Informes

"There are families here that will either have lunch or dinner, but certainly not both," says Margarita Castillo, President of the neighbours' committee in El Paraiso, a neighbourhood in west Armenia where more than 500 families are living. "Life was…

News Release CONTACT: Kerry Hodges - (410) 625-2220, ext. 3203 - khodges@catholicrelief.org Baltimore, February 10, 1999 Catholic Relief Services is providing $137,400 to assist families in Colombia that were affected by the devastating earthquake of January These funds will provide food, mattresses,…

Earthquake in Colombia The following list was produced by InterAction, a coalition of more than 160 US-based private relief, development and refugee assistance agencies. InterAction members have agreed to abide by a set of standards to ensure…

period covered: 31 January - 8 February The delivery and distribution of food and relief items has improved. Assessments carried out during this period have resulted in more detailed information to be used in a revised Appeal. The excellent collaboration…

Kaufbeuren, Germany, February 9th, 1999 After their seven-day mission in the Colombian city of Armenia, which was partly destroyed by the devastating earthquake on January 25th, a medical team organized by the German relief organization Humedica has now returned home…

Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) performance Secretariat of the Japan Disaster Relief Team Dispatch of the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team to the Republic of Colombia to provide earthquake relief assistance (report # 5) The following is a report on the activities of the…

Hurricane Mitch wiped out a third of Honduras' staple cereal and bean crops, and about 40 percent of its plantain and cooking banana harvests, according to an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission. Hundreds of…

Tempisque in Valle province -- a tiny settlement at the end of a road only just passable by four-wheel-drive vehicles. Fifteen families still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Mitch swept over them last year, severing their normal links…

"Rescue activities are almost over now. We are only going to those places where neighbours have heard or smelled something in the debris and consider there might be somebody still there", explains Fernando Vélez, Colombian Red Cross relief delegate in…

ROME - As the toll of death and destruction from the earthquake in Colombia continues to mount, estimates of the proportions of the humanitarian crisis are being revised upwards, the United Nations World Food Programme said today. A WFP official…