IN BRIEF

Appeal coverage: 90.3%

IN BRIEF

Appeal coverage: 100.6%
Related Appeals 01.32/2001; 01.23/2002 Caribbean

Summary

Hurricane Iris, a category 4 hurricane, struck the southern coast of Belize on 8 October 2001, tearing apart houses and community buildings, ripping up trees and electricity lines, and flattening

"At a Glance"

Appeal coverage: 45.6%

Related Appeals: 01.26/2001 Central America; 01.21/2002 Honduras

Summary/Update: During 2001, the Honduran Red Cross responded to emergency situations with newly trained national intervention team (NIT) members. An evaluation of the HRC disaster prevention campaign took place; following modifications based on recommendations, this will be re-launched in 2002. In September, the XVII Presidents and

This Annual Report is intended for reporting on the Federation's Annual Appeals only.
Appeal Target: CHF 3,951,408 - revised 9 August to CHF 3,155,099 - USD1.9m / EUR2.lm

"At a Glance"

Appeal coverage: 86.1 %
Related Appeals: 01.25/2001 Pan-American Disaster Response Unit; 01.27/2001 Guatemala; 01.28/2001 Honduras; 01.29/2001 Nicaragua

Launch of The Annual Review of the Humanitarian Aid Office

Press room, 16 April 2002

I am happy to have this opportunity to present 'ECHO 2001', the latest Annual Review of the Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office, which details the work of ECHO during 2001.

The Review is intended to reach various audiences with a clear message about ECHO's activities in providing relief to those who are most vulnerable in crises, whether natural or man-made.

prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) shows that five of the six Central American nations rate very poorly in areas such as life expectancy, education and per capita income.

Of the 162 countries included in the human development index, only Costa Rica, in position number 41, is ranked as a nation with "high human development''. The list is headed by

Launched on 12 October 2001 for CHF 655,000 for three months.
Beneficiaries: 4,350
Period covered: 1 November - 8 January 2002
Last Operations Update issued. 14 November 2001
"At a Glance"

Appeal coverage: 99.6%
Related Appeals: 01.32/01 Caribbean regional programmes
Outstanding needs: None

The familiar figure in red and white costume accompanied Belize Red Cross teams carrying out food distribution in villages still suffering the aftermath of Hurricane Iris, which swept through the area in early October 2001. While their parents received much-needed food rations, the children crowded around Santa to be handed bags of toys,

The 2001 hurricane season was above average.

In December 2000 Professor William M Gray et al, forecasted that the 2001 hurricane season would be a below average hurricane season. However, at the beginning of the 2001 hurricane season, this team updated their forecast on June 07, 2001 to indicate that the season would be above average consisting of 12 named storms, 7 hurricanes and 3 intense hurricanes. The long-term averages are: Tropical Storms-10, Hurricanes-6 and Major Hurricanes-2. (NOAA, 2001).