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Caleb Meza, World Vision Peru national director, has announced the launching of Apurimac Flood Relief Project. The three-month project will aid 300 peasant families and 40 orphans who were seriously affected by rainfall and resultant mudslides in mid-February in the…

period covered: 03 December - 28 February The operation has distributed relief goods to 30,000 beneficiaries in eight affected provinces and is now preparing to address rehabilitation needs by supplying building materials and water purification chemicals -- goods which are…

A prolonged period of low rainfall in southwest Ecuador has led to an acute drought in the provinces of Loja and El Oro, near the Peruvian border. Several activities by the UN system have already been initiated to relieve…

PERU- MUDSLIDES/FLOODS DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. 2 28 FEBRUARY 1997 PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE General situation 1. The UNDP/DHA Resident Representative in Lima, reports that the Andean region, after being hit by mudslides (as reported in the DHA Situation Report…

(1:02pm AEDT) More than 60-thousand people in Bolivia and Peru have been left homeless following nine days of torrential downpours, which have also destroyed thousands of hectares of crops. Greg Watters reports: The central Andean countries have been lashed by wild…

The Intended Operation As part of Bolivia's national response to current disastrous floods, the Bolivian Red Cross will distribute 2,412 mt. of food stuffs to the 18,013 affected families (108,000 people) in the eight stricken provinces. Other organisations will carry…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0076 GOVERNMENT APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE GENERAL SITUATION 1. According to the UNDP/DHA Resident Representative, torrential rains have been affecting a vast part of Bolivia, causing serious flooding in eight of its nine Departments. Several rivers have overflowed their…

KERAPATA, Peru (Reuter) - The risk of further mudslides hampered the search Thursday for the bodies of 250 to 300 Peruvian peasants buried after an Andean mountainside collapsed and swept away two villages. Distraught families sought desperately to identify the largely…

MUDSLIDES RENDER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HOMELESS IN THE ANDEAN REGION General Situation 1. According to the UNDP/DHA Resident Representative in Lima, Peru, mudslides, caused by heavy rains, hit the Tamburgo District, Department of Apurimac in the southern part of the country. 40…

34,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DROUGHT IN THE PROVINCES OF LOJA AND ORO, ECUADOR Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0068 General situation 1. As a consequence of a prolonged period of low rainfall in the south-west of Ecuador, an acute drought has developed in the…