Americas

Food for All Annual Report 2021

In 2021, FFA broadened the scope of its program, responding to anyone seeking assistance, and not just those who are elderly or home-bound. Given the pressures of the pandemic, we wanted to ensure that food was one less thing for people to worry about, freeing up their scant resources for other pressing expenses.We were especially happy to support the newly unemployed and those forced into quarantine.

Haiti

AMURT Haiti intro

AMURT & DESPRI results in Haiti in the fields of social entrepreneurship, education, health, and the environment. This video presents the key achievements of AMURT-Haiti and DESPRI in Haiti over the last 15 years in terms of community strengthening, environmental progress, fighting malnutrition, and solving iodine deficiency.

Haiti

Haiti Quake August 2021

Officials in Haiti have confirmed at least 1,297 people are dead after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation on Saturday. Rescuers are picking through rubble in a desperate search for any survivors. The southwest of Haiti appears to have suffered the worst of the damage, especially around the city of Les Cayes.AMURT & AMURTEL have teams on the ground and donations are welcome to support the relief efforts.

Americas USA

COVID-19 Response in USA

AMURT’s Food For All (FFA) program in Washington DC has seen a four-fold increase in demand for food over the past four weeks, increasing from 140 weekly food recipients in late March to 503 in late April. The new clients include senior citizens with underlying health issues, people with disabilities, single parents with children to feed all day at home and the recently unemployed, especially those laid off from restaurants.

Brazil

Brazil: Enhancing youth participation

AMURT is running a youth program in its own building in Restinga, one of the underprivileged satellite towns around Porto Alegre in the south of Brazil.Some of the youth are referred to the program by government institutions; others come due to the program’s reputation.