Informes

Situation: Hurricane Mitch's week-long path of destruction through Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala has left thousands dead and disappeared, hundreds of thousands homeless, and devastation to homes, infrastructure and production that will leave these countries struggling to recover for years.…

AKRON, Pa. -- Central American Mennonites, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) workers and hosts of other friends and partners are in the midst of one of the largest MCC relief efforts in recent years. But this work is only the…

C.N.E. ENVIA AYUDA A ACOSTA La Comisión Nacional de Emergencia envío esta mañana alimentos, agua potable y un equipo médico a la zona de Acosta, para brindar asistencia a las personas que se encuentran incomunicadas por deslizamientos. Se estableció un…

Paris, November 4 {No.98-242} - UNESCO Director-General Federico Mayor today announced the Organization will give "an immediate sum of US$150,000 for urgent relief after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Mitch and to serve as seed money for further assistance, notably…

Ref: OCHAGVA - 98/0339CENTRAL AMERICA - HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM MITCH EL SALVADOR, COSTA RICA, GUATEMALA, NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS OCHA SITUATION REPORT NO. 9 4 NOVEMBER 1998 General 1. Ambassadors of Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica held press conference in…

IP/98/963 Brussels, 4 November 1998 - The European Commission has cleared a package of humanitarian aid worth ECU 6.8 million for Central American countries struck by Tropical Storm Mitch. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), is for…

COMMUNIQUE DU MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES DECLARATION DU PORTE-PAROLE DU MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES, MME ANNE GAZEAU-SECRET (Paris, le 4 novembre 1998) Aide d'urgence aux pays d'Amérique centrale touchés par l'ouragan "Mitch". La France va acheminer dans la soirée du 4 novembre une…

Honduras - helicopters available for aid The number of people affected by Tropical Depression Mitch continues to raise in several Central American countries. In Honduras official figures estimate that at least 5,000 people have died, some 11,000 are reported missing and approximately…

Lockhart reported the death toll in Honduras from Hurricane Mitch has risen to at least 7,000, with an additional 1,350 confirmed fatalities in Nicaragua. Thousands of people in both countries remain unaccounted for. About 10 percent of Honduras has…

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