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MAM built 500 more houses in Uttarakhand and Kerala
27 Sep 2014, Amritapuri Amritavarsham – Amma’s 61st Birthday celebrations As part of Amma’s dream that everyone in the world should have a solid roof over their head, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math has constructed more than 45,000 homes for the homeless in more than 75 locations across India since 1998. Often, in response to floods,…
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MAM announces Rs 25 Crore relief package for Jammu Kashmir flood relief
27 Sep 2014, Amritapuri Amritavarsham 61, Amma’s Birthday celebrations Sri. Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Home Affairs officially launched the Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s Rs. 25 Crore Relief & Rehabilitation Package for Jammu-Kashmir, as part of which houses MAM construct houses for people who have lost their homes in the flooding. This would include housing for…
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Amma donates $1 million to uplift Philippine typhoon survivors
3 April 2014, Manila, Philippines Amma donated $1 million U.S. to the Yolanda-Haiyan Multi-Donor Fund in the Office of the President of Philippines on April 2nd in Manila. After seeing the effects of Yolanda-Haiyan firsthand in November 2013, representatives from Embracing the World (ETW) along with Amma decided to donate $1 million U.S. to the…
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Japanese students bring warmth to Uttarakhand
February 2014, Uttarakhand A group of 73 students from all over Japan came together and travelled to India to help take part in Amma’s rehabilitation of the areas devastated by the 2013 floods in the state of Uttarakhand. Amma pledged to rebuild 500 homes in the area. The first phase of that work is going…
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Swami visits typhoon hit Philippines
4-7 Dec 2013, Philippines The world community was shocked when Typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines on November 8th, 2013. With a speed of up to 370 km/h the tropical cyclone destroyed nearly 80 to 90% of the houses in many areas of the country. The deadliest Typhoon in Philippine history took the lives of more…
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Amma to donate $1 million to Philippines typhoon victims
26 Nov 2013, California Amma said that she is donating a relief and rehabilitation package worth $1 million for the people affected by super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Half of the relief package from the Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) will be donated in cash while the rest will be spent for children’s education. The…
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50-Crore relief and rehabilitation package for Uttarakhand
10 Sept 2013, New Delhi Mata Amritanandamayi Math announced two massive charitable projects: a 50-crore relief-and-rehabilitation project in the flood-ravaged state of Uttarakhand and a programme to adopt 101 villages throughout India. “In Uttarakhand, MAM will build approximately 500 houses destroyed by the disaster,” said MAM’s vice-chairman Swami Amritaswarupananda in a press conference in New…
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475 more houses at Raichur
17 June 2012, Dongrampura, Raichur, Karnataka As part of MAM’s relief and rehabilitation work for the flood affected in Raichur, 475 more houses were completed and handed over to the Govt of Karnataka. Swami Amritageetananda handed over the keys during the program which was attend by the Minister for Housing, V Somanna, District Collector Smt…
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Japanese touch to Raichur houses
One should be able to see all of creation as one, the unity beyond the apparent diversity. Amma advises us to practice that attitude in our day to day life, and we could get a glimpse of it by seeing the IVUSA Japanese students working on the Amrita kuteeram site of Raichur, Karnataka. For one…