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| NEW | Can We Do Anything About This? - Extracts from a talk given at the first international conference of the TOS on the subject of mobility aids in his country by Mr P.S. Mital National Secretary, TOS India |
JAN 10 |
| Finland: Two projects - The TOS in Finland is one of our most recently formed TOS groups. It started in October 2008 with great enthusiasm and in just over one year, has already taken up the challenge of supporting two projects: a children's home in southern Finland and a new Krishnamurti School in India. (more...) | NOV 09 | |
| Heartbeats of Africa - One out of every 200 children born in developing countries suffers from a repairable congenital or rheumatic heart defect.... The TOS in Dar es Salaam ... has chosen to support the Heart Babies Project. (more...) | SEP 09 | |
Partnerships to promote service - From Tim Boyd, TOS USA . ... A couple of years ago we were thinking about what we might do to have a greater impact on people’s lives. The biblical example of teaching people to fish rather than giving them a fish came to mind. We came up with the idea of Service Workshops... . (more...) |
JUL 09 | |
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 inalienable rights... ( more... ) |
MAY 09 | |
| The 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. ( more... ) | MAR 09 | |
| 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 meantime the senior doctor, Dr Jagannathan, has to drive it himself..... ( more...) | JAN 09 | |
The SEE (Seeing Eyes for Everyone) Project was launched in September 2007 to mark the 150th birth anniversary of eminent Theosophist, Damodar K. Mavalankar. The Theosophical Order of Service, Chennai Region, India, has initiated this new project, extending the range of medical support its members already provide to disadvantaged people in their area. So far, screening for vision impairment has been carried out in five schools and two slum areas... |
NOV 08 | |
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Golden Link School, Philippines was founded in 2002 by the Theosophical Society and the Theosophical Order of Service in the Philippines to provide a transformational education for less privileged children. Many in the theosophical world regard it as a model of Theosophy in action amongst the young. While addressing core academic subjects, the school also focuses on deeper issues of character building, integrity, and self confidence in an effort to develop students who will be agents of social and personal transformation.... ( more...) |
AUG 08 |