Une mini-assemblée du Réseau Frontalier Jeannot Succès (RFJS) sera organisée du 12 au 15 mai 2013 à Jimani autour de la situation générale des droits humains à la frontière d’Haïti et de la République Dominicaine.

At the request of Meteo-France and the meteorological services of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the National Hurricane Center/Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB) will begin providing, on a temporary basis, a separate detailed section within the Atlantic Tropical Weather Discussion (TWD). It will cover both Haiti and Dominican Republic due to the shared geography of both countries on the island of Hispaniola.

Most of the disasters were a result of regular rainy seasons in South America, cold weather in Central America and drought in North America. Bolivia and Peru were hit hardest.

Rainfall continued to be unevenly distributed over Hispaniola during the past week. The bulk (30 – 75 mm) of the rainfall fell over portions of the Ouest department of Haiti and neighboring west-central Dominican Republic, whereas little to light rain was received elsewhere. Compared to climatology, this past week’s rainfall totals were average to below-average, with the largest deficits observed over central Haiti.

IOM is today providing voluntary return assistance, in coordination with the Dominican and Haitian authorities, to more than 300 vulnerable Haitian migrants living in the Dominican Republic who wish to return to their communities in Haiti.

Today’s group of 308 returnees, who have been in the Dominican Republic for an average of 5 years, are returning to their places of origin in the northern Haitian towns of Cap Haitien, Fort Liberté, Limbe, Milot Pilate, and Plaisance. They will be escorted by IOM staff and government migration officials.

SANTO DOMINGO,16 de abril de 2013 - En un acto sin precedentes en la reciente historia política dominicana, el Presidente Danilo Medina, acompañado por la Vicepresidenta, los Ministros de Salud, de Educación y de la Presidencia, así como de la representante del Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), presentó el Plan para la atención integral de la primera infancia “Quisqueya Empieza Contigo”.

DESTACADOS:

• COLOMBIA: Primera temporada de lluvias deja al menos 70,000 personas afectadas.

• PERÚ: Temporada estacional de lluvias ha dejado más de 176,000 personas afectadas.

• ALC: Epidemia de Roya del Café provoca pérdida de 441 mil empleos.

Agriculture in Haiti: Highly Vulnerable, Mostly Uninsured

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

In the Armenian village of Aragatsavan, residents had struggled for more than two decades to secure clean drinking water.

The community’s Soviet-era reservoir was contaminated, and leaked more than 70 tons of water a day. It was limiting access to water for 5,600 residents; 120 families had no water at all.

During a town hall meeting facilitated by Counterpart International, the community agreed it had to take action.