Tag: kenya
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Giving eye sight, a fulfilling seva
April 2026, Kenya Volunteers from Embracing the World, in collaboration with the Spanish NGO, Visio Sense Fronteres recently completed a cataract eye surgery camp in Iten, Kenya. Over the course of a week the team successfully completed 235 surgeries restoring the sight to local villagers in the area. Dr Isabel is a long-time devotee of Amma from Spain and the head of Visio Sense Fronteres. In 2008, Amma told her she should go to Kenya and do eye camps and surgeries. She has now been going all over Africa, regularly conducting camps since 2011. I was fortunate enough to have…
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A call to Kenya
I first met Amma in 1989 when Amma came to LA for one of her first programs. I cryed in her arms like a baby during my first darshan. I had been seeking the path for 6 years after being fed up with working in the world and being diametrically opposed to the values of such a capitalistic system of greed and materialism. My body was the indicator that something was very much wrong with my way of life. I had two critical brushes with my health that helped me turn to the path. When Amma came to LA, USA…