Morocco Earthquake Response
AMURT has a team in Marrakesh that offers Mental Health, Psycho-Social Support (MHPSS) and distribution of non-food items.
AMURT appeals for donations for the Morocco earthquake that can be made safely online. Read more
Türkiye 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, and toys.
Apart from goods received from abroad, the teams are able to procure most items locally at favourable prices, so donating funds is the best way to support the teams. Read more
The psychological cost of the war between Russia and Ukraine
On May 3, 4, 5 and 6, 2022, Melinda Endrefy, AMURTEL’s emergency psychologist, and Dr. Ismael Eduardo Pérez García, Ph.D. in Legal and Forensic Psychology, and researcher at the Legal and Forensic Psychology Unit at the University of Santiago de Compostela., conducted in-depth assessments of twenty Ukrainian people that had been displaced by the war for at least one month with the aim of identifying primary psychological damage or symptoms of PTSD. Read more
Ukraine 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 Ukraine Crisis can be made here.
Super 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 regions and volunteers are distributing food and water to the affected population in Cebu. Read more
Haiti Earthquake 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 search for any survivors. The southwest of Haiti appears to have suffered the worst of the damage, especially around the city of Les Cayes.
AMURT & AMURTEL have teams on the ground and donations are welcome to support the relief efforts. Read more
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. Read more
Immediate aid to Beirut blast survivors
Bring critically needed support to the survivors of the Beirut blast now! The AMURT Lebanon team is already on the ground, immersed in intensive relief work and urgently needs your help! Read more
COVID-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 April. The new clients include senior citizens with underlying health issues, people with disabilities, single parents with children to feed all day at home and the recently unemployed, especially those laid off from restaurants. Read more
India COVID-19 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. In the months of April through July 2020 hundred of thousands of hot meals were served regularly and households were given dry ration like rice, pulse, oil, potatoes, soybeans and other essential commodities. Read more