Peru
Situation 1. At 11:40:58 PM UTC/GMT (Greenwich time) 6:34:56 PM local time on August 15th, an earthquake measuring 7.9 degrees in the Richter scale struck in the Department of Ica. The epicentre was 25 miles (61 kilometres) west-northwest of Chincha…
Peru
Project HOPE is sending medicines and medical supplies valued at more than $275,000 to the people of Peru in response to the devastating earthquake that recently struck the country. The Peruvian Ministry of Health, through its discussions with Project HOPE…
Peru
THE SITUATION ADRA is responding to a powerful 8.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Peru on Wednesday, August 15, at 6:41 p.m. (7:41 p.m. ET) killing more than 500 people and injuring nearly 1,100. As emergency response activities continue, ADRA needs your…
Peru
GENEVA 31 August 2007 (ILO news) At the UN Flash Appeal Launch for Peru, the International Labour Office (ILO) stressed the importance of integrating "employment-intensive job creation strategies" into the humanitarian and reconstruction response to the powerful earthquake that has…
Peru
Following the devastating earthquake in Peru the YMCA of Peru is asking for help from the YMCA family. The World Alliance of YMCAs and the Latin American and Caribbean Alliance of YMCAs are therefore launching a joint appeal to…
Peru
A first shipment of 5,000 tents is arriving this weekend in the earthquake stricken city of Pisco. The tents, procured by IOM in the United States, can shelter up to six persons. They will be erected in camps in Pisco,…
Peru
A feeling of hope is beginning to return to the town of San Clemente, as Samaritan's Purse is feeding over 16,000 earthquake victims each day and beginning to construct temporary shelters. San Clemente was devastated by the earthquake that rocked…
Peru
Perú - Este fin de semana, llegará el primer envío de 5.000 tiendas de campaña a la ciudad de Pisco, devastada por el terremoto. Las tiendas de campaña, conseguidas por la OIM en los Estados Unidos, pueden dar refugio hasta…
Peru
A dos semanas de haberse producido el devastador terremoto que asoló a las poblaciones de Pisco, Ica y Chincha, UNICEF se ha mantenido en la zona brindando ayuda y coordinando con las instituciones gubernamentales y de la sociedad civil…
Peru
New Zealand is giving $500,000 to help relief efforts following the recent earthquake in Peru, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today. "The August 15 earthquake devastated parts of coastal Peru. Hundreds died and thousands of families are homeless and have no…
