Reports

ODI background note By Peter Newborne Debates on water policy tend to focus on scarcity of water, with comparatively little attention paid to analysis of policy frameworks for the management of floods. This paper focuses on the principles that determine how governments…

La operación financiada por ECHO beneficiará directamente a 1.425 personas en las municipalidades rurales del departamento de Yoro (22 comunidades de las municipalidades de Victoria y Sulaco). El pasado 23 de diciembre de 2008, el departamento de Ayuda Humanitaria de…

Appeal Target: US$ 824,486 Total requested: US$ 501,877 Geneva, 15 January 2009 Dear Colleagues, On 16 October 2008, Tropical Depression 16 made landfall in Central America and caused heavy rains from northern Costa Rica to Southern Mexico. The Northern, Western and Southern…

Médicos del Mundo pone en marcha un programa en el departamento de Colón para asegurar el abastecimiento de agua potable y reducir los riesgos de epidemias Desde mediados de octubre, Honduras se ha visto afectada por lluvias muy intensas que…

Silver Spring, Maryland-In an effort to assist more than 16,000 survivors of Tropical Depression Sixteen in Honduras, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) provided more than 2,100 hygiene kits and nearly 1,300 clothing kits in cooperation with COPECO, the…

1. Situation 1. Nature of the Disaster Since October 13th, heavy rainfalls affected the Honduran territory due to the interaction of Tropical Depression 16th with a low depression current accompanied by a swell in the pacific coast. This brought as a…

This situation report is based on information received from, the UN Emergency Technical Team (UNETT) in the affected countries, the Regional Office in Panama and the National Hurricane Centre. HIGHLIGHTS - Honduras and Guatemala are experiencing an intense rainy season,…

1. Situation 1. Nature of the Disaster Since October 13th, heavy rainfalls affected the Honduran territory due to the interaction of Tropical Depression 16th with a low depression curret accompanied by a swell in the pacific coast. This brought as a…

This situation report is based on information received from, the UN Emergency Technical Team (UNETT) in the affected countries, the Regional Office in Panama, the UNDAC Team in Honduras and the National Hurricane Centre. HIGHLIGHTS - Tropical Storm Paloma, previously Tropical Depression…

This situation report is based on information received from, the UN Emergency Technical Team (UNETT) in the affected countries, the Regional Office in Panama, the UNDAC Team in Honduras and the National Hurricane Centre. HIGHLIGHTS - In Honduras, the situation…