grown into our new format as a social enterprise, a charitable non-profit that also will engage in income generation activities to support the service work.
We’ve moved our focus from training to establishment. Stabilizing the individual clinics and practitioners has been the priority and well as the pharmacy and its products, which will provide a stable future for continued growth in alternative medicine in Kenya.
We’ve reached out to East Africa and have partnered or supported homeopathic projects and practitioners in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
Our core activities have become more self-sufficient through various income-generation. We have been mostly self-sufficient in our running costs for several years. Though, we still need your help for our special projects and charitable work.
The Spirulina Project: free distribution to children in need
The Spirulina Project started in 2011, is the brainchild of Didi Ananda Prama, Ireland. This highly nutrition blue-green algae is being grown adjacent to our Kambimawe Clinic in order to supplement nutritionally needy children in the area. Kambimawe is located in Eastern Province Kenya and regularly suffers droughts. It especially in those times that food is scarce and the children suffer from malnutrition. The spirulina is easy to grow and easy to distribute.
Recently HEAL International NV has supported the project by funding the constructuion of a permanent structure for the tanks. Now production is up and more chilodren are able to be put into the programme.
Free Children’s Clinics in Partnership with HEAL International NV
In partnership with HEAL International NV, seven of ALF’s affiliated clinics have been conducting free children’s clinics. In the first quarter of this programme about 1000 children have been attended to for their general healthcare. Grateful parents report that the health of their children have improved greatly. The children are also receiving a regular supply of spirulina.
Free Malaria Prevention and HIV-Supportive Medicine Distributions
In 2014, three independent projects from Western and Nyanza provinces approached ALF for health care support. Four hundred courses (doses) of the homeopathic anti-malaria medicine Malarix was distributed and 160 courses of Iquilai, a very effective immune restoration medicine in the management of HIV. In addition 200 doses of Wormex, for intestinal worms was also distributed.
New Clinics and Clinic Upgrades
In conjunction with the Free Children’s Clinic Project with HEAL International NV, five affiliated ALF clinics were upgraded or were finally established. Our affiliate homeopaths sometimes have waited for years until funds could be available to help them establish themselves. Thanks to HEAL, we were able to assist Elizabeth in Buruburu (Nairobi), Phylis in Kiambu (Nairobi), Joseph in Machakos (Eastern), John in Matuu (Eastern) and Munga in Likoni (Coast).
Allergy Treatment and Speciality Clinics
Thanks to the visit of Dr Neha Seth of Mumbai in May, a number of ALF affiliate homeopaths were trained in her unique homeopathic approach to the treatment of allergies. It is Dr Seth’s view that allergies – the body’s state of intolerance to substances – poses an obstacle to cure. By desenstizing and curing the patient of their allergies opens the door to the treatment of any other disease as well. As a result we have upgraded a few of our clinics to specialize in the treatment of allergies.
Abha Light Dispensary
The Abha Light Pharma opened its doors in Westlands, Nairobi in 2011 and has been growing ever since. It’s being run by the two-person team of Rachael Masaku and Jadu Rawi. Rachael is trained in homeopathy, reflexology, Bowen Therapy. She is also a certified trainer in NADA therapy and an Infant Massage instructor. Rawi is studying homeopathy and is our business & sales manager. She sees her clients in a therapy room at the back of the shop.
The dispensary has over 2,000 homeopathic remedies available to serve the practitioners of East Africa and individual from the public. As the public comes to know of its existence, the dispensary has grown and stabilized as a viable enterprise. The dispensary has also supplied professional remedy kits to private practitioners in Rwanda, DR Congo and Uganda. We hope to continue to support the spread and growth of homeopathy throughout East Africa.
Visiting trainers and volunteers
Volunteers have ever been a part of ALF’s history and growth. We are ever thankful for their contribution to the projects. This year we had Jette Limberg from Germany. Her contribution in furthering the training of personnel was invaluable. Thanks Jette.
Malaria Research Partnership
ALF has also been in partnership with Martien Brands and Suzanne van Berkel in pilot studies in the effectiveness of homeopathic treatment of Malaria
