Reports

Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch, MERLIN is constructing wells and rainwater harvesting systems to supply rural health centres and the main hospital in Gracias a Dios province. Draining mosquitoes' breeding grounds in stagnant water and distributing mosquito nets…

NR-96/99 DIRECT INQUIRIES TO: Press: Peter Bate (202) 623-2609 peterb@iadb.org Rod Chapman (331) 40 69 31 rodc@iadb.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Inter-American Development Bank will chair the second meeting of the Consultative Group for the Reconstruction and Transformation of Central America,…

HUD No. 99-57 Further Information: In the Washington, DC area: 202/708-0685 Or contact your local HUD office WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will help Caribbean nations better protect housing, other buildings and infrastructure against…

Program will provide low-income farmers in Honduras and Nicaragua with seeds and know-how By PAUL CONSTANCE Scientists from four of the world's leading agricultural research centers will support Honduran and Nicaraguan farmers over the next two years under an innovative program…

16/99 - A week in the life of the Red Cross and Red Crescent WEEKLY NEWS 16/99 30 April 1999 The Salvadorean Red Cross has just completed the distribution of seeds, agricultural implements, spray pumps for insecticides as well as food…

By Luis Enrique Eguren The deployment of international observers can effectively deter human rights violations against displaced people and those working with them. This article discusses the role of organisations such as Peace Brigades International in providing international human rights protection. Peace…

In his Council speech, the Director General made specific reference to Hurricane Mitch: "I would like to say a few words about the appalling devastation in Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala in the wake of Hurricane Mitch. The disaster is…

MANAGUA (April 29) XINHUA - The European Commission has approved a 250-million-euro (264.78 million U.S. dollars) reconstruction aid package for Central America, Nicaragua's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. These funds, to be given in the next four years, will go to…

Economic losses caused by the earthquake which hit Colombia's coffee-growing region on 25 January this year amounted to 17% of the value of the country's exports in 1998, says an ECLAC carried out at the request of the country's…

IP/99/270 Brussels, 28 April 1999 Following calls by the Council of Ministers and European Parliament, the European Commission today (28 April) tabled proposals for a Community action plan for the reconstruction of Central America worth EUR 250 million over four years…