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NEPALNepal Flood Emergency: Help Us Reach Survivors
Emergency deliveries of food, clothing, toiletries, and school supplies to flood-affected communities in Nepal.
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VENEZUELAVenezuela Earthquake 2026
AMURT and AMURTEL volunteers work with partners to provide food, temporary shelter, essentials, and psychological support.
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USAIt is easy to make a difference
Food for All’s We Rise by Lifting Others campaign connects food assistance with health, stability, and independence.
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HAITIAMURT Haiti intro
An introduction to AMURT Haiti and DESPRI: community strengthening, environmental care, and local enterprise.
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NIGERIAAMURT Nigeria’s Health Programme: Every Life Counts
Community-led primary healthcare in rural Ebonyi State, with health education, clean water, and opportunities for women.
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JAMAICAJamaica Relief
Medical outreach, care packages, and rebuilding materials for hurricane-affected communities in Jamaica.
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USAHurricane Helene Southeast USA
AMURT & AMURTEL has local volunteer relief teams in NW North Carolina. After the storm, they removed sludge, served hot meals, and provided food, non-food items, and small cash grants to those in…
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USAFeeding Program in Los Angeles
AMURT has been involved with the hunger problem amongst the poor and the homeless in Los Angeles for the last 25 years. Our breakfast feeding through Mama D’s Kitchen is legendary amongst the folks…
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USAFood for All Annual Report 2023
Food For All DC (FFA) had another impactful year in 2023. We grew as a useful resource for the D.C. government, private agencies, and healthcare providers, with 147 new case managers making…
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MOROCCOMorocco Earthquake Response
AMURT had a team in Marrakesh that offered Mental Health, Psycho-Social Support (MHPSS) and distribution of non-food items.
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USAFood for All Annual Report 2022
In 2022, with many clients finding jobs, FFA went back to basics, supporting more homebound people. 50% of the new clients in 2022 were in poor physical or mental health, had disabilities, were…
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TURKEYTürkiye Earthquake Response
The AMURT & AMURTEL teams in Turkey are providing psychological first aid courses, restocking medical clinics and delivering pinpointed non-food supplies like tents, blankets, clothes, hygiene items…
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PUERTO RICOHurricane Fiona – Puerto Rico
With over a million people left without power or clean drinking water, Puerto Rico is reeling from the fury of Hurricane Fiona. Just 5 years since Hurricane Maria devastated the island, families were…
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EUROPE & WESTERN ASIAUkraine Response
AMURT is working with AMURT & AMURTEL chapters throughout Europe for the Ukrainian humanitarian response that offers basic necessities and psycho-social support to the neediest. Donations for the…
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USAFood for All Annual Report 2021
In 2021, FFA broadened the scope of its program, responding to anyone seeking assistance, and not just those who are elderly or home-bound. Given the pressures of the pandemic, we wanted to ensure…
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PHILIPPINESSuper Typhoon Rai Philippines
Super Typhoon Rai crashed into the country’s southeastern islands on Thursday, levelling homes and bringing winds of about 195km/h (120mph). An AMURT relief operation is underway in the devastated…
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HAITIHaiti Quake August 2021
Officials in Haiti have confirmed at least 1,297 people are dead after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation on Saturday. Rescuers are picking through rubble in a desperate…
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INDIAIndia Pandemic and Cyclone response
Multiple chapters of AMURT in Inda has been providing regular support to those affected by COVID-19 lockdowns and subsequent loss of livelihoods. Treating it as a disaster with hygienic precaution…
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GREECECreating safe spaces for refugee mothers in Greece
AMURTEL in Athens, Greece is committed to safe and empowered mothering from pregnancy through 18 months after birth. We aim to strengthen mothering skills by creating a safe women’s space within…
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USACOVID-19 Response in USA
AMURT’s Food For All (FFA) program in Washington DC has seen a four-fold increase in demand for food over the past four weeks, increasing from 140 weekly food recipients in late March to 503 in late…
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BRAZILBrazil: Enhancing youth participation
AMURT is running a youth program in its own building in Restinga, one of the underprivileged satellite towns around Porto Alegre in the south of Brazil. Some of the youth are referred to the program…
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AFRICAAMURT team supports Cyclone Idai survivors in Mozambique
Cyclone Idai crashed into Mozambique on March 14, causing catastrophic flooding which has killed more than 500 people in the country and affected over 1 million survivors. For the past week, an AMURT…
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INDIACyclone Fani, Response, Odisha, India
Extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa) since Phailin in 2013. AMURT’s relief team jumped into action…
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INDONESIASulawesi earthquake/tsunami 2018
The disaster in Indonesia has claimed 2,100 fatalities and 680 are still missing. Moreover, 68,451 houses were damaged or destroyed displacing 222,986 people. AMURT Indonesia supports the disaster…
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INDONESIAIndonesia Early Childhood Teacher Training 2014-2019
The heart of this child-centered approach lies in the child’s right to choose from among various options, what activity he/she would like to do, with the stipulation that the child must complete the…
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BANGLADESHRohingya Refugee Crisis
Since August 2017, targeted violence and serious human rights abuses forced 700,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar into Bangladesh, joining the 230,00 refugees already there. The majority are under 18.
