Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

On December 8, 2005, the Mata Amritanandamayi Center in the United States handed over $1 million to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund to aid hurricane recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast area of the United States.

Amma's Message -

"Amma is heartbroken over Hurricane Katrina and how it killed hundreds of people and destroyed an entire city and all its wealth. No words can pacify those whose life and livelihood were intricately connected with this city....

How can we console them? How can we relieve their pain, the emotional turmoil they are going through? Besides providing food, clothing and shelter, how can we help them regain faith, courage, optimism and self-confidence? Most importantly, how can we lend a hand to the children, the sick and the elderly? We should contemplate deeply on these questions, find the right answers and implement them immediately.....

God's ways are incomprehensible and often strange. It is difficult for ordinary human beings to understand the severe and unpredictable laws of Nature. Still, children, those of us who are healthy and who have the resources must rise to the occasion and do whatever we can to help these innocent people. May God's love and compassion flow through us and out to the suffering and grief-stricken.

..... There is no time to waste. Amma still sees dark clouds enveloping the world. Only the cool breeze of sincere and innocent prayers can lift these clouds and turn them into a shower of Divine Grace. Remember, only Divine Grace will help us.

Read Amma's complete message on Hurricane Katrina

M. A. Center donates $1M towards Katrina Relief on December 8, 2005
- Amma's announcement to fund Katrina Relief efforts made in Sep. 2005

Report from the Gulf Region by Br. Dayamrita Chaintanya.
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Many of M. A. Center's Affiliate Centers across U. S. are actively volunteering and bringing relief to many survivors. Read more about their efforts.

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