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18 Dec 2006

Anguilla + 20 others
Strengthening disaster management capacity in the Caribbean region

Report
— European Commission Humanitarian Aid department
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Explanatory Memorandum

1 - Rationale, needs and target population :

1.1. - Rationale :

The Caribbean region experiences multiple natural disasters. Tropical storms often take the form of a hurricane1, and the hurricane season lasts for six months. There are also floods, flash floods, tsunamis, landslides and mudslides. Some islands suffer from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The physical risk is combined with socioeconomic factors, such as high population density, fast demographic growth and great poverty. The combination of these factors results in very vulnerable communities,

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30 Nov 2006

Bahamas + 17 others
Caribbean: Appeal No. MAA49001 Programme Update No. 2

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— IFRC
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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 181 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org

In Brief

Appeal No. MAA49001; Programme Update no. 2, Period covered: 1 April to 31 July 2006; 2006 Appeal Coverage: 66.4%; Outstanding needs for 2006: CHF 1,184,070 (USD 985,921 or EUR 745,436).

2006 and 2007 Appeal target: CHF

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11 Aug 2006

Bahamas + 14 others
Caribbean: Appeal No. MAA49001 Programme Update No. 1

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— IFRC
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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 181 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org
In Brief

Period covered: 1 January to 31 March 2006

Appeal coverage in relation to 2006 target: 58.6%

Outstanding needs: CHF 1,409,856 (USD 1,135,217 or EUR 891,614).

Revised Appeal target for 2006 and 2007: CHF 5,269,273 (USD 4,244,410 or EUR 3,333,155)

Appeal target for 2006: CHF 3,410,594

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24 Jul 2006

Antigua and Barbuda + 11 others
Caribbean: Appeal No. 05AA041 Annual Report

Report
— IFRC
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In Brief
Appeal coverage: 160%

Appeal target: CHF 1,743,194 (USD 1,365,946 or EUR 1,128,362)

Related Emergency or Annual Appeals: Guyana: Floods (05EA001), Caribbean: Hurricanes Dennis & Emily (05EA015), Bahamas, Cuba and Mexico: Hurricane Wilma (05EA024), Pan American Disaster Response Unit Annual Appeal (05AA040), Haiti Annual Appeal (05AA042).

Programme summary: As an added impetus to the scaling up of HIV/AIDS activities and in order to support the implementation of the flagship "Together We Can" methodology, additional

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12 Apr 2006

Antigua and Barbuda + 23 others
Caribbean: IFRC presence

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— IFRC
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