Hurricane Ida - Nov 2009
Affected countries
Most read reports
- Cruz Roja Española: El Salvador: La tormenta tropical Ida azota Centroamérica. 8 Nov 2009
- Oxfam: Hurricane relief 2009: Hurricane Ida hits El Salvador. 16 Nov 2009
- ISCGM: Global map of the central district of the Republic of El Salvador - Land Use (as of 10 Nov 2009). 10 Nov 2009
- WMO: 2000-2009, the warmest decade. 8 Dec 2009
- MapAction: El Salvador: Huracán Ida Y Sistema de Baja Presión frente a las costas salvadoreñas - Departamento de La Libertad (al 17 de noviembre de 2009). 17 Nov 2009
- El proyecto habitacional ha sido posible gracias al esfuerzo del Gobierno y el apoyo de la cooperación internacional. Los beneficiarios fueron afectados por las inundaciones causadas por el huracán Ida.
El Presidente Salvador Sánchez Cerén entregó este miércoles viviendas nuevas para 250 familias habitantes del municipio de San Pedro Masahuat (La Paz), brindándoles una solución habitacional de calidad tras las afectaciones que sufrieron por las inundaciones causadas por el huracán Ida, en 2009.
Disasters such as hurricanes are a major hazard in El Salvador, and being prepared can be the difference between life and death
Read the full report on the Guardian.
SAN SALVADOR–Luego de 20 meses de trabajo, residentes de cinco municipios del departamento de San Vicente, afectados en 2009 por la tormenta tropical Ida, cuentan ahora con mejores sistemas y procesos para reducir su vulnerabilidad ante fenómenos climatológicos adversos y afrontar los riesgos derivados de los mismos.
By Edgardo Ayala and Claudia Ávalos
VERAPAZ, El Salvador, Jun 6, 2012 (IPS) - Amanda Menjívar is moved by the sight of the 16 sewing machines donated to help a group of local women set up a sewing centre to get over the devastating effects of the disaster caused by Hurricane Ida in the Salvadoran town of Verapaz.
"We want to earn an income to help us get over the losses we suffered from those rains," Menjívar, 26, told IPS. She is leading the project, which is just getting off the ground.
Period covered by this Final Report: 12 November 2009 to 31 December 2010.
Appeal target: CHF 1,680,178.
Appeal coverage: 92%;
Appeal history:
Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF): CHF 182,501 were allocated from the IFRC’s DREF to support the Salvadoran Red Cross Society (SRCS) to respond to the floods.
An Emergency Appeal was launched on 16 November 2009 for CHF 1,701,194 – including CHF 173,262 for Shelter Cluster coordination – for 9 months to assist 10,000 people.
1 . BACKGROUND
San Vicente, 28 de febrero de 2011
El Director General de Protección civil, Lic.
La Secretaría Ejecutiva del Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Atención y Mitigación de Desastres (SE-SINAPRED), el Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito P=FAblico (MHCP) y el Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) firmaron un convenio de colaboración para coordinar las acciones de atención a las familias afectadas por emergencias en Nicaragua.
El convenio fue firmado por el Vice Ministro de Hacienda y Crédito P=FAblico, Iván Acosta Montalván; el Secretario Ejecutivo de SINAPRED, Rafael Alfonso Ramírez, y el Representante del PMA, Helmut W.
San Vicente, 20 de enero de 2011.
Habitat for Humanity El Salvador dedicated 50 permanent housing solutions to families affected by Tropical Storm Ida in the community of Brisas de Jiboa in San Vincente.
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (January 5) - Fifty families whose homes were devastated by Tropical Storm Ida in November of 2009 spent Christmas in a new, safe and adequate house.
This report covers the period 01 January 2010 to 30 June 2010.
In brief
Programme purpose: The Americas Zone Office is guided in its work with the 35 Red Cross Societies of the Americas by the strategic aims of Strategy 2020 to save lives, protect livelihoods, and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises; enable healthy and safe living; and promote social inclusion and a culture of non-violence and peace. Capacity building efforts are in line with enabling action one to build strong National Red Cross Societies.
Period covered by this Ops Update: May to October 2010.
Appeal target (current): 1,680,178 Swiss francs (1,567,840 US dollars/1,145,120 euro).
Appeal coverage: 92%;
Appeal history:
- This Emergency Appeal was initially launched 17 November 2009 for 1,701,194 Swiss francs - including 173,262 Swiss francs for Shelter Cluster coordination - for 9 months to assist 10,000 beneficiaries.
- Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF): 182,501 Swiss francs were initially allocated from the Federation's DREF to support the Salvadoran Red Cross Society (SRCS) to respond to the …
Sixty-fifth session
Item 70 (a) of the provisional agenda
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
Summary
The present report has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolution 64/251, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to continue to improve the international response to natural disasters and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session.
Soixante-cinquième session
Point 70 d) de l'ordre du jour provisoire
Renforcement de la coordination de l'aide humanitaire et des secours en cas de catastrophe fournis par les organismes des Nations Unies, y compris l'assistance économique spéciale : assistance économique spéciale à certains pays et à certaines régions
Résumé
Le présent rapport est soumis à l'Assemblée générale conformément aux demandes qu'elle a formulées dans ses résolutions 64/74 et 64/250.
Sixty-fifth session
Item 70 (d) of the provisional agenda
Unas 103,000 personas afectadas por la Tormenta Tropical IDA han sido beneficiadas con la Operación Prolongada de Socorro y Recuperación que el Programa Mundial de Alimentos de las Naciones Unidas (PMA) junto a sus socios gubernamentales, no gubernamentales y donantes internacionales desarrollan desde noviembre de 2009.
Sixty-fifth session
Item 70 (a) of the provisional agenda*
Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
Summary
The present report covers activities from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010. Within this period, the Emergency Relief Coordinator allocated $448.3 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to implement life-saving activities in 52 countries and territories. Funding was provided to 15 humanitarian agencies, many of which carried out their programmes in conjunction with non-governmental partners.
El pasado 7 y 8 de noviembre de 2009, El Salvador se vio seriamente afectado por los estragos ocasionados por "Ida", después de convertirse de tormenta tropical a huracán.
Hurricane Ida left behind a trail of destruction when it slammed into El Salvador last November. In the town of Monte San Juan, women's groups are spearheading the reconstruction effort with the help of a programme that keeps their families fed. The project has helped women like Carmen Perez become community leaders.
MONTE SAN JUAN - Like many small farmers in Monte San Juan, Carmen Perez lost almost everything when Hurricane Ida tore through El Salvador in November.
Period covered by this Ops Update: up to 31 May 2010.
Appeal target (current): 1,680,178 Swiss francs (1,567,840 US dollars/1,145,120 euro);
Appeal coverage: currently approximately 92%; <click here to go directly to the updated donor response report, here to view the interim financial statement or here to link to contact details>
Appeal history:
=B7 This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 17 November 2009 for 1,701,194 Swiss francs (1,681,039 US dollars/ 1,127,553 euro) including 173,262 Swiss francs for Shelter Cluster coordination, for 9 months to assist 10,000 …
