Rapports

Press Release IHA/668 NEW YORK, 19 November (OCHA/UNDP) -- The United Nations system will seek funding for a major United Nations inter-agency relief and recovery effort for central America in an appeal to be launched next week, the Office…

Hurricane Mitch The following InterAction members have reported that they are accepting contributions for assistance they or their local affiliates are providing to victims of Hurricane Mitch. For more information on Hurricane Mitch, follow this link: wwwnotes.reliefweb.int. See below for a list…

HONDURAS: Church World Service has airlifted much-needed food and other material assistance this week to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to assist the Christian Commission for Development (CCD) in its continuing relief and recovery efforts following Hurricane Mitch. A CWS shipment of five…

"It was one o'clock in the morning when the water rushed into the house. My wife and I picked up the two children and we ran to higher ground. We barely had enough time to get out. The water…

International Emergency Relief (Provision of Supplies) to the Republic of Guatemala (report #1) JICA has been authorized to provide emergency relief to the Republic of Guatemala. 1. Emergency Situation The central, northwest, and southwest regions of Guatemala received record rainfalls…

WASHINGTON, November 12, 1998 - The World Bank today approved a US$50 million equivalent credit to help finance the Second Social Investment Fund (FIS II) in Guatemala. The project will support to the Government of Guatemala's poverty alleviation efforts as…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs EMERGENCY ACCOUNT #976717 for $300,000 RESPONSE: Church World Service is expanding this appeal from $250,000 to $300,000 in response to ongoing ecumenical efforts in the wake…

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has joined the international effort to assist the reconstruction of Central American countries devastated by Hurricane Mitch, particularly Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala. UNCTAD Secretary-General Rubens Ricupero on Wednesday announced a new plan…

WFP FOOD ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORM "MITCH" AND TROPICAL DEPRESSION "NEWTON" NATURE AND BACKGROUND OF EMERGENCY On 27 September 1998, a tropical depression started at the Lesser Antilles at the Caribbean Sea, which was later named "Hurricane Mitch".…

It was in many ways worse than the storm devastations visited upon the Caribbean, China, the Philippines, Florida, and the Carolinas in recent years. It's as if Elijah's fierce wind and Noah's universal flood had joined forces to harass…