Venezuela: Floods - Jul 2002 Updates

The Secretariat of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has been present in South America through its regional delegation in Buenos Aires since 1994. The delegation...

This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals. Appeal Target CHF 1,916, 067 (USD 1.27m/ EUR 1.3m) Period covered: I June - 30 September 2002 "At a Glance" Appeal coverage: 71.5%...

This report includes: (A) Asia Region: (1) DPR Korea (B) East and Southern Africa Region: (1) Regional overview, (2) Lesotho, (3) Malawi, (4) Mozambique, (5) Swaziland, (6) Zambia, (7) Zimbabwe, (8)...

32/2002 1. Bolivia Reporting Period: 08/12 to 08/14/2002 Significant Events: After providing initial emergency assistance in response to the last month's snowstorms, WFP-Bolivia is now preparing an...

Appeal Target: CHF 4,619,036 Period covered: 1 April - 30 June 2002; last Programme Update (No. 1) issued 21 May 2002 The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by...

By Alejandro Castañeda in Apure state, Venezuela "I'm 53 years old and I have never seen a disaster on this scale," says Luis Gonzalez, a Red Cross volunteer in Guadalito, in the south-western...

Written by Mason Anderson, Staff Writer, RedCross.org While several mountainous areas of Venezuela endure the annual hardships of devastating flooding, residents in the flat, low-lying state of Apure...

DREF Allocated: None This Information Bulletin is for information only. The Federation is not seeking any funding or other assistance from donors for this operation at this time. The Situation As a...

(Extracted from JRS Dispatches No. 116) Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International Office REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS REFUGEE SITUATION IN KENYA With the general elections...

The telecommunication needs are important, as a lot of areas are completely isolated. Only a few cellular phones, often jammed, were available to coordinate the S&R teams. Internet, phone and fax...

Sabaneta de Barinas, 28 Jul. Veneres (Pablo Troncone).- La situación en el estado Apure en la zona de Guasdualito ha mejorado notablemente y "todavía seguirá el período de lluvias hasta mediados de...

Sabaneta de Barinas, 28 Jul, Venpres (Carmen Ostia Pulgar).- "Debo reconocer y felicitar el manejo de la crisis" en el estado Apure, expresó el primer mandatario del país, Hugo Chávez Frías, en su...

This report includes: (A) Asia Region: (1) DPR of Korea (B) East and Southern Africa Region: (1) Regional overview, (2) Zimbabwe, (3) Lesotho, (4) Zambia, (5) Mozambique, (6) Swaziland, (7) Ethiopia,...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela appealed on Thursday for international financial support to help provide food, medicine and shelter for more than 35,000 people forced from their homes by flooding in...

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) allocated: None This Information Bulletin is for information only. The Federation is not seeking any funding or other assistance from donors for this operation...

The TSF team landed at the Caracas Airport yesterday at 02h40pm (local) and was immediately brought to the flooded zone by a Military aircraft with the assistance of the Venezuelan Red Cross. At the...

IFRC News 15/02 Some 1,160 families have been affected by severe flooding in the central Venezuelan state of Apure, on the border with Colombia. It is the region of the country most affected by heavy...

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2002/0145 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Venezuela - Floods 25 July 2002 Approximately 30,000 people affected Disaster Situation 1. According to the National Office of Civil Protection...

Caracas (dpa) - Better weather on Wednesday has allowed authorities to improve rescue operations for 50,000 people left homeless by floods caused by days of heavy rainstorms, but the situation in the...

En la nueva sede de la Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, ubicada en la calle Veracruz cruce con calle Calí en Las Mercedes, se estará recibiendo la ayuda humanitaria destinada a atender las...