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'''Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team Ladies''' or '''AMURTEL''' is an international volunteer organisation that works to help improve the quality of life for people experiencing chronic poverty or acute stress from environmental, financial, or political distress. [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] founded the organisation in 1978 with the aim to respond and work specifically to the problems faced by women and children in their | '''Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team Ladies''' or '''AMURTEL''' is an international volunteer organisation that works to help improve the quality of life for people experiencing chronic poverty or acute stress from environmental, financial, or political distress. [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] founded the organisation in 1978 with the aim to respond and work specifically to the problems faced by women and children worldwide in their struggles.<ref name="AAL">{{Cite web|title=About AMURTEL|url=http://www.amurtel.org/about-us/|publisher=AMURTEL}}</ref><ref name="CushRobinson2008">{{cite book|author1=Denise Cush|author2=Catherine A. Robinson|author3=Michael York|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=i_T0HeWE-EAC&pg=PA33year=2008|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-7007-1267-0|pages=33–}}</ref><ref name="MeltonBaumann2010">{{cite book|author1=J. Gordon Melton|author2=Martin Baumann|title=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices [6 volumes]: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C&pg=PA104|date=21 September 2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-204-3|pages=104–}}</ref> The AMURTEL centres are managed by the Avadhutikas of [[Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha]].<ref name="Low2011">{{cite book|author=Marsha Goluboff Low|title=The Orange Robe: My Eighteen Years as a Yogic Nun|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GKvXzG2HWZsC&pg=PA164|date=14 June 2011|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-1-4502-3012-4|pages=164–}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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AMURTEL has branches in the following countries—<ref name="Pr">[http://www.amurtel.org/projects/ AMURTEL projects]</ref> | AMURTEL has branches in the following countries—<ref name="Pr">[http://www.amurtel.org/projects/ AMURTEL projects]</ref> | ||
=== AMURTEL Haiti === | === AMURTEL Haiti === | ||
{{Main article|AMURTEL Haiti}} | |||
In Haiti, AMURTEL is working for more than 20 years. They have partnered with local administration and people to provide a children’s home, schools, clinics, literacy programs, reforestation initiatives, micro credit finance, and women’s leadership programs. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, they opened a children's school at Anse a Pitre, a village close to the Dominican Republic border. They also run a children's home that has provided shelter to many children.<ref name="AMURTEL Haiti">[http://www.amurtel.amurt.net/?page_id=17 AMURTEL Haiti]</ref> | In Haiti, AMURTEL is working for more than 20 years. They have partnered with local administration and people to provide a children’s home, schools, clinics, literacy programs, reforestation initiatives, micro credit finance, and women’s leadership programs. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, they opened a children's school at Anse a Pitre, a village close to the Dominican Republic border. They also run a children's home that has provided shelter to many children.<ref name="AMURTEL Haiti">[http://www.amurtel.amurt.net/?page_id=17 AMURTEL Haiti]</ref> | ||
AMURTEL Haiti is working the following projects—<ref name="AMURTEL Haiti" /> | |||
# Children's Home | |||
# AMSAI Schools | |||
# Microfinance | |||
# Disaster Relief Programs | |||
=== AMURTEL Kenya === | === AMURTEL Kenya === | ||
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=== AMURTEL Mongolia === | === AMURTEL Mongolia === | ||
{{Main article|Lotus Children’s Center}} | |||
In Mongolia, AMURTEL runs three different projects—<ref name="AMURTEL Mongolia">[http://www.amurtel.amurt.net/?page_id=355 AMURTEL Mongolia]</ref> | In Mongolia, AMURTEL runs three different projects—<ref name="AMURTEL Mongolia">[http://www.amurtel.amurt.net/?page_id=355 AMURTEL Mongolia]</ref> | ||
# Lotus Children's Home | # Lotus Children's Home | ||
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=== AMURTEL Peru === | === AMURTEL Peru === | ||
AMURTEL | {{Main article|AMURTEL Peru}} | ||
AMURTEL Peru, also known as Rurapuk, was started with a mission to meet the needs of the people of Paraiso Alto, an impoverished region in Lima, Peru. The area has no running water, sewage system, or access to health facilities. Currently AMURTEL Peru is working on the following projects—<ref name="AMURTEL Peru">[http://www.amurtel.org/peru/ AMURTEL Peru]</ref> | |||
# Employment and Empowerment to Women | # Employment and Empowerment to Women | ||
# Developing the economic, intellectual, and emotional potential of hearing disabled women. | # Developing the economic, intellectual, and emotional potential of hearing disabled women. | ||
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=== AMURTEL Thailand === | === AMURTEL Thailand === | ||
{{Main article|Baan Unrak}} | |||
AMURTEL's Thailand section is known as Baan Unrak. It is a non-government, non-religious, non-political organisation and was established in 1991. Their current projects include—<ref name="AMURTEL Thailand">[http://www.amurtel.amurt.net/?page_id=19 AMURTEL Thailand]</ref> | AMURTEL's Thailand section is known as Baan Unrak. It is a non-government, non-religious, non-political organisation and was established in 1991. Their current projects include—<ref name="AMURTEL Thailand">[http://www.amurtel.amurt.net/?page_id=19 AMURTEL Thailand]</ref> | ||
# Baan Unrak Children's Village | # Baan Unrak Children's Village | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist|30em}} | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{Official website|http://www.amurtel.org}} | * {{Official website|http://www.amurtel.org}} | ||
{{AMURTEL}} | |||
[[Category:Foundations of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] | [[Category:Foundations of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] | ||
[[Category:Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team]] | [[Category:Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team Ladies]] | ||