Informes

The Natural Hazards Project of the Organization of American States is pleased to announce its web page at <http://www.oas.org/en/prog/nhp>. As a response to Hurricanes Mitch and Georges, the Natural Hazards Project will be distributing information through the Internet to aid…

NEWS RELEASE Costa del Sol, El Salvador, December 7, 1998 -The Central American Ministers of Health have agreed to put into place emergency plans to prevent and combat cholera following Hurricane Mitch and accepted a $1million offer from the Pan…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: On October 24 Atlantic Tropical Storm Mitch was upgraded to a hurricane that developed into one of the strongest and most damaging storms to…

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Community representatives are arriving to pick up the food to be used in food-for-work programs that will begin this weekend, December 5 to 6, and run through December 19. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is working with…

Press Release DEV/2196 IHA/673 'Tide Over' Appeal Is for Emergency Relief for Six Months, in Areas Of Shelter, Food, Clean Water, Health Services, Education, Agriculture GENEVA/NEW YORK, 3 December (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- In an effort to cover the continuing…

When Mitch flooding hit the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, people living down by the river who saw the torrent coming could at least scramble up the banks to safety. But down on the floor of the Aguan valley -- amidst…

AKRON, Pa.--- What follows is a list of material and financial aid that MCC has shared, to date, with victims of Hurricane Mitch. This aid is valued at $1,369,695 Cdn./$890,302 U.S. This is not a comprehensive list of aid…

AKRON, Pa. -- Debt is drowning Central American nations, causing governments to cut or eliminate needed social programs to repay old loans. Honduras and Nicaragua, now trying to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Mitch, continue to struggle under a mountain…

Friday, 4 December 1998: UNICEF launched an appeal yesterday for over $22 million to fund six months of relief and rebuilding work among children and families devastated by Hurricane Mitch. This amount is part of a joint United Nations…

Note for Users: The Bulletin is prepared by the OLC Regional Bureau in Managua, based on inputs from the WFP Country Offices in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador and will be released once a week. The Emergency Report produced…