Peru
Aid agency assessing the situation; Staff and sponsored children are safe Seattle, Washington, August 16, 2007- All World Vision staff and sponsored children in Peru are reported safe, and the international relief agency is ready to respond in the region…
Peru
Office of the Resident Coordinator Situation 1. At 11:40:58 PM UTC/GMT (Greenwich time) 6:34:56 PM local time, an earthquake of 7.9 degrees in the Richter scale struck in the Department of Ica. The epicenter was 25 miles (61 kilometers)…
Peru
El Presidente de la Republica, Alan García anunció esta tarde que se suspenden las clases escolares en Ica, Chincha y Pisco hasta el próximo lunes 27 a fin de que los centros educativos sean acondicionados como albergues para los…
Peru
LIMA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced it is providing US$500,000 of urgently needed food supplies to assist the victims of the powerful earthquake that struck the southern coastal region of Peru early this morning. The…
Peru
SITUATION: The Wednesday (Aug. 15) earthquake that hit the coastal areas of western Peru has killed at least 355 people, and the death toll is expected to rise. The quake*s epicenter, off the coastal city of Pisco, had the force…
Peru
LIMA - Mientras las réplicas del terremoto siguen afectando al sur de Perú, la organización humanitaria Oxfam Internacional ha llegado al epicentro de la crisis para evaluar y planificar su respuesta de emergencia, que se centrará en proporcionar ayuda urgente…
Peru
Luis Castello, Representante Lima, Peru, 16 of August.The Peruvian government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, requested the technical assitance of the FAO, to assess the damage caused to the agricultural infrastructure and means of subsistence of the rural populations of…
Peru
Lima, Perú, 16 de agosto. El gobierno Peruano a través del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería solicitó la asistencia técnica de la FAO, para evaluar los daños relacionados con la infraestructura agroproductiva y los medios de subsistencia de las…
Peru
In response to the violent earthquake that hit south of Lima (Peru), the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit is sending experts to the site of the disaster. A rapid-reaction team of four people will fly out of Switzerland early Friday morning…
Peru
Por vía aérea trasladan a heridos hacia hospitales de Lima Desde tempranas horas de la madrugada, aeronaves de la Policía Nacional del Perú se han trasladado hacia las zonas más afectadas por el terremoto de ayer en Ica, Pisco y…
