Amma says – “Just as when our left hand is hurt, the right arm moves to give succor, to apply medicine, and to caress the hurt arm without any need to think, so too should we serve the ailing and needy”. Though India is diverse it is one, so when Kashmir is affected there is nothing surprising in that a group of volunteers from Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Kerala, have been meeting officials in the state and directly visiting affected sites to assess the situation and render all possible help.
 

 

 
As part of this the efforts here, today (20th September, 2014) we distributed school kits for the children of Panjar in Udhampur district, at the behest of the local authorities. The request came few days ago when the volunteers from Math were inspecting the nearby affected areas after their discussion with Ms Yasha Mudgal, Deputy Commissioner Udhampur. A school kit was handed over to each of the children identified from the affected families. The school kit contained a school bag, notebooks, pens, pencils, erasers and sharpeners. Sapna Devi, a small girl burst into tears while receiving the kit, as she was narrating her recollections of the fateful event to the Math volunteers. Though her family escaped she was traumatized by the disaster to which she was a witness.
 

 

 
Additional Commissioner, Development – Mr Pawan Parihar, BDO – Mr Soman K Katal and the Tahsildar of the village were also present during the distribution in order to render all possible help from the administration. “We have had enough supplies of food and now the next question is to make sure that the education of children continues well. The efforts made by the Math are a welcome step in this direction and I wish Math all the success so that they can continue to help the needy and the suffering. I am thankful to the Math and its volunteers for having come all the way from Kerala to help the affected people here”, said Mr Parihar.
– Nijamrita