Informes

By Mike Lanchin Tegucigalpa, Nov. 10th, 1998 The main hospital in Honduras is in a critical state, unable to absorb the growing inflow of patients from the Mitch hurricane. "This hospital is barely surviving, we don't have enough medicine, water is rationed,…

The DEC, an alliance of the leading UK aid agencies, urgently needs money to provide food, clean drinking water, shelter, and medicines. Please help us to prevent more deaths, and to support people as they rebuild their shattered lives. Your…

Caritas France - Secours Catholique LA SITUATION ET LES NECESSITES L'ouragan Mitch s'est installé sur les zones côtières atlantiques du 26 au 28 octobre avec une force de niveau 5. Il s'est transformé en tempête tropicale en baissant d'intensité (niveau 2)…

The Honourable Diane Marleau, Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie, welcomed the news today that Canadian aid is beginning to reach the victims of Hurricane Mitch. The details of Canadian relief efforts were provided by the…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: In the early morning of October 24 Atlantic Tropical Storm Mitch was upgraded to a hurricane that quickly developed into one of the…

Burlington Biscuits Baked Yesterday, Distributed to Flood Victims Today Front line Canadian aid worker joins food convoy into Southern Honduras Canadians responding to crisis - calls pouring into World Vision phone centre World Vision Canada President Dave Toycen scheduled to be…

NR-265/98 DIRECT INQUIRIES TO: Press: Peter Bate (202) 623-2609 peterb@iadb.org Public Information: (202) 623-1397 business@iadb.org IDB to host meeting of Emergency Consultative Group for Central America The Inter-American Development Bank announced today that countries and bilateral and multilateral agencies of the international donor community…

DECLARATION DU PORTE-PAROLE DU MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES, MME ANNE GAZEAU-SECRET (Paris, le 9 novembre 1998) - Je voudrais récapituler pour vous les moyens mis en oeuvre par la France pour porter assistance aux populations nécessiteuses depuis le début de la…

Hurricane Mitch Leaves Health Emergency Los Angeles, CA -- International Medical Corps (IMC) is mounting a mercy mission to Honduras in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, the deadliest storm ever to hit Central America. IMC will deploy an emergency health…

"Thanks to the cooperation of church aid agencies in Holland, Switzerland, Germany and the United States, there are plans to assist 70,000 hurricane survivors with food at a cost of $600,000. As of today, we have definite support of…