AMURT International

Emergency aid, reconstruction of houses, crop cultivation, school construction

Location “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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Emergency aid and Construction of shelters for over 1,000 victims

What 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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Support for war widows, micro-business programme, support for schools

Project 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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Emergency aid, drinking water supply, reconstruction of houses

Project 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

Location 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

Context 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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Emergency aid, drinking water supply, cremations, reconstruction of houses

Summary 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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Emergency aid for refugees in Albania, support for Kosovan repatriates, reconstruction of schools

Project 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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Emergency aid for 3000 Kosovar refugees in Tirana

Project 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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Emergency aid, construction of a community centre, agricultural training and food aid for children

Current 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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