Tsunami babies born to the couples who lost children in the tsunami.

Amrita Setu, the bridge across backwaters dedicated to the people by the President of India.

A Tribute to the Departed: A year after the Tsunami, Amma walked 2.5km from the Ashram to Azheekkal to pay tribute to the departed.

340 Houses are completed in Samanthan Pettai:

Job Training Programs: The Ashram is providing job training programmes for tsunami victims.

Brick Seva: Ashramites, devotees, students and villagers help carry bricks and supplies to construction sites where new homes are being built.

Computer Classes: Helping students feel confident by providing skills that will help them find new jobs.

Tuition classes: 750 students in Nagapattinam are being tutored.

House building in Pudukuppam, Cuddalore:

Houses in Sri Lanka60 houses in Kaluthura Districit

16 houses in Clappana Panchaya: Houses built inland for tsunami victims whose houses on the beach were lost in the tsunami.

150 houses are built in Valia Azheekkal, Alappuzha.

Fishing boats, engines and fishing nets are distributed: The Ashram repaired or built new boats and engines for those who lost theirs in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Education and assistance for children: Scholarships and vocational training for victims, Aid given to orphans. The Ashram adopts three children.

Ashram Camp for Tsunami Children: Yoga spoken english, sanskrit, and personality development classes are given to thousands of children in April and May 2005.

Cleaning the debris after tsunami: Cleanup work in and around the Ashram as well as in Tamil Nadu.

Praying for the dead and the living: Mass cremation of tsunami victims in Azheekkal, Alappad, Kerala.

The tsunami strikes the Ashram - December 26th, 2004:

Harita Teeram: Nature protection inspired by Amma: Planting 1,00,000 saplings along 17.5 kilo meters.

Work begins on tsunami resistant houses:

The Ashram becomes the first NGO in India to complete tsunami homes: The houses for tsunami victims in Ernakulam Edavanakkad Vypin Kerala were built in 25 days.

Ashram-sponsored recreation and cultural activities: Keeping the children's minds occupied and active.

Japanese University students help build homes in Kochi:

Amma visits Sri Lanka: Meetings with President Chandrika and the Prime Minister. Visiting relief camps, distributing clothing. Giving darshan to Tamil and Sinhalese soldiers.

Amma consoles tsunami victims: Amma visits the relief camps in Amrita University in the days after the tsunami. Giving darshan to victims in Amritapuri.

Medical Assistance: Helping victims recover from their trauma.

Financial support: Amma announces 1.5 crores in aid for the victims.

Amma visits Nagapattinam: Consoling victims in Tamil Nadu.

Relief work in Nagapattinam.

Rainbow will come again. Amma's Children from around the world send drawings of support and consolation to tsunami children.

Overcoming fear: Amma goes swimming with tsunami children and shows them how to swim.

Feeding thousands every day: Cooking and distributing food, water, and milk to thousands every day in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Temporary Shelters: Within 36 hours after the tsunami, the Ashram builds nine tsunami rehabilitation shelters in Alappad Panchayat, Azheekkal village.

Tsunami alert, March 29th, 2005: Amritapuri is evacuated - Amma leads the operations.

Mass Marriages: The Ashram conducts hundreds of marriages in Tamil Nadu and Kerala - providing all the traditional garments and ceremonial items.

Praying for the dead and the living: Amma leads a peace prayer for the tsunami victims.

Distribution of clothing: Over 130,000 pieces of clothing are distributed to victims in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka.

Tsunami damage. A view of the damages in Amritapuri and the surrounding.

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Amrita Setu

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Brick seva

Tailoring Classes

Tuition classes

Computer Classes