Category: Disaster Relief
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Spoken english, yoga, sanskrit classes for Tsunami kids
25 April 2005 The tsunami has created a big shock in the minds of the children in the affected areas. Understanding this, the Amma has been providing them with counselling for the past several months through child psychiatrists of Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences. Many children have become afraid of the sea and of water…
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First tsunami houses built by Ashram are ready
11 April 2005 — Mayabazar in Edavanakkad, Ernakulam District, Kerala The first 18 tsunami-relief houses built by the Ashram were finished today. Complete with red-oxide cement floors, electricity, plumbing and painted walls, the houses stand 100-percent ready for inhabitation. Tsunami houses ready at ernakulam, kochi The houses are located in Mayabazar in Edavanakkad of Ernakulam…
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Houses are ready in Ernakulam
6 April 2005 Concreating, plastering, wiring & painting of 18 homes are almost finished. Construction of the rest of the 32 houses are underway in Edavanakkad, Ernakulam District, Kerala Construction materials for 150 homes is being transported to Arattupuzha, Alappuzha District, Kerala. Materials for construction in Alappad Panchayat, Kollam District, Kerala are being procured. Received…
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Healing through song: Music therapy for Tsunami survivors
2 April 2005 — Srayikkad Tsunami Relief Camp, Alappad Panchayat, Kollam District, Kerala On April 2nd a small group of Amma’s devotees from the West and counselors visited the Ashram tsunami-refugee camp in Srayikkad. Dr. Sharada Sreedevi, a clinical psychologist and stress-management expert, led the group. Dr. Sharada’s group, which is organized by AIMS Hospital,…
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Providing hope to mourning mothers
30 March 2005, Amritapuri In the midst of such loss and tragedy, it is hard to say who has suffered the most. Out of all those affected by the tsunami, everyone’s heart goes out to the mothers that lost their children. Many of the mothers who lost their children had previously undergone tubectomy to prevent…
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Tsunami alert at Amritapuri
29 March 2005, 12.30 a.m. — Amritapuri At 10:30 p.m. on 28 March, the Ashram received the news that there had been another earthquake off the coast of Indonesia, registering 8.2 on the Richter scale. Amma immediately called the Ashram to alert and sent word to the villagers to evacuate the Alappad Panchayat peninsula, to…
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A delightful game for those who know swimming
16 March 2005 — Amritapuri The 30 children from Alappad who are currently taking swimming lessons in the Ashram swimming pool came to Amma with a desire: Would Amma go swimming with them? Word got around pretty quick. Soon everywhere one went one would people talking in hushed yet excited tones: Did you hear? Amma…
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The water is a delightful game
16 March 2005 — Amritapuri The 30 children from Alappad who are currently taking swimming lessons in the Ashram swimming pool came to Amma with a desire: Would Amma go swimming with them? Word got around pretty quick. Soon everywhere one went one would people talking in hushed yet excited tones: Did you hear? Amma…
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Buoyancy experiences: teaching tsunami kids how to swim
15 March 2005 — Amritapuri It was only a week after the tsunami that Amma first mentioned Her idea of providing swimming lessons for the village children in the Ashram swimming pool. Amma wanted to help the children to overcome their fear of water, as so many had become petrified of Mother Sea since the…
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A different kind of party
Japanese College Students Build Houses for Tsunami victims 13 March 2005 — Edavanakkad, Ernakulam District, Kerala Ask your average college student what he or she intends to do on their vacation and most likely the response is going to involve some combination of the words “beach,” “dance” and “partying.” But about 100 students from Japan…