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AMURTEL is an international NGO that cares for those who society has abandoned. Destitute women, orphans, the handicapped, victims of war and natural calamities, crippling disease, the elderly - all need loving care and a chance to change their fate. AMURTEL’s programs provide a healthy and nurturing environment that meets the needs of all individuals. It provides education, training, and motivation to them, encouraging and guiding them along a new path of self-reliance, self-determination, and self-esteem.

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Haiti Earthquake Response

AMURT team during recovery assessment	AMURTEL medical staff provide urgent care

www.mrvtv.com: interview with Joni Zweig

AMURT & AMURTEL in operation GIVE YOUR HEART TO HAITI continues the work on the ground in Port Au Prince by offering soup kitchens, distributing family size dry rations, emergency medical clinics and community based capacity building.

Community Based Food Distribution

When the earthquake struck Haiti, AMURT & AMURTEL Haiti’s seasoned team were on the ground in Port-Au-Prince ready to deliver an immediate response, by applying its community-based Emergency Management Response Plan. The first steps involved the facilitation of transferring food, medical services, water, and non-food items from the large aid agencies into the hands of smaller community-based groups who are best positioned to effectively coordinate distribution. AMURT is facilitating inclusive and participatory community forums to structure the distribution themselves while enhancing their capacity. This reduces the inevitable gaps in communication and coordination inherent in large-scale disaster response, and prepares the ground for future sustainable community development.

Mobile Clinics in Isolated Slums

The initial intervention targeted those most heavily impacted by the earthquake, assisting residents in the isolated slum areas of Boudon, Cite O’Kay and Cite Jereme by providing transport of wounded and supplies to hospitals. In the community of Delmas AMURT Haiti has working with our community-based partners providing logistical support, transport of medicine and patients, and coordination of medical volunteers, while in Boudan, our sister organization AMURTEL has been providing daily mobile clinics .

: AMURTEL workers distributing weekly food rations with UN protection

Long-Term Commitment to Grassroots Empowerment

AMURT will continue to align both its immediate and long-term response with the human rights-based framework of community empowerment, self-determination, and leadership capacity building. AMURT & AMURTEL have more than two decades of experience with relief work in Haiti, and have facilitated many ongoing development projects there. AMURTEL particularly focuses on meeting the special needs of women and children in disasters. The teams are responding to this calamity as rapidly and effectively as possible, and will remain far after the triage and immediate relief has been completed.

For a better understanding of this approach, please view our past and current community-based projects at our website, www.amurthaiti.org.

AMURTEL volunteers blogging from Haiti: www.amurtelhaiti.livejournal.com

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or send a check made out to AMURTEL to PO Box 232, Warren, VT 05674, USA

AMURTEL Volunteer Response in Haiti

AMURTEL is mobilizing a volunteer response to the recent earthquake in Port au Prince, Haiti. We have identified our current volunteer needs including doctors, nurses, engineers, child psychologists and emergency response specialists. All volunteers must be flexible, comfortable working independently and adaptable to difficult conditions. If you are interested in learning more about how you can help, Contact us. Please include a short description of yourself, your skills/training and your experience. Thank you for your continued support of AMURTEL in Haiti.