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BANGLADESHStories of an AMURT worker
In the front lines of human despair, the role of the NGO worker is as essential as it is gratifying. When the tumultuous turns of an unforgiving world seem to declare that all hope is to be lost, a…
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AMERICASHurricane Maria response – Puerto Rico
AMURT & AMURTEL distributed basic supplies to people affected by Hurricane Maria near Anasco town on the western coast of Puerto Rico. We worked in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico…
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USAHarvey and Irma hurricane response
Harvey began as a major category four hurricane – the first to make landfall in the US in 12 years. It triggered flooding and many areas could be uninhabitable for months. AMURT has volunteers in the…
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KENYAKenya: Let all girls learn
The Wasichana Wote Wasome (WWW) project has the goal to improve school enrolment, retention, attendance and learning outcomes of girls in school throughout Kenya. The project, funded by the UK…
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NEPALWomen’s recovery after Nepal earthquake
Following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal AMURT has been providing skills and small enterprise training to 20 women’s groups in three communities in Sindupalchowk District. Most of the women…
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Food for All is a non-profit organization that strives to provide emergency food to those who are in temporary situations of need. Our clients are generally elderly citizens, handicapped, or single…
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NIGERIASafeguarding lives of women & children
AMURT’s model of community-based collaborative healthcare in Nigeria has proven effective, with over 1965 successful births taking place in 2016 in the seven AMURT-supported health centers in three…
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NEPALNepal earthquake response 2015-2017
AMURT has been instrumental in normalizing school life for over a thousand students after the traumatizing 2015 earthquake. The initial focus was to make the schools useable again, so AMURT…
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KENYAKenya health and education programs
AMURT is establishing a number of regional hubs in Kenya that will serve as engines of development into the foreseeable future. These development centers reflect AMURT’s commitment to long-term…
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HAITIHaiti: Hurricane Matthew
The most powerful Hurricane in the Caribbean in a decade passed over Haiti with devastating results. AMURT has a large team in Haiti who from the first day fanned out to remote communities to assess…
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USAInterview: Food For All Site Coordinators
Kathy and Graeme have been serving Food For All as site coordinators for 7 years. They organize the logistics of packing and transporting food, motivate the volunteers and maintain the efficient yet…
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KENYAKenya Success Stories
Kenya has long been a venue for many of AMURT’s service projects over the years, but new challenges continue to affect millions of residents. Education, healthcare, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment…
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NEPALTeacher Training and Temporary Learning Centers in Nepal
AMURT does teacher training in Nepal to assist public school teachers to welcome back students that had been out of school since the earthquakes. The training draws on multiple resources such as…
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HAITIAMURT Haiti 2015 Update
The Center for Innovative Continuing Education completed in close collaboration with the University of Quisqueya has graduated the first two cohorts of 400 teachers who have learnt how to apply in…
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PHILIPPINESPhilippines: One Year Post-Yolanda
Over one year has passed since 200 mph winds wreaked havoc on the coastal belt of East Samar in the Philippines. From the beginning, AMURT has worked in close collaboration with government…
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INDIAHimalaya flood relief
Responding to heavy floods in North India, AMURT & AMURTEL has since the end of June had several relief teams distribute food and non-food items to thousands of affected people.
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PHILIPPINESManila Floods
In Philippines local AMURT & AMURTEL volunteers responded to massive flood in early August near Manila. In the last couple of weeks they distributed cooked food, bread, drinking water and hygiene…
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PHILIPPINESPhilippines Flood Relief
After recent flooding in Southern Philippines more than 1,000 persons died or are missing and 300,000 have had to flee to shelters after their homes and villages were washed away. AMURT Philippines…
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KENYASamburu Community Assistance Project – Kenya Drought Relief Update
In 2011 AMURT responded to the East African drought in northern Kenya’s Samburu district.
