Rapports

"ON MISSION: Frontline News of the ADRA Network" Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 The Samaritan Center, one of ADRA's U.S. partners through Adventist Community Services (ACS), presented ADRA Headquarters with US$20,000 to assist…

JERRY DYKSTRA, MEDIA RELATIONS MANAGER Phone: (616) 846-7490 Fax: (616) 846-3842 E-mail: ia@internationalaid.org SPRING LAKE, Michigan - Despair, desperation and hopelessness. The world saw those vivid images exactly one year ago when Hurricane Mitch - called the storm of the century…

Tegulcigalpa , Honduras(UMCOR) November 28, 1999: "The gods punished us for being bad," said one local Honduran mother. "A lot of forces are telling us that the hurricane hit us because we deserved it, said another. These words were…

Less than a year after Hurricane Mitch unleashed its fury on the countries of Central America, most of the world's attention has been diverted to other global events. But the people of Honduras and Guatemala continue to construct new…

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Almost 3,000 Hondurans have been evacuated and thousands more isolated by flooding as heavy rains continued along the country's Caribbean coast, emergency officials said on Friday. The port city of La Ceiba, 115 miles (185…

A year after Hurricane Mitch devastated many parts of Central America, CWS partner the Christian Commission for Development (CCD) has been awarded the Honduras 1999 National Human Rights Award for their work with victims of the disaster. Human Rights…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 99/0205 Honduras - Floods OCHA - Situation Report No.7 5 November 1999 Situation 1. On the 28 October 1999, a tropical disturbance arose in the Caribbean Sea, close to Nicaragua. On 30 October 1999, this phenomenon became…

IP/99/817 The European Commission has approved humanitarian aid worth euros 21.65 million, for Central America (euros 16 million) and for Sahraoui refugees in Algeria (euros 5.65 million). The aid, channelled via the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable non-governmental and…

Torrential rains and flooding in September and the first half of October have affected the country, particularly in the Sula Valley, in the north, near the industrial city of San Pedro de Sula. High waters and mudslides have also…

Un an après le passage du cyclone Mitch, la Suisse soutient à raison de 83,4 millions de francs la reconstruction en Amérique centrale: 43 millions sont des fonds publics et 40,4 millions proviennent d'organismes privés. A la fin du…