Kollam: Spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) has announced a Rs 50 crore project in connection with the Inaugural ceremony of India’s Civil 20 Working Group (C20), aiming to bring the concerns of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from around the world to the G20 Summit set to take place in New Delhi this September.
The activities will support the welfare of people with disabilities and pregnant women who are malnourished.
Work will take place in underdeveloped districts across India, as well as in other developing nations, a release said on Friday.
The Ashram will work closely with local Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) with the purpose of bringing about a tangible change in the lives of its beneficiaries.
The announcement was made as part of the Inaugural Ceremony of India’s Civil 20 Working Group (C20), of which Amma serves as Chair.
The Group of 20 (G20) is the premier intergovernmental forum for the world’s developed and emerging economies to address financial stability on a global basis. With India as this year’s host country, the G20 theme is vasudhaiva kuṭaṁbakam—the whole world is one family.
Amma said “This is a historic year in which India has received the opportunity to assume the presidency of the G20 nations. The Indian Government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have given us the tremendous responsibility of successfully facilitating the process of Civil Society 20. May we be able to do justice to this endeavour.”
A CSO is any non-profit, voluntary citizens’ group that is organised on a local, national or international level. Task-oriented and driven by people with a common interest, CSOs perform a variety of services and humanitarian functions, bring citizens’ concerns to governments, monitor policies and encourage political participation at the community level.
Thus, the main duties of C20 are resolving issues people face in social and economic arenas. In advance of the Summit, C20 will collaborate with hundreds of CSOs from around the world to voice primary and common concerns and to promote sustainable development with the vision of leaving no one behind.
Amma expressed that practical research should be conducted, while at the same time integrating spiritual knowledge and emphasised that humankind must stop its destruction of Nature.
