Reports

Paris, November 4 {No.98-242} - UNESCO Director-General Federico Mayor today announced the Organization will give "an immediate sum of US$150,000 for urgent relief after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Mitch and to serve as seed money for further assistance, notably…

Mercy Corps staff in Honduras and Nicaragua fanned out across the region today, distributing food and plastic sheeting and assessing the monumental damage. Chet Thomas, Mercy Corps' Country Director in Honduras, says the disaster is the worst in the region's modern…

By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Devastated Honduras appealed for help and set a curfew to stop looters while rescuers throughout Central America continued to dig for up to 7,000 dead on Monday after one of century's…

NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 MIAMI, FLORIDA -- With almost all water in the affected region now unsafe to drink, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Nicaragua…

WASHINGTON -- The United States is providing $3.5 million in disaster assistance to Central American countries affected by Hurricane Mitch. The bulk of the aid -- about $2.3 million -- is slated for Honduras, which has suffered the brunt…

DN: IP/98/953 Date: 1998-11-03 Brussels, 30 October 1998 - The European Commission has cleared humanitarian aid worth ECU 400,000 for victims of the tropical storm Mitch. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable…

As floods brought by Hurricane Mitch devastate most of Central America, causing up to 7,000 deaths, Christian Aid is rushing aid funds to the church partners who are working in some of the hardest-hit areas. In Honduras, flood waters are…

TAIPEI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Tuesday it had donated US$500,000 to help Honduras and pledged further aid to other Central American allies devastated by hurricane-driven floods that killed up to 7,000 people. "We have given Honduras some…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: Hurricane Mitch began as a tropical depression more than ten days ago. It quickly developed into one of the strongest hurricanes to hit…

The following InterAction members have reported that they are accepting contributions for assistance they or their local affiliates are providing to victims of Hurricane Mitch. American Red Cross International Response Fund PO BOX 37243 Washington, D.C. 20013 Telephone:…