2024 marks Auroville International USA’s 50th anniversary as a nonprofit organization. The gathering of friends working and dreaming of an Auroville of limitless possibilities received their official nonprofit designation from the state of California on April 5, 1974. The single moving force behind AVI USA was June Maher, a radiant being inspired by the Mother’s … Read more
Knowing that we have been actively seeking funds to help sustain our menstrual health education programmes with adolescent girls, Binah reached out to me back in March 2023, floating an idea to prepare a project for the Rotary Club. She had established a contact with the Denver Mile High Rotary Club who had shown an … Read more
The Pulaha Fellowship provides young individuals, who share this wish, the opportunity to regenerate forests, restore watersheds, and live in a community committed to transforming forests to their indigenous fullness. Jean Luc Pulaha was a free spirit and lover of nature. There was nothing he enjoyed more than walking in forests, climbing mountains, or being … Read more
We are writing to you from WasteLess. We are Chandrah and Ribhu, siblings who grew up together in the barren Auroville of the 80s and 90s. With the freedom of exploration and playing in the red soil canyons, which turned into wild streams every monsoon. We saw how new seedlings sprouted and grew, attracting life … Read more
John Mandeen, came to Pondicherry from California, in October 1968 as a young man of 24 and was accepted by the Mother as an Ashramite. He helped set up the first screen printing workshop in the Ashram Press. All birthday cards with the Mother’s symbol in those days were screen printed there besides book covers.
In February 2024, AVI USA supported Martin and the Sanskrit Research Institute, SRI, in hosting the 7th International Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium. We reconnected with Martin to hear more about his story as well as his impressions of the event.
Promoting Ayurveda: the knowledge of life | An Interview with Ayurvedic Dr. Be
I recently visited Auroville primarily to connect with project leaders, learn what they are doing, help them think about how they might evaluate their programs, and determine how AVI USA might help them find additional support for their work. I have been on the AVI USA board for over 30 years, so I knew many … Read more
The beautiful Delhi Ashram locations are in need of live-in volunteers with a variety of skills to help in developing local outreach programs and help with the daily work in the ashram.
AuroOrchard has been providing eggs to Auroville for many years now and we are constantly learning and upgrading our practices to reflect the highest standards of poultry management.