Author: vamatrust

Post celebrating Sangamam on Saturdays for the last two years (115 weeks continuously) Vama team started making the sangamam relevant for other event instead of Saturday. Elders gathered on Deepawali 🪔 and Kanthasashti days and yesterday on Full Moon Day. It was an amazing evening experience for rural elders to celebrate and enjoy Pournami day. Event started at 4.00 pm and continued till 7.15 pm. Several games and activities conducted by Ms Kausalya and Vama team members from both Mannarkoil and Sivasailam. It was raining continuously hence worried about the situation to conduct the event. Fortunately Varuna Bhagwan put a hot from 4 pm to 7 pm and proved his blessings for the service being rendered by Vama Team.

It is our great pleasure to share that the 119th week of our Sangamam event was combined yesterday with the inauguration ceremony of our new building at Sivasailam.

More than 80 elders participated from V K Puram, Ambai, Kallidai, Chettikulam, Alwarkurichi, Mannarkoil and other villages.

vIn our 118th week of Saturday Sangamam, we celebrated Deepawali with our elders and continued our distribution activities across various locations to support elder communities in need. Our team traveled to Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, and Seranmahadevi. At Seranmahadevi, we visited the CAST Foundation (Community Action for Social Transformation) on Singikulam Road, Nanguneri (TK), Padmaneri. CAST is an integrated NGO supported by the Tamil Nadu State Welfare and Women Empowerment Department and is managed by Mrs. Susila Pandian. The foundation cares for 25 abandoned elders and 14 children. We have been supporting CAST since November 2020, particularly from the COVID period onward.

Today, we began the Diwali celebrations with our beloved elders and frontline warriors. For the past four years, VAMA has supported elders during the Diwali season by providing new clothes and sweets. This year, in continuation of our tradition, we started the distribution today at Sailam, marking the 117th week of our Saturday Sangamam gatherings.
The sweets and savories, including athirasam, murukku, laddu, and thukkada, were all specially prepared by our elder beneficiaries. More than 1elders from Alwai, VK Puram, Thirumalai Puram, and Kalyani Puram participated in this event. The team organized the dress distribution beautifully, with each elder actively involved and sharing their past Diwali memories with VAMA. Mr. Lakshman, one of our members, shared his experiences and expressed his appreciation for VAMA’s ongoing service to society.

We are happy to share the details of the 116th week of the Saturday Sangamam, held on October 19th at our Sailam. More than 110 elders participated from our regular villages, and this week, we welcomed new beneficiaries from various locations. Ms. Suba and Ms. Gowsi conducted the event with a refreshing new concept. The Sangamam began with a prayer song, expressing spiritual devotion. The prayer was sung by Mrs. Pushpam in her sweetest voice. Following this, Mrs. Lakshmi led the meditation session, which was followed by the elders. Upon completing the meditation, many felt a noticeable impact and mentioned feeling relieved from stress.