GOAL became involved in Honduras in the wake of hurricane Mitch which devastated huge areas of the country in October 1998. Following initial emergency relief work GOAL took on the construction of 600 houses and latrines in the Comayagua region.
GOAL is currently involved in three projects in Honduras which involve supplying materials and support for house repairs and rebuilding to over 200 families. Another project has been started which will build two additional classrooms and other facilities for a Primary school in Morazan.

The rainy season continues and landslides

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, J. Brady Anderson, announced that hurricane reconstruction programs in Central America and the Caribbean are on target.

Hurricanes Mitch and Georges devastated the region in late 1998 and USAID has spent $186.3 million for reconstruction activities to revitalize Central American and Caribbean economies. As of

Overview
The World Food Programme wishes to thank donors for their continued generosity. This year donors have contributed over US $ 1.3 billion, and WFP has used these resources to mobilise over 3.1 million tons of food aid distributed to needy people.

Over one and a half million people and 192 healthcare structures in four Central American countries supported by MSF.
Press release - Nicaragua, October 27, 2000 - On the second anniversary of the unprecedented disaster provoked by Hurricane Mitch in Central America, some people whose homes were destroyed are still living in precarious and unhealthy settlements. The international medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) wants to draw particular attention to the "El Limonal" settlement, in the Nicaraguan city of Chinandega, where people are still living in

By Andrew Winning

TAMPICO, Mexico, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Hurricane Keith was downgraded to a tropical storm as it headed up Mexico's Gulf coast on Thursday, having claimed at least 16 lives and caused some $200 million in damage during its rampage through Central America.

At 7 p.m. (0000 GMT on Friday), the storm's winds had weakened as it moved inland, the center being located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, the U.S. Hurricane Center in Miami said.

An elderly man was electrocuted in the city of Tampico on Mexico's northeastern Gulf coast when he touched a live

From IOM Press Briefing Notes
by Jean Philippe Chauzy, IOM Spokesperson

IOM staff in Honduras has assisted the flood victims of Hurricane Keith that hit the Caribbean shore of eastern Honduras over the weekend. IOM and partner NGOs evacuated over 200 families whose temporary shelters were washed away or flooded by the raging floodwaters.

One of the most affected areas was the capital city of Tegucigalpa and adjacent areas. In Amarateca, some 20 kilometres from the capital, the families that had been resettled by

Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports
Hurricane Keith is pounding much of Central America with heavy winds and torrential rains that have flooded some areas. Officials warn that the lingering storm could produce life-threatening flash floods and mudslides reminiscent of Hurricane Mitch.

Although the storm weakened on Monday after making landfall on the gulf coasts of Belize and Mexico Sunday, it continues to wreak havoc across Central America. The U.S. National Hurricane

Rome, September 2000
Extracts from FAO/GIEWS Food Outlook No. 4, 2000

Highlights

Latest indications continue to point to increased cereal output in 2000, although the growth will be lower than expected earlier. This reaffirms earlier forecasts that total cereal production will not be sufficient to meet expected utilization requirements in 2000/01, causing global cereal reserves to be drawn down.

FAO's latest forecast for cereal production in 2000 is 1 881 million tonnes, up 0.3 percent on last year. Output of

MANAGUA. The Operations Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in its Rome headquarters, Jean-Jacques Graisse, today approved a food assistance package, called Emergency Operation 6286, for natural disaster mitigation in Nicaragua and Honduras.
This Emergency Operation will benefit 180,000 people, (86,000 in Honduras and 93,720 in Nicaragua). Of the 51% who are women and children, 19,080 are pregnant or breast-feeding women and 32,400 are children under five years of age. This two-country operation will benefit the campesino families affected by the extended