
Why Can’t the Sky Be Pink?Â
Ria Pali, a member of Mahabharat group, Odisha, India, gave an experiential presentation there on “Awakening Creativity” on 5 November 2016.

Food Distribution in Kenya by Usha Shah
The day dawned bright and warm and all worries about the weather being wet dissipated with thesun coming out and the clouds disappearing! We – Induben Shah, Gideon, Patrick and I – left forMachakos at a quarter past nine in the morning. We arrived in Machakos at about 11 o’clock andto our consternation found that

The 3-day International Youth Conference
From 27th Dec to 29th Dec, was successfully completed with a total of 35 participants from different parts of India and the world. The main topics covered in the session related to Human Re-generation and Meditation, which were divided into 4 sessions each day. The sessions included a mixture of both theory and practical aspects.

Heartbeats of Africa
Oneout of every 200 children born in developing countries suffers from a repairable congenital or rheumatic heart defect. In Tanzania, at any given time, more than 7,000 children and adolescents await surgery. This African state is wanting in specialised paediatric cardiac facilities. Left untreated, the children die before their 21st birthday. There is an urgent

Partnerships to promote service from Tim Boyd, TOS USA
In the TOS/USA we find ourselves in a situation that is both fortunate and difficult in terms of our service work. The USA is blessed with innumerable service organisations and government agencies dedicated to helping in a wide range of areas of need. The challenge for the TOS, as a small organisation, is to find avenues

Sponsoring the education of underprivileged girls in Pakistan
As the global war on terrorism continues and governments join hands spending billions of dollars to rid the world of this evil, another war is also taking place, albeit silently and very often unnoticed. It is a war against the ignorance, superstition and tradition that deny millions of women and girls in underdeveloped countries their

Helping Latvian street children and orphans
Helping Latvian street children and orphans LetthjälpenThe TOS in Sweden is just a little over ten years old and already it has an impressive record of service. Since its foundation in 1995, it has focused on helping orphans and street children in Latvia and working with another small Swedish organisation called Letthjälpen (Swedish for Helping Latvia) or Latvian Aid Association.Today

The Annie Besant Animal Welfare Dispensary, Adyar
Any idea how many animals are treated per year at the animal shelter at our International HQ? Around ten thousand – almost all free of charge. What about the number of staff members? There are eight: three veterinarians, a manager and four attendants. An extra attendant is needed to drive the ambulance truck; in the

The SEE Project, India
The Theosophical Order of Service, Chennai Region, India, has initiated a new project, extending the range of medical support its members already provide to disadvantaged people in their area. The SEE (Seeing Eyes for Everyone) Project was launched in September 2007 to mark the 150th birth anniversary of eminent Theosophist, Damodar K. Mavalankar. A logo for the project was