Informes

In the aftermath of one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded, areas of the countries of Honduras and Nicaragua lie in utter devastation. At least 10,000 have lost their lives, and over 1 million people are homeless. WE DESPERATELY NEED…

News Release No. 99/2061/LAC Contacts: Pelayo Alvarez (202) 473-4306, Craig Mauro (202)-473-0177 To obtain project documents please contact the World Bank's Infoshop at tel: 202-458-5454, fax: 202-522-1500, email: pic@worldbank.org WASHINGTON, December 23, 1998 - The World Bank has approved a…

The nationwide appeal for the victims of Hurricane Mitch has now reached over =A312 million, it was announced today. The appeal, launched on behalf of eleven leading British agencies by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), marks the British public response to…

Latest Developments More details on the impact of the recent crisis are continuing to emerge. Over a quarter of the population of the country is still estimated to be affected, and the death toll remains at around 7,000. On-going rains…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs EMERGENCY ACCOUNT #976717 for $1.5 Million Signed by the Rev. Dr. Rodney Page, CWS Executive Director SUMMARY: Church World Service is expanding its appeal from $300,000 to $1.5…

Un jeune garçon pointe le doigt sur un amas de décombres: "C'est là qu'était ma maison", raconte-t-il. Il faut de l'imagination pour comprendre que des gens vivaient effectivement ici avant l'irruption de l'ouragan Mitch qui, en octobre, a entièrement dévasté…

United Nations, 17 December 1998 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator James Gustave Speth launched five new projects in Central America this week to help Honduras and Nicaragua recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch. Mr. Speth…

"It didn't mean very much until I saw houses with mud up to their roofs; sugar cane that before Mitch was just ready to be harvested -- now only a few centimetres visible above the mud layer." German Tegucigalpa…

The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), James Gustave Speth, on Monday launched two projects worth a total of $29 million to help Honduran communities devastated by Hurricane Mitch. One project, worth $26 million, will help reconstruct homes and…

UNDP Administrator Speth began a three-day trip to Honduras and Nicaragua yesterday to personally assess the damage caused by Hurricane Mitch and to review rehabilitation and reconstruction needs. In Honduras, Mr. Speth met with President Carlos Flores and signed two…