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13 Nov 2002

Afghanistan + 28 others
Chart: Where MCC material aid goes

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— Mennonite Central Committee


Shipments from 1995 to March 31, 2002

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19 Jul 2001

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
ACT Appeal Venezuela: LAVE 02 Update

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— Action by Churches Together International
(1/2001)
Venezuela - LAVE 02 Appeal

Geneva, 19 July, 2001

Fifteen days of constant and intense rainfall in Venezuela culminated on 16 December 1999 in extensive flooding and massive landslides in seven northern states of the country. It is estimated that the worst disaster in the country for fifty years left: 50,000 deaths, 331,164 persons affected, 96,000 houses damaged or destroyed, 230,000 jobs lost and considerable economic damage to the country.

ACT Appeal LAVE02 was issued on 26 July 2000 to develop reconstruction activities. Ecumenical Action (Accion Ecumenica)

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28 Jun 2001

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) + 5 others
Reality check needed on international aid efforts, says the Red Cross Red Crescent's World Disasters Report

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— IFRC
GENEVA - A failure to understand the economic and social realities facing disaster victims leads to poorly designed aid efforts which don't help protect people from the impact of future disasters, says this year's World Disasters Report released today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
"Too often, efforts at reconstruction after a major disaster don't lead to recovery. Instead they end up rebuilding the risk of danger in future disasters by ignoring economic realities,"
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27 Apr 2001

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Venezuela prepares for disasters to come

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— American Red Cross
Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, RedCross.org
In December 1999, Venezuelans were far too preoccupied with the approaching Christmas season and a new constitution to heed the potential dangers of days of unyielding rain. Millions of people living along bloating rivers and saturated mountainsides failed to evacuate. When the mountains gave way and the rivers merged with the sea, entire communities were buried by massive mudslides or swept away in violent waters. As news of the ongoing tragedy reached the rest of the country, people
American Red Cross:

All American Red Cross disaster assistance is provided at no cost, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. The Red Cross also supplies nearly half of the nation's lifesaving blood. This, too, is made possible by generous voluntary donations. To help the victims of disaster, you may make a secure online credit card donation or call 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Or you may send your donation to your local Red Cross or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013. To donate blood, please call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543), or contact your local Red Cross to find out about upcoming blood drives..


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23 Apr 2001

Angola + 15 others
American Friends Service Committee Annual Report 2000

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— American Friends Service Committee
Graphs and charts never tell the human story in all of its richness. For convenience, AFSC divides its work into fixed thematic and geographic categories, but we remain mindful of an overarching goal. William Penn encouraged his readers "to try what Love will do." Our aim is to be love at work in the world.
To you, our supporters, we say thank you. This is our report of what your gifts made possible. We hope that these representative sketches renew your commitment to Quaker Service and your faith in what love can do.

International Programs

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02 Jan 2001

Mozambique + 2 others
Cities, disasters and livelihoods

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— CARE


By David Sanderson, Technical and Policy Adviser, CARE International UK

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20 Dec 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Venezuela: Floods Appeal No. 35/99 Situation Report No. 12

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— IFRC


Period covered: 1 September - 30 November 2000

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18 Dec 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
One Year Later: Venezuelans still recovering from Mudslides

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— DisasterRelief
Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports
CARACAS, Venezuela - Bella Palma can't imagine a life outside Piedra Azok, a small community in the northern Venezuelan state of Vargas. Like nearby coastal neighborhoods, Piedra Azul - nestled inside the lush, fog covered hills of the surrounding Avila Mountains - is an oasis outside the constant cacophony of Caracas. It also remains a somber reminder of the catastrophic floods and mudslides that killed tens of thousands of people a year ago. Venezuelans consider Dec. 15 and
DisasterRelief:

DisasterRelief.org is a unique partnership between the American Red Cross, IBM and CNN dedicated to providing information about disasters and their relief operations worldwide. The three-year-old website is a leading disaster news source and also serves as a conduit for those wishing to donate to disaster relief operations around the globe through the international Red Cross movement.

