El Directorio del Banco aprobó el pasado viernes 31 de agosto, la canalización de hasta 150 mil dólares a cada uno de los cinco países centroamericanos ante la emergencia que vive la región,

United States Agency for International Development
Bureau for Humanitarian Response
Office of Transition Initiatives

Program Description

United States Agency for International Development
Bureau for Humanitarian Response
Office of Transition Initiatives

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Program Description

OTI's goal is to help secure and encourage a political, social and economic environment conducive to the democratic nation building process during East Timor's transition to independence. Current program priorities include community development and stabilization, assistance to independent media outlets to provide balanced and widely disseminated information, funding for NGOs and civic organizations, support

Washington -- The United States and the international community are continuing their joint effort to fight drought conditions and food shortages in Central America that have led to the worst crisis to hit the region since Hurricane Mitch in 1998, reports the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

USAID indicated that nearly 610,000 people in Central America are experiencing food deficiencies due to crop losses, with Honduras and Nicaragua identified as the two hardest-hit countries.

The European Commission, through its Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), which comes under the responsibility of Commissioner Poul Nielson, has moved quickly to pledge humanitarian assistance for drought-struck Tajikistan. The country once again faces the spectre of crop failures leading to severe food shortages.

The Commission has received funding requests from a number of humanitarian agencies and a formal emergency aid decision is in the pipeline. Given that food aid commitments have already been made

Update on Emergency Relief Operations in the Region
The overall picture of acute food insecurity in the Greater Horn Region continues to improve significantly. In some areas, the picture has improved dramatically; in some the situation has remained stable but poor, and in a few areas there has been a distinct deterioration in the situation largely because of poor rainfall in the March-June period. This issue of the Greater Horn of Africa Food Security Update scans the region to take note of the changes since the last update on this topic (March, 2001 Update).

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