Reports

Central American officials brief donors on their countries' efforts to recover from Hurricane Mitch; next meeting on May in Stockholm PARIS -- The Inter-American Development Bank this week hosted a preparatory meeting of the Consultative Group for the Reconstruction and Transformation…

Miami, Florida -- Save the Children today called on Congress to heed the words of the survivors of Hurricane Mitch and immediately approve President Clinton's proposed $956 million aid package to Central America. Speaking from Miami, Carolyn Rose Avila, Save the…

CONTACT: Kerry Hodges - (410) 625-2220, ext. 3203 - khodges@catholicrelief.org Baltimore, March 11, 1999 - Catholic Relief Services joined with other representatives of the religious, development, and human rights communities and appealed to President Clinton and the congressional leadership, "to exercise…

Total Appeal Target: US$ 819,127 Requested from ACT Network: US$ 348,343 Geneva, 10 March 1999 Dear Colleagues, On Monday 25 January 1999 an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale devastated a large part of the region known as the "eje cafetero"…

Note for Users: The Bulletin is prepared by the OLC Regional Bureau in Managua based on inputs from the Country Offices in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador and is being released once a week. The Emergency…

WHAT: Today, President Bill Clinton visited with families participating in CARE's housing construction and resettlement program in Posoltega, Nicaragua. CARE is helping to build up to 350 houses, two schools and health clinics in Posoltega in the wake of the…

FACT SHEET: CLINTON ANNOUNCES NEW INITIATIVES FOR NICARAGUA (To help cope with effects of devastating hurricane) (850) MANAGUA -- President Clinton arrived in Nicaragua March 8 and announced new U.S. initiatives designed to improve health care, build temporary shelters and…

By Wendy S. Ross USIA~ White House Correspondent MANAGUA -- President Clinton arrived here March 8, his first stop on a long-planned trip to four Central American countries to see for himself ongoing relief efforts to help the region recover from…

Contact: Jane Birnbaum (203) 221-4187 At the time Hurricane Mitch struck, Save the Children had a strong presence in the region and had been working in Nicaragua for 17 years. Virtually all of our communities were affected by the hurricane…

Mar/05/1999 La Dirección Nacional para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres (DNPAD) entregó la evaluación técnica de infraestructura a marzo 03 de 1999 con el siguiente balance de municipios afectados por departamentos: 12 municipios del Quindío. 11 municipios del Valle del…