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Emergency aid, reconstruction of houses, crop cultivation, school construction
Machahuay, PeruLocation “Nueva Esperanza” in Machahuay District Project Duration 2001–2006 Project Summary In June 2001, an earthquake affected the southern region of Peru. AMURT’s interventioned, focusing on the r ...
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Project Start2001Project End2006 -
Emergency aid and Construction of shelters for over 1,000 victims
La Paz, El SalvadorWhat happened On January 13 2001 and exactly one month later again – on 13 February – an earthquake shattered the strength of 7.6 of Richter scale and the southern coastal regions of El Salvador. Abo ...
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Project Start2001Project End2003 -
Support for war widows, micro-business programme, support for schools
Kabul, AfghanistanProject Summary Even before the American-led military campaign against the Taliban, Afghanistan was one of the world’s most impoverished and war-ravaged countries. More than 20 years of military conf ...
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Project Start2001Project End2003 -
Emergency aid, drinking water supply, reconstruction of houses
Gujarat, IndiaProject Summary In January 2001 an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 hit the northwest of India. In the aftermath, three million people remained homeless. According to official government statistics ...
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Support of an HIV centre, construction of a health centre
Nairobi, KenyaLocation Nairobi Project Duration 2000–2002 Project Summary In 2001, 2.1 million people were infected with the HIV virus in Kenya. As a matter of fact, AIDS had become one of the major causes of deat ...
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Emergency aid, clean water, hygiene and sanitation promotion
Districts of Guija, Bilene, Chicualacuala, Xai-xai, Manjacaze, Chibuto, Gujia, and Mabalane, MozambiqueContext In 1992, Mozambique emerged from a ferocious 17 year civil war. Though the country has been stable now, the effects of the war remain and the majority of its inhabitants are still living in p ...
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Project Start2000 -
Emergency aid, drinking water supply, cremations, reconstruction of houses
Orissa, IndiaSummary In October 1999, a destructive combination of two low-pressure systems followed by heavy rainfall created a devastating catastrophe in the district of Orissa, India. The impact was threefold: ...
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Project Start1999Project End2000 -
Emergency aid for refugees in Albania, support for Kosovan repatriates, reconstruction of schools
Gjakova Project, KosovoProject Summary In 1999, after the war, Kosovo received the status of an autonomous territory with the signing of the UN Resolution 1244. Nevertheless, this impoverished nation was heavily affected a ...
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Project Start1999Project End2000 -
Emergency aid for 3000 Kosovar refugees in Tirana
Tirana, AlbaniaProject Summary By the end of April 1999, about 600,000 residents of Kosovo had become refugees; another 400,000 were displaced inside Kosovo, meaning that half of the two million residents of Kosovo ...
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Project Start1999Project End2000 -
Emergency aid, construction of a community centre, agricultural training and food aid for children
Barlovento, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofCurrent situation Venezuela is a country of sharp contrasts: It presides over a rich oil industry and yet, 60.1 percent of the population lives in poverty and 28.1 percent in extreme poverty2. Childr ...
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Project Start1999Project End2007
