Tag: Tsunami Houses
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Amma gives away tsunami houses in Andaman
Port Blair, Andaman — 24 March 2008 When the tsunami hit the Andaman-Nicobar Islands, nearly 10,000 houses were destroyed. On March 24, Amma flew the 1255 kilometers from Kolkata in order to bless the people there with her darshan and to distribute the keys to 50 tsunami-relief homes constructed by the Ashram. The program was…
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Karunanidhi: Amma is a pearl among humans
Karunanidhi: “Amma is a Pearl among humans” 31 January — Nagapattanam, Tamil Nadu – Bharata Yatra 2007 “The Tamil Nadu Government and its people are extremely happy at the way in which the Mata Amritanandamayi Math has gone about in wiping the tears from the eyes of those fishermen who lost their houses and belongings…
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Helping Nagapattinam to overcome fear
20 December 2005 — Samanthampettai, Nagore, Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu “When difficult circumstances arise in life, there are two ways to respond. We can either run away in fear or kindle the love within and try to overcome,” Amma said. She was talking to the 60,000 people or so who’d come to have her darshan…
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President of India to visit Amritapuri
14 December 2005 — Amritapuri This Sunday, the 18th of December, His Excellency the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, will come to Amritapuri Ashram in order to hand over 500 tsunami-relief houses to local government authorities in the presence of Amma. When the President hands over the keys to the tsunami houses during…
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Sri Lanka updates
11 November 2005, Sri Lanka Construction of Tsunami homes is progressing in the Eastern (Tamil) and Western (Sinhalese) Districts in Sri Lanka. The homes are being built according to government specifications. Each three story structure will have 12 apartments – four on each floor.
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First 25 Tsunami homes finished in Kanyakumari
28 August 2005 — Parapattru, Kalkulam Taluk, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu The Ashram has finished the construction of 25 homes for tsunami-affected families in Kanyakumari, the second-most devastated area in India. The houses will be inaugurated and the residents will move in around 9 September. The homes are in Parapattru, a village near Mandakkadu, in…
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Ashram finished first one hundred houses in Kerala
The Ashram is the first NGO in India to finish building houses, based on the government plans, for the tsunami victims.18 July, 2005 at 6.30 pm The Honourable Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri. Oomen Chandy will be handing over the keys to the houses built in Clappana village, for people of Alappad panchayat who had…
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Handing over the keys to the next 89 houses
25 June 2005 The Honourable Chief Minister of Kerala, Sri. Oomen Chandy will be handing over the keys to another 89 houses built for people of Arattupuzha Panchayat, Alappuzha District who had lost their homes in the tsunami. The ashram delegates will first present the keys to the Honourable Chief Minister. With this the total…
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Ashram finishes its first 100 houses in Kerala
16 June 2005 — Alappuzha, Ernakulam & Kollam Districts, Kerala The Ashram has finished building a total of 100 houses in Kerala as part of its the tsunami relief efforts. The government of Kerala has entrusted the Ashram with building 1,600 houses. The Ashram is the first NGO in India to finish building houses based…
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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…