Rapports

News Release No. 99/1996/LAC WASHINGTON, November 10, 1998 The World Bank today announced it is already making available about $200 million from existing projects to assist the Central American countries devastated by Hurricane Mitch. This total does not include any…

For further information contact: Daniel Epstein, tel (202) 974-3459, fax (202) 974-3143, Office of Public Information, PAHO. Washington, November 10, 1998 - Pan American Health Organization experts working with affected communities in Central America after Hurricane Mitch say the top priorities…

Contact: In Tegucigalpa, Lisa Swenarski, (011-504) 239-4425 In Atlanta, Kathy Doherty, (404) 681-2552, ext. 203 home: 404/377-4781 or mobile: 404/202-9293 Before Mitch: CARE spearheaded a child survival and food security project together with the Ministry of Public Health serving 17,200 people in 10…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: On October 24 the intensifying Atlantic Tropical Storm Mitch was upgraded to a hurricane that quickly developed into one of the strongest and…

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…

Caritas France - Secours Catholique CONTEXTE ECONOMIQUE Déjà en octobre 1998, avant même que l'ouragan ne se déclare, une situation critique se profilait au Honduras pour 1999. Après 8 ans d'une politique économique d'ajustement, les indicateurs macro-économiques et sociaux présentaient…

WASHINGTON -- The United States is providing an additional $10 million to countries affected by Hurricane Mitch, Tipper Gore announced during a November 10 stop in Honduras. The vice president's wife, who is leading a U.S. delegation to Honduras and…

To obtain project documents please contact the World Bank's Infoshop at tel: 202-458-5454, fax: 202-522-1500, email: pic@worldbank.org WASHINGTON, November 10, 1998 - The World Bank today approved a US$45 million equivalent credit to help finance the Third Social Investment Fund (FISE…

By Mike Lanchin Tegucigalpa, Nov. 10th, 1998 The main hospital in Honduras is in a critical state, unable to absorb the growing inflow of patients from the Mitch hurricane. "This hospital is barely surviving, we don't have enough medicine, water is rationed,…

The DEC, an alliance of the leading UK aid agencies, urgently needs money to provide food, clean drinking water, shelter, and medicines. Please help us to prevent more deaths, and to support people as they rebuild their shattered lives. Your…