Category: Flood Relief
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Flood relief and overflowing compassion – Amritavarsham charitable projects
27 September 2018, Amritapuri The 65th Birthday Celebrations of Amma were focused on helping Kerala recover from the recent monsoon floods. Both Amma’s annual birthday address {news}, as well as several of the function’s charitable initiatives, were aimed at uplifting victims of the flood, which took the lives of nearly 500 people in August. Following…
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Kerala Floods: Amrita rescue and relief work
From late July – August 2018, Kerala was hit by devastating floods and landslides, caused by unusually high levels of rainfall. The worst flooding in Kerala in nearly a hundred years, more than 400 people lost their lives and more than a million were displaced. Amma and her children were quick to respond. “Each day…
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Flood relief activities in Kerala
MAM volunteers have been active in numerous relief activities related to the recent floods in Kerala caused by continuous heavy rains. The landslide and rains have hit about half the state, with more than 60,000 people rendered homeless. In the past week, a medical team from Amrita Hospital has visited 13 Panchayats in Alappuzha district,…
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Chennai flood relief updates
Amma has always led by example, and her senior disciples follow suit. Here, her senior disciples personally unload the food materials from the truck, distribute food packages to those affected by the flooding. They are joined by more than 500 volunteers providing food, clothing, rescue operations, medical attention and essential provisions. We also donated Rs.…
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MAM donates Rs. 5 crores for Chennai flood relief
8 Dec 2015, Chennai In the wake of the colossal loss and damages due to the unprecedented rains in Chennai and parts of Tamil Nadu, MAM donated Rs.5 Crores towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for relief and rehabilitation activities. On behalf of MAM, Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri met Dr J.Jayalalitha, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu…
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Boat rescue, food and clothing to the flood affected Chennai
Due to incessant heavy rain, many low-lying areas of the city of Chennai were inundated on the late night of 1st December. Water from the overflowing Adyar River submerged houses lying within a kilometer either side of the river, and floodwaters reached many other areas as well. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected.…
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Food for the flood affected in Chennai
23 Nov 2015, Chennai Due to unusually heavy rainfall over the past few weeks, the Adyar River overflowed its banks, flooding thousands of houses in the Indian city of Chennai. Tens of thousands of people have been impacted by the flooding. In one of the hardest-hit areas — Choolaipallam, MGR Nagar, South Chennai — Led…
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Flood relief work in Japan
September 2015, Japan Following more than a week of rains in early September, Tropical Storm Etau could not have hit eastern Japan at a worse time. On September 9th, Etau began to further inundate the already rain-soaked terrain north of Tokyo—dumping as much as 2 more feet (65 cm) of rain in 24 hours in…
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MAM built 500 more houses in Uttarakhand and Kerala
27 Sep 2014, Amritapuri Amritavarsham – Amma’s 61st Birthday celebrations As part of Amma’s dream that everyone in the world should have a solid roof over their head, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math has constructed more than 45,000 homes for the homeless in more than 75 locations across India since 1998. Often, in response to floods,…
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MAM announces Rs 25 Crore relief package for Jammu Kashmir flood relief
27 Sep 2014, Amritapuri Amritavarsham 61, Amma’s Birthday celebrations Sri. Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Home Affairs officially launched the Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s Rs. 25 Crore Relief & Rehabilitation Package for Jammu-Kashmir, as part of which houses MAM construct houses for people who have lost their homes in the flooding. This would include housing for…