Rapports

Just over two weeks after an earthquake leveled much of Armenia in Colombia, many of its citizens are still without utilities, and only a few schools have re-opened. But this is the least of it for many families. World Vision…

The previous updates of November 30, December 10, and December 23 were fairly comprehensive in terms of contextual analysis. This brief summary of activities to the present should be used with reference to the detailed framework presented in the…

Ref: OCHAGVA - 99/0039 Status Report on UN Transitional Appeal for Relief and Immediate Rehabilitation in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Belize 1. In response to the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Mitch in Central America, a United Nations Inter-Agency Transitional…

Needs and contributions as at 15 February 1999 Note: This table is a follow up to the original Consolidated Appeal for Cuba which was published on Dec 18, 1998. Areas and Projects Amount (T US$) Already mobilized Organization/Government REHABILITATION OF HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE Support…

Ref: OCHAGVA - 99/0038 Colombia - Earthquake OCHA - Geneva Situation Report No. 7 12 February 1999 Situation 1. As of 10 February 1998, consolidated figures indicate that 1,052 persons lost their lives and 4,500 were injured. The municipalities of Armenia and Calarca,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tracy Geoghegan: (202) 637-6206 E-mail: tlg@partners.poa.com Partners of the Americas' (Partners) volunteers in Colombia, South Carolina, Florida and Massachusetts are responding to the short- and long-term needs of victims of the earthquake that hit western Colombia on January…

Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) performance Secretariat of the Japan Disaster Relief Team Dispatch of the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team to the Republic of Colombia to Provide Earthquake Relief Assistance (report # 6) The following is a report on the return to Japan of…

$7.2 million Cdn./$4.7 million U.S. MCC reconstruction effort begins AKRON, Pa. -- At first things looked the same. For four years, from 1993 to 1997, Marlisa Yoder-Bontrager served as a Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) worker in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She recently returned to…

COLOMBIA EARTHQUAKE On January 25, 1999, an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale struck central Colombia. More than thirty after-shocks have occurred, with the largest registering between 5.5 and 5.6 on the Richter Scale. The Government of Colombia has…

Background to the Crisis The earthquake of 25 January, which measured 6.0 on the Richter scale, was the worst to hit Colombia this century, and has devastated much of the central, coffee-growing region of the country. The most seriously affected…