Beginning with the 2001 , the Mata Amritanandamayi Math has consistently dedicated volunteers and resources in response to disasters within India . Its most extensive disaster-relief program followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami . In response , MAM provided a value of $ 46 million in relief , including the construction of 6,200 tsunami-resistant houses in India and Sri Lanka , as well as 700 new fishing boats . It also constructed a multimillion-dollar bridge providing Alappad Panchayat , a tsunami-at-risk peninsula community , an evacuation route to the mainland . MAM has provided a combination of medical care , food , shelter , monetary aid and other forms of relief following the flooding of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in 2009 , Bihar in 2008 , and Gujarat in 2005 and Bombay in 2005 , as well as the Kashmir-Pakistan earthquake of 2005 . It also reconstructed 1,200 homes following the 2001 Gujarat earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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