‘Children’ Articles at AMURT Disaster Relief

AMURT Nigeria’s Health Programme: Every Life Counts

AMURT is making health care accessible and affordable in a country where 19% of all global maternal deaths occur and 1 in 10 children won't reach their 5th birthday. AMURT Nigeria has been setting up rural health centres in some of the poorest, most remote communities of Ebonyi State, for the last 11 years. To date over twenty-three thousand (23,000) babies have been born in our health centers.

Indonesia

Indonesia Early Childhood Teacher Training 2014-2019

The heart of this child-centered approach lies in the child's right to choose from among various options, what activity he/she would like to do, with the stipulation that the child must complete the activity chosen before moving on to pick another activity.

Europe & W. Asia Greece

Creating safe spaces for refugee mothers in Greece

AMURTEL in Athens, Greece is committed to safe and empowered mothering from pregnancy through 18 months after birth. We aim to strengthen mothering skills by creating a safe women’s space within which to explore both the cultural similarities as well as the differences in African, Middle Eastern and European parenting.

Asia Bangladesh

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Since August 2017, targeted violence and serious human rights abuses forced 700,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar into Bangladesh, joining the 230,00 refugees already there. The majority are under 18.AMURT was active in the large refugee camps and provided health, child protection, education and psycho-social services.

Indonesia

Sulawesi earthquake/tsunami 2018

The disaster in Indonesia has claimed 2,100 fatalities and 680 are still missing. Moreover, 68,451 houses were damaged or destroyed displacing 222,986 people. AMURT Indonesia supports the disaster recovery by training kindergarten teachers in trauma reduction, self-care and creative activities for the children once they come back to school.