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AMURT volunteers surveying the population of Jucanya Norte |
Volunteers distribute food and water to hurricane survivors in Panajachel |
AMURT & AMURTEL NEWS
November 13
, 2005
Hurricane
Stan
In early October Hurricane Stan battered the highlands of Guatemala, causing landslides and destroying the maize and potato crop. Over 1,000 people died in the disaster and over 3,000 were declared missing.
AMURT and AMURTEL teams are assisting the Mayan population affected by the hurricane in Solola municipality, We have assisted over 500 families in the mountain villages of Sanat Catarina Palopo and Panajachel, providing them with food parcels that include rice, oil, beans, tortilla flour, oatmeal and a local healthy drink called incaparina. We have also distributed drinking water.
First we approach the Mayan leaders to find the names of the displaced families, and then we call them to a central distribution point. The Mayan Indians are extremely grateful to receive the food, as many have lost their homes and their crops.
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AMURT volunteers surveying the population of Jucanya Norte |
Volunteers distribute food and water to hurricane survivors in Panajachel |
TSUNAMI RELIEF IN ACEH
Ongoing Construction
AMURT and AMURTEL continue their
reconstruction efforts in Aceh with some
good recent developments.
We have signed the MoU (Memorandum of
Understanding) with the German NGO,
Kinder Not Hilfe for the construction of
two kindergartens, one hostel and one
school for special needs children in
Jantho town. Construction is expected to
start within two weeks and has a
combined budget of Euro 600.000.
Our housing project for 30 families in Neuheun village will soon begin, as the contractors have already delivered the required building materials on site.
A German Trust that supports orphanages will sign an MoU with AMURT on November 19th for the construction of a dormitory for orphan children in Ulee Kareng village.
We have completed the construction of 42 brick factories in Neuheun village for 42 families; their brick production is assisting in the housing rehabilitation efforts in the province.
Livelihood
programs
In Meulaboh, AMURT’s organic farming project
in collaboration with a local NGO and with
funds from the Spanish Red Cross is now in
its third month of operation. The project
involves 348 farmers from 2 villages and is
the only organic farming project in the
whole of Aceh province.
AMURT outreach
officers teach local Indonesian
farmers organic
agriculture.
We have completed
the distribution of special Eid-Ulfitri food
packets for 1100 families in 6 villages of
Baitusalaam sub-district with food donated
by the International Organization of
Migration (IOM). We are now assessing the
needs of 30 villages in another sub-district
of Aceh Besar with a view to distributing
hygiene kits and kitchen utensils.
Meanwhile AMURTEL has been concentrating on providing livelihood opportunities for women tsunami victims through its sewing machine program. They distributed 50 sewing machines donated by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) benefiting 50 women in 2 barrack settlements. These women have agreed to make 1000 school uniforms in exchange for their sewing machines. Another 30 women have almost completed their second quota of 600 school uniforms with the sewing machines they had received earlier from AMURTEL. The sewing machine project will now expand into a third barrack involving another 20 women through donation obtained from Sun newspaper in Malaysia.
AMURTEL donated new
uniforms to kindergarten students.
In
coordination with The American Jewish World
Service we will assist 20 women of who
receive new machines and a total of 1520
school uniforms will be made as re-payment
for the machines.
AMURTEL’s second project is livelihood
recovery through cake making. we are
assisting 120 women in 4 barrack
settlements. AMURTEL provides the equipment
and the women are required to repay for
their equipment by giving 30% of their
production over a three month period.
AMURTEL then distributes these cakes freely
to orphanages, the elderly and schools in
Aceh Besar District. AMURTEL also help the
women locate commercial buyers for their
products.
The operation so far
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