Amma expressed how humanity cannot survive when isolated as single nations, races, or religions. This Earth belongs to us all. May innumerable lamps be lit from this flame and carried across the world.
The event in Nagpur, Maharashtra was a momentous occasion with Amma as the first spiritual leader ever appointed as Chair of the G20’s Engagement Group for civil society and nongovernmental organisations.
The President also met with six members of Mexico’s Parliament who are in Amritapuri as part of Amma’s Civil 20 initiatives.
National Coordinators with the Civil 20 working group for Integrated Holistic Health (IHH) organised a meet for NGOs at this year’s globally renowned International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh.
Volunteers coordinated with people to deliver blankets and heaters and then contacted the Turkish Embassy for delivery. The support totalled 210 blankets and seven gas heaters.
The Mexico-Republic of India Friendship Group met to discuss issues related to this year’s Group of 20 Summit (G20), of which India is host and Mexico is a member.
The new facilities include a CT scanner, ambulance, physiotherapy and lab equipment, and the establishment of a satellite clinic in an isolated area. Volunteers with the Amriteswari Society, Singapore, led the project for new equipment and further outreach.
IHH is working on ways to reinforce global healthcare through a combination of modern medicine and traditional systems such as Ayurveda. The working group is specifically addressing mental health, nutrition, women’s and children’s health, and elderly and palliative care.
The event focused on the actions citizens must take to address safety and security for women and girls and how to include men and boys in the process.
To address net zero emissions management, more than 400 people from 27 countries took part in a workshop by the Civil 20 Working Group for Sustainable and Resilient Communities. In her address, Amma cautioned that we had walked too far, too fast in polluting Mother Earth, causing too much destruction.