Reports

Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - Today American Airlines delivered the first of two complimentary shipments of relief materials to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Honduras. The…

Oxfam welcomes British government efforts to address the debt problem of Nicaragua and Honduras. A suspension of debt service payments could give both countries breathing space to address the serious problems facing the people of both countries. Along with…

Oxfam GB. 11/Nov/1998. Situation: Reports are beginning to emerge from assessments in Honduras and Nicaragua further revealing the devastating scale of the loss of lives and destruction of livelihoods. Governments are still counting the toll. In Honduras official figures indicate 5,273…

President Clinton spoke over the weekend with the Presidents of Honduras and Nicaragua. He conveyed to them "our concern about the devastating losses and daunting task of reconstruction" that their countries face as a result of Hurricane Mitch, Lockhart…

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…

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…

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…

Geneva, 10 November 1998 -- Emergency water purification teams (Emergency Response Units) are being sent to Honduras and Nicaragua by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as signs of a health crisis loom in the…