American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. To help the victims of disaster, you may make a secure online credit card donation or call 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Or you may send your donation to your local Red Cross or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013.

The American Red Cross is dedicated to helping make families and communities safer at home and around the world. The Red Cross is a volunteer-led humanitarian organization that annually provides almost half the nation's blood supply, trains nearly 12 million people in vital life-saving skills, mobilizes relief to victims in more than 60,000 disasters nationwide, provides direct health services to 2.5 million people, assists international disaster and conflict victims in more than 20 countries, and transmits more than 1.4 million emergency messages to members of the Armed Forces and their families. If you would like information on Red Cross services and programs please contact your local Red Cross.

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27 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) + 1 other
CWS Hotline - Week of 27/11/2000

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— Church World Service
Vietnam
In the last week, at least 31 people have been killed in Vietnam because of rainfall that swelled rivers already overflowing from a season of heavy rains. An average of a foot of rain fell in the affected coastal areas. Some 3,250 families' homes were flooded and nearly 10,000 acres of rice fields were submerged. This follows months of heavy monsoon rains "twice the average" that have hit Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, as well as Vietnam, resulting in extensive flooding of the entire Mekong watershed area.

CWS has provided blankets, plastic sheeting

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27 Nov 2000

Colombia + 13 others
Concluding Debate on Strengthening Coordination of UN Relief Assistance; Assembly Adopts Two Related Drafts Without Vote

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— UN General Assembly


GA/9832
Continuing its debate on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, the General Assembly this afternoon adopted, without a vote, a resolution on international cooperation and coordination for the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of the Semipalatinsk region (Kazakhstan). By the terms of that text, it stressed the need for extra efforts in solving problems with regard to the region and its population.

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22 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Mudslides Put Venezuela On Guard a Year After Deadly Disaster

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— DisasterRelief
Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports
Nearly a year after floods and mudslides devastated the Venezuelan coastal state of Vargas and parts of the capital, Caracas, disaster victims have braced for a possible repeat. Torrential rains and mudslides that left at least three people dead and more than 2,000 homeless have unleashed fears of another mournful Christmas season.

Most Venezuelans recall Dec. 16 as the anniversary of the horrifying disaster, when as many as 30,000 people died

DisasterRelief:

DisasterRelief.org is a unique partnership between the American Red Cross, IBM and CNN dedicated to providing information about disasters and their relief operations worldwide. The three-year-old website is a leading disaster news source and also serves as a conduit for those wishing to donate to disaster relief operations around the globe through the international Red Cross movement.

American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. To help the victims of disaster, you may make a secure online credit card donation or call 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Or you may send your donation to your local Red Cross or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013.

The American Red Cross is dedicated to helping make families and communities safer at home and around the world. The Red Cross is a volunteer-led humanitarian organization that annually provides almost half the nation's blood supply, trains nearly 12 million people in vital life-saving skills, mobilizes relief to victims in more than 60,000 disasters nationwide, provides direct health services to 2.5 million people, assists international disaster and conflict victims in more than 20 countries, and transmits more than 1.4 million emergency messages to members of the Armed Forces and their families. If you would like information on Red Cross services and programs please contact your local Red Cross.

© Copyright, The American National Red Cross. All Rights Reserved.

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22 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Flooding in the State of Vargas hits victims of last year's tragedy

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— World Vision
By Leslie Petersen - Operations Director
VENEZUELA: Flooding last week in the State of Vargas has affected families still struggling to recover from last year's tragedy, and harmed some 400 new households.

Three people are reported killed and one missing. Two main bridges in important roads have been destroyed and many houses and streets that had been cleaned after December 1999, are once again filled with mud and debris. The local school has lost everything and 1300 students will have to be relocated.

People have abandoned their houses to

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21 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
CWS Venezuela Flooding Situation Report 21 Nov 2000

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— Church World Service
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
Church World Service is the Relief and Development Agency of the 35 member
denominations of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A
35 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs

SITUATION: Heavy rains, flooding and mudslides in northern costal regions of Venezuela have prompted a state of emergency in 10 states, nearly a year after storms caused one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, affecting some 350,000 people and destroying at least 90,000 homes.

