Rapports

IP/02/680 Brussels, 8 May 2002 - The European Commission has granted €2 million of humanitarian aid for vulnerable communities in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua suffering from food shortages. The aid will be used to detect and treat cases of acute…

This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals. Appeal Target: CHF 923,090 Programme Update No. l; Period covered. January - March 2002 "At a Glance" Appeal coverage: 28.9% Related Appeals: 01.19/2002 Central America; 01.18/2002 Pan American Disaster Response Unit Outstanding needs: CHF…

This Annual Report is intended for reporting on the Federation's Annual Appeals only. Appeal Target: CHF 1,121,138 (revised to CHF 966,415 - USD 600,000/ EUR 660,000 - on 8 August 2001) "At a Glance" Appeal coverage: 67.7% Related Appeals: 01.25/2001 Pan American Disaster…

17/2002 1. Guatemala Reporting Period: 04/15 to 04/29/2002 a) Significant Events: INSIVUMEH (The Institute of Seismology, Vulcanology and Hydrology) estimates that there is a 70% chance that "El Niño" will affect the country this year. Other sources lower down the probability mentioned, making…

As drought in Guatemala continues to worsen, nutritionists and the Health Ministries of Central America and Panama have met with the Nutritional Institute of Central America and Panama INCAP in order to discuss the hunger problem. "A current concern is…

WFP spokesman in Latin America, Jordan Dey, recently returned from a trip to eastern Guatemala where some 60,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition. In this eyewitness report, he describes a visit to the San Ixtan therapeutic feeding centre in…

Larry Thompson of Refugees International is presently on a mission in Central America. Four years ago, 70 families in San Rafael Cacaotal Guanagazapa returned to Guatemala from Mexico. They were participants in a program in which 43,000 refugees were repatriated.…

By Greg Brosnan SAN CRISTOBAL COMAPA, Guatemala (Reuters) - Ask women in this dusty, parched hamlet on Guatemala's border with El Salvador how many children they have and the reply comes in two parts. "Three dead and four living," farmer's wife…

Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the provision of an additional $1.2 million in emergency food aid to help those suffering from malnutrition in Guatemala. This amount is in addition to $300,000 worth of…

Guatemala is suffering a crisis of widespread acute child malnutrition. Most recent census information shows that nearly 30,000 children across 91 municipalities are acutely malnourished. Of these, nearly 6,900 are most at risk of dying. U.S. Agency for International…