Reports

Oxfam have flown emergency relief supplies to Sumatra to help the survivors of Sunday's earthquake in Indonesia. The supplies include plastic sheeting for shelter, water purification tablets and basic medicines. Around 100 people are reported dead so far and…

Dili, 7 June 2000 HEALTH GRANT SIGNED The World Bank administered Trust Fund for East Timor and UNTAET today signed a US$12,7 million grant for the health sector. This grant, a first phase in rehabilitating the health sector in East Timor,…

Written by Cynthia Long, Managing Editor, DisasterRelief.org - with news and wire reports. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people are thought to be trapped under mountains of rubble after Sunday's powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sumatra Island. As aftershocks continue to rattle…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0113 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Indonesia - Earthquake 7 June 2000 Situation and Damages 1. The Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Jakarta reports on the situation as follows: In all, 97 people confirmed killed (58 persons in Bengkulu…

Appeal Target: US$ 831,886 Geneva, 07 June, 2000 Dear Colleagues, ACT Appeal, Assistance to Displaced & Returnees - ASET91 issued in November 99, focused primarily on meeting the critical relief needs of the internally displaced population and the returnees.…

By Beawiharta BENGKULU, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian rescuers Tuesday struggled to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that has killed more than 100 people and injured hundreds on Sumatra island. Police said they feared the death toll would rise because of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BWA) -- The North Korean government's Flood Damage Rehabilitation Committee has invited Baptist World Aid and Hungarian Baptist World Aid (HBAid), to send relief workers to North Korea for two to three months from September. The invitation follows…

Cynthia Long, Managing Editor, DisasterRelief.org -- with news and wire reports The death toll from a powerful earthquake is rising on Indonesia's Sumatra Island as rescuers frantically search for more survivors trapped beneath the rubble. Half the dead were…

Returns: On 3 June IOM provided secondary transportation for 9 persons to Hera and for 4 persons to Metinaro. There were no cross border movements on 3 and 4 June. On 5 June a total of 57 persons returned…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0110 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Afghanistan - Drought Strategy of the Assistance Community: The Drought in Afghanistan 1 June 2000 - 31 May 2001 1. The Office of the United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan has prepared a "Strategy of the…