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Allocated 24,000 homes to people in need

Caracas, 14 May. AVN.- The Bolivarian Government has allocated 24,000 houses to families who lived in makeshift shelters after becoming homeless due to relentless rainfalls registered in Venezuela between the years 2010 and 2011, informed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.

President Nicolas Maduro held a meeting with spokespeople of residents of makeshift shelters in Caracas and he informed that there were still 7,000 families who lost their houses two years ago.

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World + 8 others
CrisisWatch N°117 - 01 May 2013

April 2013 Trends

Deteriorated Situations

Afghanistan (p.5) Bangladesh (p.5) Central African Republic (p.2) Iraq (p.10) Lebanon (p.9) Pakistan (p.6) Venezuela (p.9)

Improved Situations

Kosovo (p.7) Serbia (p.7)

Unchanged Situations

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World + 27 others
2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

Fact Sheet

BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR

April 19, 2013

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Haiti + 37 others
Successful Caribbean test demonstrates progress in regional tsunami readiness

Over 44,000 people from 30 Members States and 15 of the territories* in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions participated in the second full scale regional tsunami exercise held on March 20, 2013.

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Haiti + 36 others
Full-scale test today of Caribbean tsunami warning system

Thirty-two countries* will participate in a full-scale tsunami alert exercise in the Caribbean on 20 March 2013. The goal is to test the reaction capacity in countries of the Caribbean and adjacent regions, including the East Coast of Canada and the United States, the Gulf of Mexico and Bermuda. The exercise was organized under the auspices of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).

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Côte d'Ivoire + 5 others
West Africa’s malaria elimination campaign gets a big boost

Report
ECOWAS

The ground breaking ceremony for the construction of three factories in West Africa to produce biolarvicides under the regional Malaria Elimination Campaign Programme took place in Abidjan on 28th February 2013, on the margins of the 42nd Ordinary Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.

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Govt. working to take all sheltered families to decent homes

Caracas, 28 Feb. AVN.- Venezuelan vice-president Nicolas Maduro attended Thursday to the allocation of 160 apartments to the same number of families who lived in makeshift shelters in Caracas, after relentless rainfalls ruined their homes.

The new housing complex built for such sheltered families counts with 20-story buildings, distributed in eight apartments per floor. The National Government invested 117,760,000 bolivares through the Grand Housing Mission Venezuela.

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Colombia + 8 others
ECHO Factsheet South America – February, 2013

Key messages

• The Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department, ECHO, has supported South America for the last two decades, providing funds to assist the people most affected by disasters in the region: earthquakes, floods, landslides, droughts, cold waves, volcanic eruptions and epidemics.

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Guatemala + 14 others
Humanitarian Bulletin Latin America and the Caribbean Issue 12 | October, November, December 2012

Thousands of people are still dealing with the hurricane's effects, especially in Cuba where a lack of funding is hampering the response.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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World + 1 other
ECOWAS, Venezuela sign anti-malaria agreement

Report
ECOWAS

ECOWAS and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic if Venezuela in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Saturday, 1st December 2012, signed the Work Plan for the implementation of a 2009 Letter of Intent between them for the elimination of Malaria in West Africa.

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Venezuela sent 1,867 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba, Haiti

Caracas, 04 Dic. AVN.- A total 1,867 tons of humanitarian aid has been sent by Venezuela to sister nations of Cuba and Haiti, which are recovering after the devastation caused by hurricane Sandy late in October this year.

Interior Relations and Justice Minister Nestor Reverol said the information Monday, adding that a new shipment would be sent with 380 tons of humanitarian aid for the two nations, 200 for Cuba and 180 for Haiti.

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Colombia + 9 others
Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) DIPECHO South America (ECHO/DIP/BUD/2013/93000) - Last update 07/11/2012 Version 1

The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2013/01000

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Haiti + 6 others
Emergency Summary 5-13 November, 2012

HAITI

Increase in cholera cases

Detected by the Alert and Response System in the North, Northeast and Center Departments, around 200 new cases within the past two days, distributed in different villages.

The increase on cholera cases had been also identified in the South, Southeast, Nippes, Artibonite and West Departments after the Hurricane Sandy

Floods 8-9 November

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Colombia + 2 others
Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) Colombia (ECHO/COL/BUD/2013/91000) - Last update: 25/10/2012 Version 1

The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2013/01000

1 . CONTEXT

Despite growing political ambitions and economic growth, Colombia still faces the consequences of an armed conflict involving several illegal armed groups and the Colombian armed forces. Colombia's internal conflict continued during 2011 and the first half of 2012.

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World + 25 others
Invisible Guardians: Women manage livestock diversity

Women are main guardians of crucial livestock diversity

New study argues that to succeed, breed conservation efforts must empower women

Women livestock keepers worldwide must be recognized as the major actors in efforts to arrest the decline of indigenous breeds, crucial for rural food security and animal genetics, a new FAO study argues.

Yet women's contribution to indigenous livestock breeding and conservation is poorly documented and undervalued, the study Invisible Guardians: Women manage livestock diversity says.

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Venezuela sends 14 tons of food to Haiti

Caracas, 29 Oct. AVN.- 14 tons of non-perishable food were sent on Monday by the Venezuelan government to the Republic of Haiti, heavily hit by the Hurricane Sandy.

The cargo will arrive the island in an aircraft from The Bolivarian Air Force.

In solidarity with the people of Haiti, the Venezuelan government sent 646 tons of humanitarian aid last Saturday, divided into 530 tons of non-perishable food and drinking water and 116 of heavy machinery to help to remove rubble.

On Tuesday the second part of humanitarian aid will leave for Cuba.

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REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 5 - Volume 279

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • VENEZUELA: Some 9,000 people in the state of Merida are cut-off due to rains.

  • HONDURAS: At least 5,400 people are cut-off due to road damages. Last week 5,875 people were evacuated.

  • BOLIVIA: At least 6 departments are affected by drought. Some 400 head of cattle are at risk.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Colombia + 15 others
Update on UNHCR’s operations in the Americas

Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme

Sixty-third session

Geneva, 1-5 October 2012

A. Situational analysis including new developments

In the Americas region, the implementation of pledges made during the Ministerial Intergovernmental Event1, held in December 2011, have been consolidated in the following areas:

Statelessness

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Colombia + 2 others
Peace negotiations, a ray of hope for refugees

Bogota, 21 September 2012 – Hope clearly begins to breathe in Colombia after decades of open confrontation between armed groups. For 15 years, victims displaced from the Colombian conflict have longed to return to the homeland they were forced to leave. With the beginning of peace talks between the left-wing guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and the government that hope may finally be realised.

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Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP): Colombia (ECHO/COL/BUD/2012/91000) - Last update: 31/08/12, Version 2

Major changes since previous version of the HIP

In 2012 the intensification of the conflict in certain areas of Colombia in combination with serious delays in the delivery of governmental assistance to newly displaced IDPs, as a consequence of the reorganisation of the institutional set up, has increased the humanitarian gap. This situation is likely to continue in 2013. The scarce interest of the international donor community in this forgotten crisis, now aggravated by the economic crisis, justifies additional DG ECHO funding during a transitional period.