Rapports

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs EMERGENCY ACCOUNT #976717 for $250,000 Signed by the Rev. Dr. Rodney Page, CWS Executive Director Nov. 6, 1998 SUMMARY: Church World Service is seeking $250,000 from its member…

Based on the appeal launched by the Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), on 2 November 1998, the following contributions have been channeled through PAHO: Government of Sweden $500,000 (US) Government of the…

For further information contact: Daniel Epstein, tel (202) 974-3459, fax (202) 974-3143, Office of Public Information, PAHO. Washington, November 6, 1998 - Safe water, specific medicines, insecticides and waste disposal are the highest priority needs in the Central American countries affected…

Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 MANAGUA, NICARAGUA - The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is delivering desperately needed relief materials to thousands of refugees in the aftermath of the worst natural disaster…

The Canadian International Development Agency's (CIDA) response to the victims of Hurricane Mitch, totalling $9.15 million, has already begun to reach those in need in the most affected countries of Central America (Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala). A Canadian…

Background Save the Children, one of the world's leading child-assistance organizations, has been working in Latin America for over 30 years. Hurricane Mitch has left more than 9,000 dead, one million displaced, and agricultural crops and homes destroyed. The worst hit…

Howard LaFranchi Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS The people of Nueva Esperanza are in mourning. But like the rest of Honduras - the Central American country hardest hit by deadly hurricane Mitch - the poor…

Republic of Honduras Government Secretaria Técnica y de Cooperación Internacional SETCO Ladies and Gentlemen: It's evident to all citizens and foreign residents in Honduras, that we are dealing with a national disaster of historical proportions, and in many places through our…

Republic of Honduras Government Secretaria Técnica y de Cooperación Internacional SETCO Number of people Injured and in Shelters. Number of dead people: 5,646 Departamento Injured people People in Shelters Atlándida 120,516 8,000 Colón 96,279 25,000 Number of injured people: 11,762 Comayagua 71,171 5,000 Copán 96,086 1,054 Cortés 381,716 116,686 Choluteca 92,647 136,500 Number of missing people: 6,586 El Paraíso 85,275 6,000 Fco. Morazán 404,225 22,429 Gracias a Dios 10,638 5,000 Intibucá 46,015 Islas de la Bahía 11,665 10,000 Number of…

Situation Human toll Even though exact figures are still to be known, official estimates put the level of human lives lost at more than 5 000 and 11 000 remain unaccounted for. The number of displaced persons is considered to be…