Applications of the Toolkit Point to Developmental and Environmental Problems in the Region As Well As Possible Solutions News Release No: 2001/141/S WASHINGTON, December 7, 2000-Two years after...
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FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 5/00 - Honduras
Following an unusually long summer dry spell ("canicula"), with consequent serious damage on the first season crops, the country has been hit by heavy rains and flooding caused by the passage of...
Guatemala + 3 more
Cruz Roja envía material escolar a Centroamérica valorado en más de 38 millones de pesetas
Este material es fruto de la campaña de sensibilización Escuelas, puentes de solidaridad Más de 125.000 niños y niñas españoles han participado en la campaña Se han enviado 77.000 bolsas de material...
GOAL in Honduras two years after Mitch
GOAL became involved in Honduras in the wake of hurricane Mitch which devastated huge areas of the country in October 1998. Following initial emergency relief work GOAL took on the construction of...
Belize + 4 more
USAID Reconstruction Programs on Target 2 Years After Hurricanes Mitch and Georges Devastated Central America and the Caribbean
WASHINGTON, DC 20523 PRESS OFFICE http://www.usaid.gov (202) 712-4320 00-305 Contact: Joseph Schultz Washington, D.C. - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, J. Brady...
Honduras: Humanitarian Assistance Appeal No. 01.19/2000 Situation Report No. 3
period covered: 1 July - 30 September 2000 The work carried out to strengthen the capacities of the Honduran Red Cross (HRC) continued. The National Society is committed to the change process and...
Afghanistan + 44 more
2000 Estimated Food Needs and Shortfalls for WFP Operations and Projects: Updated 30 Oct 2000
Overview The World Food Programme wishes to thank donors for their continued generosity. This year donors have contributed over US $ 1.3 billion, and WFP has used these resources to mobilise over 3.1...
Honduras + 1 more
Preparing for natural disaster could save thousands of lives
Thousands of lives could be saved in the developing world and millions of pounds of aid money made to stretch further by preparing vulnerable communities at risk from natural disaster to save their...
El Salvador + 3 more
Hurricane Mitch: Precarious living conditions remain two years later
Over one and a half million people and 192 healthcare structures in four Central American countries supported by MSF. Press release - Nicaragua, October 27, 2000 - On the second anniversary of the...
El Salvador + 3 more
Mitch Dos Años
1. INTRODUCCIÓN Han transcurrido dos años desde que el Huracán Mitch arrasara Centroamérica a fuerza de lluvia y viento. Dos años en los que Cruz Roja Española ha venido trabajando de la mano con la...
Belize + 3 more
Keith downgraded, Leslie brews in Caribbean
By Andrew Winning TAMPICO, Mexico, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Hurricane Keith was downgraded to a tropical storm as it headed up Mexico's Gulf coast on Thursday, having claimed at least 16 lives and caused...
Belize + 4 more
ACT Alert Central America No 1/2000: Hurricanes Keith and Joyce
Geneva, 2 October 2000 ACT member, Lutheran World Federation, Department of World Service (LWF/DWS) El Salvador reports that Central America, highly vulnerable to natural phenomenon, remains on alert...
Honduras - IOM assists victims of Hurricane Keith
From IOM Press Briefing Notes by Jean Philippe Chauzy, IOM Spokesperson IOM staff in Honduras has assisted the flood victims of Hurricane Keith that hit the Caribbean shore of eastern Honduras over...
Belize + 4 more
Hurricane Keith Batters Central America
Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Hurricane Keith is pounding much of Central America with heavy winds and torrential rains that have flooded some...
Barbados + 8 more
Carribean - Hurricane Keith and Tropical Storm Joyce OCHA Situation Report No. 2
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0183 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 The Caribbean - Hurricane "Keith" and Tropical Storm "Joyce" 1 October 2000 This message is not an official hurricane warning or alert for any...
Afghanistan + 36 more
FAO/GIEWS Food Outlook No. 4, 2000
Rome, September 2000 Extracts from FAO/GIEWS Food Outlook No. 4, 2000 Highlights Latest indications continue to point to increased cereal output in 2000, although the growth will be lower than...
Barbados + 7 more
Caribbean: Hurricanes - Information Bulletin n° 1
The Situation Two hurricanes currently threaten the Caribbean region: Hurricane Isaac, a major category 4 hurricane, is located in the Atlantic and could pose a threat to the island of Bermuda over...
Honduras + 1 more
The World Food Programme (WFP) approved food assistance for natural disaster mitigation in Nicaragua and Honduras
MANAGUA. The Operations Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in its Rome headquarters, Jean-Jacques Graisse, today approved a food assistance package, called Emergency Operation...
Albania + 3 more
IOM Press Briefing Notes 01 Sep 2000: Timor, Albania, Honduras
From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES by Niurka Piñeiro, IOM Spokesperson Timor - Update The IOM-operated ship the Patricia Anne Hotung sailed from Kupang today with 193 refugees on board. Initial fears that...
Honduras: Post-Hurricane Mitch IOM response
Moving to Safety Rationale In October 1998, Honduras was devastated by Hurricane Mitch. It has been estimated that 60% of the national infrastructure and over 50% of agriculture was severely affected...