Informes

Once again we are put to the test. Just when we were starting to get results of a growing economy and democracy, Hurricane Mitch came upon our land, literally sinking our nation in what may be the worst crisis…

Background Information Hurricane Mitch hit the Honduran Bay Islands on 28 October, moving from La Ceiba to Olancho in the south-east and then onto the capital Tegucigalpa, in the south. The results have been devastating. It caused torrential rain over…

280,000 children devastated and facing increased poverty as hurricane's impact becomes clearer Half of the 560,000 people severely affected by Hurricane Mitch in Honduras are believed to be children and young people. They now face both the immediate devastation…

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

Concerted efforts are underway in Australia to provide aid for the survivors of hurricane-devastated Central America. Australian Aid worker Gabrielle Mahoney, a program officer with World Vision Australia, says the Australian Government will be providing as much support as possible. Ms…

Howard LaFranchi Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS Some weather experts warn that a hurricane like Mitch, which became a most-powerful Category 5 before regressing to a tropical storm here, is a sure sign that the phenomenon…

HURRICANE MITCH - CENTRAL AMERICA - SUPPLEMENT TO: WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Report No. 44 of 1998 Date: 6 November 1998 Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service. Available on the Internet…

In Wake of Hurricane Mitch, Organization Raising Funds for Hurricane Relief WASHINGTON, November 6, 1998 -- Red Cross aid workers in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and other hard-hit regions paint a picture of enormous human suffering as hundreds of thousands of…

United Nations Agencies Coordinate Relief and Longer Term Programmes in Five Countries New York, 6 November 1998 - As the toll in life and broken infrastructure mounted in Central America today, UNDP Administrator James Gustave Speth said that years of…

Though the full extent of the destruction caused by Hurricane Mitch in Central America is still being assessed, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) offices in Central America are reacting now to the crisis. The hurricane is estimated to have killed…