Category: Disaster Relief
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Amrita disaster relief team to visit flood affected Rajasthan & Gujarat
6 Aug 2015, Kochi Amrita institute of medical sciences disaster relief team left Kochi for flood affected areas of Rajasthan & Gujarat. With all the modern equipment for treatment – a telemedicine unit, two emergency ambulances consisting of facilities to recognise rat fever, dengue fever and jaundice in two minutes along with cardiac emergency unit,…
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Kavre Palanchowk – Nepal earthquake disaster relief
Kavre was one of the most affected districts, so much so that in the first photo you can see Shri. Upareti ex-Labour Minister of Nepal receiving blankets and windcheaters and afterwards tin sheets from us. His houses in the village were totally devastated. He was so moved by our help that he declared that he…
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Serving in Sindhupal Chowk, Nepal Earthquake
We received a plea from some villages in Melamchi in Sindhupal Chowk asking for help as very little help was reaching them. By this time tarpaulins were simply not available in Nepal so it was being sourced through India from where it could take anything between a week or ten days for it to get…
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Extending help to our brothers and sisters in Nepal
In the initial days of the Nepal Earthquake, we were able to extend help to our brothers and sisters in Bhaktapur, Sindhupal Chowk and Kavre districts. Bhaktapur District Rice, Dal, Cooking Oil, Soap as well as Biscuits With the help of the Nepalese army as well as local youth clubs, the ashram volunteers were able…
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“I feel the burden on my shoulder lessened” – Sushil Koirala, PM of Nepal
In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Nepal the Mata Amritanandamayi Math was also there to come forward with an offer to help. Amma immediately sent representatives to Nepal to assess the situation and help in whatever way possible. The Math was engaged in providing basic provisions – Rice, Dal, Clothing, Blankets, etc. Seeing…
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Serving the victims of Nepal earth quake
Katmandu, Nepal Direct by Amma, volunteers of Embracing the world is there in Nepal to help the earthquake victims in relief operations. Along with the Nepal army two truck loads of rice, wheat, dal, oil, blanket and other items were distributed. Earlier Amma had directed Embracing the World to send 50 tons of wheat,…
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Amrita medical relief benefits 6000 people affected by Kashmir floods
New Delhi, 31 Oct 2014 Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) carried out a medical relief mission in Kashmir this month for the victims of the Jammu Kashmir (Jhelum) floods, benefiting close to 6,000 people. The 20-member crew has returned to Kerala after treating patients affected by everything from allergies, dysentery, and worm infestations to psychological trauma.…
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Hundreds in Kashmir throng Amrita Hospital’s medical relief camp
12 Oct 2014, Bandipore, Jammu Kashmir Hundreds of Kashmir’s flood-victims thronged the medical relief camp set up by Amrita Hospital in Bandipore district of Jammu and Kashmir. A team of 15 medical specialists and paramedics are providing critical medical care to flood victims in the worst-affected areas of the district including Ashtingoo Ghat, Kulhama, Laharwalpora…
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Jammu Kashmir flood: MAM relief works in pictures
After the flood hit the state of Jammu & Kashmir, MAM volunteers visited different villages and distributed essential food items and blankets to the villagers. Read blogs from here. Food and Blankets distribution by MAM volunteers led by Br. Nijamrita Chaitanya and Br. Amit. Educational items for school going children being distributed …
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Home Minister flagged off Amrita Tele Medicine van to Jammu Kashmir
06 Oct 2014, New Delhi Victims of the recent Kashmir floods will receive state-of-the-art medical aid from the Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM), as two mobile units equipped with health and relief facilities were flagged off from the capital by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Hailing ‘Amma’ as humanitarian icon for her charity activities, the…