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20 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Torrential rains devastate Venezuelan coast

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— IFRC
Torrential rains have lashed the Venezuelan coastal state of Vargas, leaving three people dead and forcing the evacuation of thousands. Nearly 3,000 people were left homeless and heavy losses in agriculture and damage to communication routes have been reported.
The rains come barely a year after the same state was devastated by massive floods and landlides that killed 15,000 people last December.

Volunteers of the Vargas branch of the Venezuelan Red Cross have been tirelessly working to evacuate people and distribute food and emergency articles in shelters where those left homeless

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19 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Venezuela Flooding Revives Fears, Reopens Wounds

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— Reuters - AlertNet
By Ana Isabel Martinez

VUELTA DEL CEDRO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Nelson Sanchez left his shack carrying his sick brother in his arms, braving torrential flooding to search for a doctor.

Minutes later he was dead.

Neighbors in this dirt-poor Venezuelan shanty town on the outskirts of Caracas say 22-year-old Nelson was swept away last Sunday by a surge in the flood waters that had turned Vuelta de Cedro's stream into a raging torrent.

''This is the second time this has happened to me,'' wept his mother Vilma Montilla, 40.

Devastating mudslides last December took

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17 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Venezuela - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 2

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0214
OCHA Situation Report No. 2
Venezuela - Floods
17 November 2000

Approximately 7,000 people affected

Disaster Situation

1. According to the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Caracas, heavy rains continue and are causing flooding and some mudslides in the northern coastal region. A state of emergency has been declared in ten (10) states (Vargas, Zulia, Mérida, Trujillo, Falcón, Miranda, Sucre, Carabobo, Aragua and the Federal District).

2. It should be recalled that in

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16 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
State of emergency in Venezuela, where storm has killed two

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— Deutsche Presse Agentur
Caracas (dpa) - After five days of severe storms, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has declared a state of emergency in several states and the capital and Thursday cancelled an overseas trip.

Heavy rains and flooding since Sunday had left at least two people dead and 7,500 homeless.

Dozens of houses, cars and trees have been destroyed and swept away in several communities by floodwaves and mudslides, media reports said.

The road link between Caracas and the international airport in Vargas state was virtually impassable.

The government urged thousands of people

Deutsche Presse Agentur:

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16 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Venezuela: Floods Information Bulletin No. 1

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— IFRC
The Disaster
Following several days of heavy rains, a state of emergency has been declared in nine states in Venezuela as a result of widespread flooding: Merida, Trujillo, Falcón, Zulia, Carabobo, Aragua, Miranda, Sucre and Vargas. According to the Venezuela civil defence authorities, three people have been killed and thousands made homeless.

The Venezuelan authorities have already evacuated several thousands of people from their homes in Vargas and are arranging temporary shelter facilities for those affected. River levels are being closely monitored as the bad weather continues.

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16 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Venezuela - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 1

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0212
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Venezuela - Floods
16 November 2000

State of Alert declared in eleven states

Situation

1. Following days of incessant heavy rains, the Government of Venezuela declared on 15 November 2000 a state of alert in 11 states, including the State of Vargas.

2. The northern region has been particularly affected, including the states of Vargas and Sucre. The rivers of Caoma, Piache, Curucuti, Seca, Piedra Azul, El Cojo, San Julian, Cerro Grande, Tacagua and Picure have overflown their banks and thousands of people have

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16 Nov 2000

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
ACT Alert Venezuela 1/2000 - Torrential Rains hit Northern Venezuela

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— Action by Churches Together International
Geneva, 16 November 2000
A state of emergency has been declared in Venezuela, after days of incessant, heavy rains that have left at least three people dead and 2,400 homeless. The capital city of Caracas, along with Vargas and eight other states on the northern coast and to the west were declared to be in a state of emergency. The rains have raised fears of a recurrence of last year's massive floods and mudslides that killed at least 15,000 people, left tens of thousands homeless and wiped out entire towns in the northern coastal state of Vargas.

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