Period covered by this Ops Update: March to October 2011. This update represents an eight-month summary of the operation (cumulative narrative and financial).

Appeal target (current): 518,725 Swiss francs;

Summary: The Bolivian Red Cross has reached 2,359 families with hygiene kits and 1,759 families with food parcels. One hundred families have been assisted with shelter, with 50 families initially being supported with communal space and sanitary services and 50 families receiving housing in temporary shelter modules.

Executive summary

The five countries of the Andean Region - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela - are highly exposed to a combination of factors such as floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, droughts, health emergencies, densely populated urban areas, political instability and internal disturbances that exacerbate the vulnerabilities of large poor and marginalized populations. This situation, combined by high levels of inequity and lack of access to basic services, makes communities more vulnerable and sets a major humanitarian challenge, which is addressed

Appeal Target: US$ 147,489

Total Requested: US$ 122,504

Geneva, 21 April 2008

Dear Colleagues,

On 24 January 2008, the Bolivian Government declared a state of National Emergency as a consequence to the constant and heavy rains produced by the 'La Niña' phenomenon and resulting flooding in the nine departments of Bolivia. The bad weather conditions began in December 2007, and reached a peak in January 2008. On 12 February, the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, declared a State of National Disaster, asking for international humanitarian assistance.

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report covers the period of 01/01/2007 to 31/05/2007 of a two-year planning and appeal process. In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing vulnerability to disasters and disease, the International Federation with its global network, works to accomplish its Global Agenda, partnering with local community and civil society to prevent and alleviate human suffering from disasters, diseases and public health emergencies.

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Programme Summary:

The preparation of the XVIII Inter-American

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 185 countries.

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THIS EMERGENCY APPEAL SEEKS CHF 605,450 (USD 484,360 OR EUR 373,735) IN CASH, KIND, OR SERVICES TO ASSIST 7,188 FAMILIES (35,940 BENEFICIARIES) FOR 6 MONTHS

CHF 120,000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FROM THE FEDERATION'S DISASTER RELIEF EMERGENCY FUND (DREF) FOR THIS OPERATION.

The International Federation undertakes

Appeal Target: US$ 58,759
Geneva, 24 February, 2006

Dear Colleagues,

Unprecedented heavy rains lashed Bolivia in January and February 2006. In the highlands alone rainfall has been nearly three times the annual average. Consequently the highlands and the Amazon River basin were severely flooded, causing serious damage to houses, crops, roads and other basic infrastructure. Rural families, who rely mainly on subsistence farming, were badly affected.

The most affected areas are located in the departments of Santa Cruz and La Paz y Beni. The government declared

PANAMA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) launched an international appeal today for US$1 million to fund a six-month emergency food aid operation in Bolivia, where prolonged drought has seriously affected at least 41,000 people.
Bolivia is one of several Latin American countries still reeling from the effects of freak weather patterns which have brought severe drought, floods and even snow storms. Together they have wreaked havoc on the livelihoods of the region's poor.

Seven municipalities of El Chaco - a

Appeal Target: CHF 1,539,402 Programme Update No. 2
Period covered: 1 June - 30 September 2003

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries. For more information: http://www.ifrc.org

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Appeal coverage: 64%

Outstanding needs: CHF 553,000

Related Emergency or Annual Appeals: 01.49/2003 Caribbean Regional Programmes; 01.50/2003 Central