Appeal Target CHF 3,940, 000
Period covered: I July - 30 September 2001 (last Programme Update No. 2 issued 7 September 2001)
"At a Glance"

Appeal coverage: 43.5%

Related Appeals: 01.31/2001: Venezuela 05/01 Bolivia: Floods 18/01 Peru: Earthquake

Outstanding needs: CHF 2,225,876

Update: The regional delegation continued to be much involved in disaster response over the quarter as a result of the earthquake in southern Peru, floods in Bolivia and volcanic activity in Ecuador. The delegation was strengthened through the assignment

1.  Central American drought
a. Pipeline situation for Central American drought victims

The four WFP Central American Country Offices are facing the difficult task of providing assistance to the drought victims with the limited resources they have on hand. Taking into account that as of 20 September the only confirmed contribution is the 4,800 MT of commodities from the United States, which has not yet arrived to Central America, the Country Offices have continued to borrow food from other existing WFP operations/projects in their respective countries. Country offices

This report includes: West and Central Asia Region: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan, (3)Tajikistan Central Africa Region: (1) Angola, (2) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) East Africa Region : (1) Burundi, (2) Kenya, (2) Uganda West Africa Region: (1) Sierra Leone, (2) Guinea, (3) Liberia Latin America and Caribbean Region: (1) Honduras, (2) El Salvador, (3) Nicaragua , (4) Guatemala, (5) Ecuador, (6) Bolivia
From Francesco Strippoli, Senior Humanitarian Adviser; available on the Internet on the WFP Home Page (www.wfp.org),

From WFP-ODM Emergency Situation Report 22 August 2001
Floods during the first three months of the year in most of the country, combined with droughts in other areas, have affected more than 350,000 people. Most are subsistence farmers that are facing food insecurity in the short-run.

Approximately 119,000 hectares of crops have been lost. An important part of these losses are basic food basket crops: potato, quinoa and maize. Also, important productive infrastructure (small irrigation systems, roads, productive land, etc.) has been destroyed.

From ODM Emergency Situation Report 10 July 2001
EMOP 10033.0

Total Tonnage: 4,920 MT
Cost of food: USD 1,472,765
Total cost to WFP: USD 1,937,990
Beneficiaries: 94,320 persons
Duration: 12 months (March 2001 to February 2002)

Since floods and droughts began in January 2001, WFP Bolivia has distributed 1,557 MT of food (678,582 rations) to approximately 172,000 affected people (34,400 families).

Assessment of damage

Preliminary results of the Ministry of Agriculture's assessment on the impact of floods and droughts on agriculture

Late in the afternoon of June 23, 2001, a major earthquake struck the south of Peru, northern Chile and parts of Bolivia. Reaching 7.9 on the richter scale, the quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean 83 km off the coast from Ocono in the province of Arequipa, Peru.
The full extent of the damage is not yet known, though at least 97 people are reported dead and hundreds have been wounded. Oxfam's immediate response has entailed bringing in clean water supplies by tanker truck . To prevent disease, clean water and latrines are of immediate concern followed by food and shelter.

LIMA, June 24 (AFP) - Relief and rescue efforts began searching for survivors amid the rubble in southern Peru after a strong earthquake rocked the Andean region killing 50 people and injuring hundreds of others.

Peru's interim President Valentin Paniagua rushed to the hard-hit southern town of Arequipa to help organize aid efforts following the deadly earthquake which struck Saturday, shaking the Andean region from Colombia to Bolivia.

A Civil Defense statement issued Sunday said 814 people were hurt and 10 were still missing. The quake also left

CENTRO NACIONAL DE DATOS GEOFISICOS SISMOLOGIA

Hernando Tavera
H. Salas, C. Jimenez, Y. Antayhua, L. Vilcapoma
J. Millones, I. Bernal, Y. Zamudio, J. Carpio
C. Agüero. I. Perez-Pacheco, S. Rodriguez

Lima - Perú
Junio, 2001

1.- Introducción

This report includes: (A) West and Central Asia: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Tajikistan (B) Balkans: (1) Kosovo, (2) Serbia, (3) fYROM, (4) Montenegro (C) Georgia (D) Latin America: (1) Colombia, (2) El Salvador, (3) Bolivia, (4) Peru, (5) Dominican Republic (E) Great Lakes: (1) Democratic Republic of Congo, (2) Burundi, (3) Tanzania (F) Horn of Africa: (1) Ethiopia, (2) Eritrea (G) West Africa: (1) Guinea, (2) Liberia, (3) Sierra Leone (H) Chad