Informes

Habitat for Humanity has strong national programs in Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, the countries hardest hit by floods and mudslides resulting from Hurricane Stan. While assessments of the damage to Habitat homes and affiliates continue, the Habitat offices are…

Funds Sent To: Conferencia de Iglesias Evangélicas de Guatemala Amount Sent : US$ 50,000 Date: 11 October 2005 Details of Payment Emergency: Flooding & landslides following tropical storm Stan Date of Emergency: October 2005 Implementing Partners: CIEDEG and the following local partners of CAID, Danchurchaid, LWF,…

These 5,000 Guatemalan families -- 2,000 more than originally estimated -- are receiving medical assistance and humanitarian aid by Guatemalan Red Cross volunteers. The appeal launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Friday 7…

Statement by the Canadian Ambassador to Guatemala, Kenneth Cook, on the arrival of an Air Canada flight with humanitarian aid for victims of Tropical Storm Stan On behalf of the Government of Canada, the staff of the Canadian Embassy in…

In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Stan, flooding and landslides inflicted severe damage to some of Guatemala's poorest, most remote and populous regions, affecting 3.5 million people and causing a rising death toll that now stands at 652. Mercy…

By Cecilio Martínez, Communications Coordinator Rains have not stopped to fall in the state of Solola. Roads continue blocked by the mudslides and not many humanitarian organizations have gotten into the disaster zone. World Vision Guatemala sent a truck of Basic food…

Defense secretary sends top commander to assess Guatemalan relief efforts By Eric Green, Washington File Staff Writer Washington - U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says the situation in hurricane-stricken Guatemala is "heartbreaking." In an October 11 statement, the U.S. Department of Defense said…

Heavy rain from Hurricane Stan triggers disaster. Torrential rains from Hurricane Stan, which swept across Central America earlier this month, triggered flooding and landslides that have left more than 650 people dead and thousands homeless in Guatemala. Oxfam is helping local organizations buy,…

Un cargamento de 12 toneladas de bienestarina, medicamentos, ropa y mercados que pretenden mitigar la situación de calamidad que vive la población de Guatemala como consecuencia de la temporada invernal, partió hoy 13 de octubre a primera hora en…

NEW YORK - Church World Service is responding to the emergencies experienced in recent weeks in the Central American nations of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua with shipments of blankets, relief kits, and medical supplies. An estimated one thousand…