Reports

A briefing paper Christian Aid believes that climate-related disasters in poor countries will become bigger and more ferocious, spiralling out of control unless global warming is tackled. At the start of Christian Aid Week, Christian Aid is predicting that the developed…

This report includes: A) Mozambique floods B) Ethiopia - crop failure C) India - Orissa floods relief and recovery operation D) Venezuela - flood relief operation E) Other natural disaster relief operations. From Jean-Jacques Graisse, Assistant Executive Director. Available on the…

This report includes: A) Angola B) Namibia - Angolan refugees C) Burkina Faso D) East Africa: Uganda and Tanzania E) India - Orissa cyclone F) Selected WFP relief operations currently facing resourcing shortfalls. From Jean-Jacques Graisse, Assistant Executive Director. Available on the…

Venezuela Floods Torrential rains which hit the northern coastal areas of the country caused extensive flooding and landslides. Over 200,000 people from the country's 23 million population are estimated to have become homeless as a result of the devastation caused.…

India - Orissa Cyclone The Disasters Emergency Appeal for cyclone victims in Orissa raised over 2 million. An initial assessment of the cyclone's impact on children and their families is now complete and Save the Children is delivering rice, sugar,…

This report includes: A) East Africa: Burundi and Tanzania B) Ethiopia C) Somalia D) Sudan E) Angola F) India. Available on the Internet on the WFP Home Page at http://www.wfp.org/ or by electronic mail from Deborah.Hicks@wfp.org or Natasha.Nadazdin@wfp.org (fax 39 06 6513…

Activities Suspended in Regroupment Camps in Burundi: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended its intervention in the regroupment camps in the rural province of Bujumbura, Burundi. Following the increased insecurity in and around Bujumbura, the population of the…

India Orissa Cyclone On 29th October a 'super cyclone' hit the northern Orissan coast at Paradip. It was the second disaster to hit the state in two weeks - in mid-October the southern coast was also hit by a cyclone. Two…