Category: Disaster Relief
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Amma dedicates one billion to rehabilitate tsunami victims
3 January 2005 — Amritapuri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi held a press conference today in which Amma announced that she will dedicate 100 crores [1 billion rupees or approx. $23,364,486 U.S.D.] to rehabilitate and reconstruct homes in South India that were completely destroyed by the tsunami on 26th December. The houses will be built according to…
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In the tsunami camps
2 January 2005 — Alapphuza District, Kerala Vivek, an ashramite from Japan, was very happy to be part of a team sent to clean a tsunami relief camp in the Alappuzha. There, the Ashram team removed garbage, dug pits for waste and temporary toilets, swept and cleaned patios and toilets. There were many in the…
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Devotees clean toilets at Government relief camps
2 January 2005 — Ochira, Kollam District, Kerala “Who are they?” This was the question asked by most as they saw the team of Westerners from the Ashram cleaning up toilets that hadn’t been cleaned for months and which local health authorities had closed down as being unhygienic and unhealthy. There were 20 sealed toilets…
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Amma meets the Village Councils
2 January 2005 Amma held a meeting with the local village councils from the coastal belt to discuss future steps for rehabilitation. Food, essentials and medical aid continues to be provided to evacuees at the camps as usual. Psychiatrists from AIMS have also come to help the medical team as there are many cases of…
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People go back to the villages
1st January 2005 1. Now that people are returning to repair and salvage what they can from their homes, the Ashram is providing food for 600 people in Azhikkal three times a day, as well as for 100 policemen and firemen. 2. Breakfast was provided for about 7,000 people in the relief camps. As people…
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Small or big, the same for Amma
31st December 2004 In the wee hours of the New Year, while Amma was giving prasad to one and all in the Ashram, the brahmachari incharge of the kitchen came to Amma. He told Her that the vehicle delivering the supply of rava to be used in making the morning’s uppama for the relief camps…
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A time of tragedy, a time of grace
(Brahmachari Dhyanamrita Chaitanya recollects his experiences during the tsunami and how Amma managed the situation. Later on 3rd Jan Amma announced a Rs. 100-crore relief package to rehabilitate the tsunami victims.) 31 December 2004, Amritapuri I was on the Internet and saw the news that giant waves were hitting Chennai and flooding the city. I…
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False tsunami alert
30th December 2004 1. Around 11:00 a.m., an alarm was issued by the office of the Chief Minister of Kerala, ordering people to once again evacuate the coastal areas. 2. Evacuation from Amritapuri: Amma told everyone to once again calmly go to the other side of the backwaters. 3. After the majority of people had…
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Relief work in Tamil Nadu & parts of Kerala
as of 29 December 2004 CHENNAI Both in North and South Chennai Also in Nagapatanam and Pondicherry Ashram ambulances and medical doctors are regularly doing rounds of worst hit places. Ashram is supplying food for 4,000 to 5,000 people every day. Food is donated, cooked and packed by devotees. Already more than 10 truck loads…
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10,000 People must be fed
28 December 2004 — Relief Centre at Amrita University, Amritapuri With the entire coastal area around the Ashram evacuated, more than 10,000 people need to be fed three times a day. And this is only taking into consideration the people now housed in relief camps on the mainland. There are even more who have not…