By Kathryn Wolford, LWR president. [Wolford recently led a team that examined 'best practices' in LWR-supported programs in India.] Baltimore, November 21, 2002 -- Three years ago this month, a...
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India: Orissa Cyclone Appeal No. 28/1999 Final Report

This Final Report is intended for reporting on emergency appeals The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest...
CARE India receives UN Habitat award for innovative Orissa cyclone housing
CARE International, one of the world's leading relief and development agencies, has been awarded one of the coveted UN Habitat Awards. The award recognises the strength of ASHRAYA, a community...
India + 2 more
South Asia: On the edge of disaster
Each year about 210 mill. people are affected by Nature's ruthless raging. Most of them are poor and live in developing countries. Millions of lives and money can be saved if the natural disasters...
ACT appeal India: Orissa floods - Post crisis - ASIN13

Appeal Target: US$ 654,526 Geneva, 13 November 2001 Dear Colleagues, Following the Super cyclone in 1999, the severe drought in 2000 and the devastating flood and rains in the period June to...
India: Orissa cyclone appeal No. 28/99 situation report No. 17
CHF 9,385,698 Appeal coverage 100.79% Period covered: 1 January to 15 October 2001 The rehabilitation phase of the operation in response to the cyclone of October 1999 is almost finished. However,...
India: Orissa map indicating Cyclone - 1999; Drought - 2000; and Flood - 2001 affected districts

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Approximately two million displaced by floods in disaster-ravaged Eastern India
Baltimore, July 25, 2001- Approximately two million people are displaced and at least 100 dead in the eastern Indian state of Orissa as a result of severe flooding. More than 450 millimeters of rain...
India flooding: CWS-ACT appeal situation report
THE CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM Church World Service is the Relief and Development Agency of the 36 member denominations of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the...
India flooding: CWS-ERP situation report
SITUATION: The state of Orissa, approximately 300 miles south of Calcutta in eastern India is suffering a crisis from severe flooding and mudslides after weeks of excessive monsoon rains. The death...
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Commission approves series of humanitarian aid decisions worth €10.15 million
IP/01/55 Brussels, 16 January 2001 - The European Commission has recently taken a number of decisions, totalling €10.15 million, to fund humanitarian aid in Ethiopia and Eritrea, North Korea, Sri...
India: Orissa Cyclone Appeal No. 28/99 Situation Report No. 16
Period covered: 1 - 31 December 2000 The rehabilitation phase of the operation in response to the cyclone of October 1999 has been extended until 31 March 2001, given difficult weather conditions...
Orissa: From Ruin To Recovery
More than a year has passed since two cyclones struck within days in Orissa, India. CARE staffer Basant Mohanty explains how a natural disaster became a catalyst to change things for the better. By...
Bangladesh + 1 more
The International Federation launches Appeal 2001-2002
The changing face of disasters in the 21st century was highlighted today (December 5) by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at the launch of its Appeal 2001-2002...
India: Orissa Cyclone Appeal No. 28/99 (programme extension to 31 December 2000) Situation Report No. 12
period covered: 1 July - 31 August 2000 The rehabilitation phase of the operation in Orissa State is progressing well, despite some delays caused by monsoonal rains. Renovation of the Red Cross...
India: A smile in a broken house
by Rajan Mohanty and Manjulah Singh, CARE-India This is the story of 60-year-old Rajan Pattnaik, one of the survivors of the cyclone that struck Orissa on October 29, 1999. Pattnaik lives in Sahala...
CARE Staff Member Reflects on Challenges of Rebuilding Cyclone-Stricken Orissa
Interview with S.D. Pattnaik, Commodity Manager for CARE India in Orissa by Amy Lynn O'Toole, Associate Writer Nearly eight months after a supercyclone unleashed widespread flooding and destruction...
UNVs help the women of Orissa rebuild their lives
UNVNews #88 June 2000 by Anita Katyal* The state of Orissa in eastern India was devastated by a cyclone on 29 October 1999. High-velocity winds accompanied by massive tidal waves left behind a trail...
Dateline ACT India, Orissa Cyclone 01/00: "When the Ocean emptied...."
Six months after a super cyclone hit the Indian State of Orissa, details of what happened are still emerging - including indications of several fatal mistakes and misunderstandings. Mean while people...
Catholic Relief Services Continues Relief Support For India's Supercyclone Victims: Update April 2000
Emergency Relief Assistance Catholic Relief Services and Caritas have reached more than 700,000 persons in nearly 600 villages in Orissa with 6,000 metric tons of food aid donated from the US...