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USANC Prisoners Find Balance with Yoga
For almost ten years, Ananda Marga volunteer Steven Landau has run a weekly yoga program at Wake Correctional Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The voluntary two hour class includes Ananda Marga…
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KENYAHorn of Africa Disaster Response
The 2011 drought in Kenya was declared a national disaster by President Mwai Kibaki in April of 2011. Access to food and water had become very scarce, millions of livestock have died, and territorial…
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KENYAKenya – HIV/AIDS Overview
With major financing from the US Government, AMURT is dramatically expanding its work to address the problems caused by HIV/AIDS in three provinces in Kenya. Specifically, AMURT will organize care…
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JAPANJapan – Earthquake / Tsunami Relief Response
An 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a 10 meter high tsunami wave hit northeastern Japan at 2.46pm on Friday March 11. Thousands of people have have died and hundreds of thousands are affected.Members of…
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ROMANIARomania – Youth and Childrens Progams
The training has two programs. In “Transitional Living Program” the youths receive housing, motivational counseling, and life skills and career training. In a subsequent “Independent Living Program”…
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NIGERIANigeria – Community Health Program
In 2010, AMURT launched a program in Nigeria aimed at developing community healthcare systems and reducing the country’s maternal mortality rate, one of the world’s highest. Providing some of…
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HAITIHaiti – Child Friendly Spaces
From March to October 2010 AMURT ran 10 Child-Friendly Spaces in Port-au-Prince. The purpose of the centers was to help children affected by the earthquake restore normalcy and improve overall…
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HAITIHaiti – Cash for Work and a Green Future
Paul Ziade is AMURT’s Rural Programs Coordinator, and runs the Cash-for-Work (CFW) program. Initiated by AMURT and joint-funded by the UN’s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, it is…
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KENYAKenya – Home-Based Care for PLWA
We asked PLWA to describe any changes they have seen in themselves as a result of the HBC provider’s visits. 29 respondents generated 37 responses about how different aspects of the program had…
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INDONESIAIndonesia – Padang Earthquake Response 2009 – 2012
AMURT & AMURTEL sent an emergency response team to Padang, Indonesia immediately after the earthquake in West Sumatra on 30 September 2009. After the initial emergency response period, AMURTEL…
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INDIAIndia – Community Health Clinic
AMURT in India has been active in most major disasters since 1965. In recent years multiple teams responded to the Gujarat Earthquake 2001, the Asian Tsunami in 2005, and floods in 2007, 2008 and…
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KENYAKenya – Youth Hip Hop
“Why are we going wrong?” raps Suleiman Mohammed, the leader of the AMURTZO Rap Group, “I’m talking to them but they are losing their minds, why are we going wrong?” Suleiman says that he was “going…
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KENYAKenya: Sustainable Peer Educators
Recognizing that peer educator groups have a tendency to disband once a project ends or funding dries up, AMURT integrated income-generation activities into the mission of the Komango peer educator…
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KENYAKenya – Supporting Orphans and Vulnerable Children
To contribute towards the care of an estimated 1.6 million fully or partially orphaned children in Kenya, AMURT has enlisted the help of local organizations, community members and businesses to care…
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KENYAKenya – Soccer Tournaments Providing Opportunity
Each of the nine centers across Kenya hosts soccer programs that attract talented young athletes. Practices and team meetings give our peer educators a chance to meet with teams in small groups…
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KENYAKenya – Youth HIV and AIDS Prevention Program
An important facet of the program is the training and support of 135 peer educators who pass on knowledge to youth, and provide condoms to those who need them. In fact, many of the peer educators…
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INDIAIndia – Disaster Responses
AMURT & AMURTEL volunteers from the two states along with reinforcements from around India distribute water, dry foods, clothes and blankets. We also provide urgent medical as well as psycho-social…
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HAITIHaiti – Earthquake Response 2010-2011
AMURT in partnership with Kinder Not Hilfe and Catholic Relief Services run ten Child-Friendly Spaces in Port-au-Prince for 4,000 children. The purpose of the centers is to help children affected by…
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THAILANDThailand – Home for Disadvantaged
Baan Dada children’s home and community services is a long term partner of AMURT in thailand. It started as a boys’ home in Huay Ma Lai village, Sangklaburi, Kanchanaburi province in 1994, in an…
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AFRICAMozambique – Hygiene and Sanitation
AMURT commenced several hygiene and sanitation program in 2001, with grants from UNICEF and the Swiss Development Corporation, building 1,400 pit latrines in three resettlement areas. Our surveys had…
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AFRICAUganda – School
The AMURT-sponsored school is in Wasswa village about 60 miles from Kampala. It was started in 1988. It was a simple project in the beginning, with twenty village children being taught under a tree!
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PHILIPPINESPhilippines – Microfinance
BFI, one of AMURT’s oldest local partners is based in the Mindanao Island of the Philippines. Today BFI is a leader in the micro-finance field known for its innovative techniques that appeal to the…
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GHANAGhana – Water and Health Projects
AMURT’s involvement in the North Tongu District of Ghana’s Volta Region started in 1990 in Mafi-Dekpoe with an educational campaign to combat the Guinea Worm menace. After employing meetings, house…
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PERUPeru – Community programs
Rurapuk Stars, is employing six hearing disabled women and one non-disabled woman, who is our designer and the creator of the first dolls. These women are working full-time at a fair wage to make…
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INDONESIAIndonesia – Yogyakarta Earthquake Response 2006-2007
AMURT entered Yogyakarta soon after the devastating earthquake that hit the area on May 27, 2006 and left over 400,000 homeless. In the initial relief phase, AMURT distributed Emergency Relief…
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INDONESIAIndonesia – Aceh Tsunami Relief 2005-2007
In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, AMURT and AMURTEL focused on providing emergency supplies to the survivors. We distributed more than US$300,000 worth of food and non-food, medical and…
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