Reports

WFP Managua November 15/16, 1998Note for Users: The Bulletin No.1 supersedes the seven Situation Reports released so far by the WFP Regional Bureau in Managua/ Nicaragua. The Bulletin is assembled based on input by the Country Offices in…

NR-280/98 DIRECT INQUIRIES TO: Press: Peter Bate (202) 623-2609 peterb@iadb.org Public Information: (202) 623-1397 business@iadb.org The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Inter-American Development Bank have agreed to undertake with the governments of Honduras and Nicaragua a comprehensive assessment of…

Contact: Cynthia Glocker, 323/954-8063 Que: Los Angeles - CARE, una de las organizaciones humanitarias más grandes en el mundo, será apoyada durante el torneo internacional a realizarse en el Coliseum de Los Angeles y desarrollado por la Confederación de Norte y…

What: Los Angeles - CARE, one of the world's largest humanitarian organizations, will benefit from a soccer exhibition tournament at the Los Angeles Coliseum, sponsored by CONCACAF, the North and Central American Soccer Federation. The games will feature the national teams…

By Doug Rekenthaler, DisasterRelief.org Tegucigalpa, Honduras, November 13, 1998 -- Two weeks after Hurricane Mitch took the lives of his four children, his wife and mother, Florentino Sanchez still has the shattered expression of a man in a state of…

UN Hurricane Mitch Information Center General situation in Honduras As of November 6, an estimated 4.2 million people -- about 70% of the population -- are without water delivery services in Honduras. According to reports from the Center for Operations…

International Emergency Relief (Provision of Supplies) to the Republic of El Salvador (report #1) JICA has been authorized to provide emergency relief to the Republic of El Salvador. 1. Emergency Situation The eastern region of El Salvador received record rainfall…

HONDURAS: Church World Service has airlifted much-needed food and other material assistance this week to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to assist the Christian Commission for Development (CCD) in its continuing relief and recovery efforts following Hurricane Mitch. A CWS shipment of five…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: On October 24 Atlantic Tropical Storm Match was upgraded to a hurricane that quickly developed into one of the strongest and most damaging…

ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme announced today it will dramatically increase an emergency food aid operation benefiting 1.125 million of the most vulnerable victims of Hurricane Mitch, the worst natural disaster to hit Central America in 200…