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Stories 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 myriad of men and women step forward ready to attend to the downtrodden. But what drives them? There lies the untold story of working in disaster situations.

India

India 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 and social distancing, volunteers in 15 states have served more than one million people.

Nepal

Nepal 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 retrofitted 25 damaged classrooms, and rebuilt four new classrooms, in 13 schools.

Nepal

Women’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 participants are from low-income backgrounds. With AMURT’s support, the women have started enterprises ranging from liquid soap making, to tailoring, to vegetable gardening.

South Asia

India floods October 2009

Submitted by support Author’s Name Global Diaster Liaison Project website amurtindia.org/PhotoGa…%2021.html Project location: Village, Sub-district, District, Province, Country Karnataka and...

Bangladesh Disaster Relief Evaluation/Monitoring

COVID-19 Surveys and Videos in Bangladesh

AMURT is supporting a Bangladesh NGO working in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox Bazar district of Bangladesh. The Rapid COVID-19 surveys was a part of the internal M&E process to understand how their COVID-19, protection and education-related messaging in the last months was received and how to improve it going forward.

Disasters & Projects South Asia

Prabhat Alloi

People living in the dry rural area surrounding the village of Dabar lack the necessary infrastructural components to achieve a decent standard of living. Prabhat Alloi Inc, a partner of AMURT, has been in West Bengal since 2008 working to combat problems including inadequate water provisions, poor hygiene, lack of educational opportunities, high rates of infant and maternal mortality, shortages of housing and clothing, lack of electricity, poor roads and pathways, and frequent drought conditions causing hunger. One village in the area is home to about thirty men and women suffering from leprosy, who are largely dependent on an inconsistent flow of government supplies.

South Asia

Teacher Training and Temporary Learning Centers in Nepal

The Nepali Ministry of Home Affairs confirmed a total of 488,789 houses destroyed and 267,477 damaged during the two earthquake period of April and May 2015. The death toll stand at 8,219 people and half a million buildings damaged or destroyed. In the most affected districts up to 80 % of the public schools are damaged or destroyed leaving most children out of school.. United Nations estimate 3 million people are in need of food aid. AMURT & AMURTEL volunteers are busy day and night providing basic supplies, such as essential groceries, tarpaulins and blankets, along with medical support through mobile clinics. In the first month after the earthquakes AMURT & AMURTEL has distributed food parcels to 15,300 persons, tarpaulins to 2,088 persons and 7,500 people have been treated by our medical volunteers. AMURT & AMURTEL is responding with relief teams in several locations and is appealing for donations.

Nepal uncategorized

Tibetan Economic Self Sufficiency

Once a year, Amurtel volunteers go to Nepal to shop for our annual fundraiser, the International Boutique. It has been...

Disaster Relief Nepal uncategorized

Nepal Update

[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] NEPAL after the Earthquake On April 25, 2015 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, killing close...