Search

Results for " "

Displaying 13 of about 13 results
The Canadian Red Cross undertook a settlement construction project in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nicaragua and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Honduras. The project was completed in February 2002, enabling its longer-term impact to be assessed and valuable lessons to be drawn for future di…
Publication
Published on
This document is the result of a participatory process developed from April to December 2003, through national workshops and forums of analysis and proposals in the different countries of the Central American region. These processes ended with the Mitch+5 Regional Forum, which took place in December in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The forum brough…
News
Published on
By Anne Wellenstein, Mirtha Escobar, Haris Sanahuja, and Cecilia Martínez Gómez In a year already like none other, the 2020 hurricane season broke records with 30 named storms, surpassing the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which to date was the most active on record. The last two powerful tropical storms, Eta and Iota, also broke records.   For…
This factsheet presents findings from an analysis of 14 Latin American countries (Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay) to document their National Public Investment Systems' (SNIP) response to the pandemic, as well as to draw recommendations and les…
Vacancy
Closing date:
05 March 2010
Context The Netherlands Red Cross (NLRC) supports the Nicaraguan Red Cross (NRC) through its Strategic Plan since 1997. These initiatives are in agreement with the 2009-2012 'Together we Can' International Strategy of the NLRC and the 2007-2011 Inter American Plan of the XVIII Inter American Conference in June 2007. The Nicaraguan Red Cross currently…
Publication
Published on
@local.glob, issue no. 3 – year 2006: The document assists in facilitating and supporting efforts by governments, local authorities, international organizations, and multilateral financial and trade institutions to invest in reducing disaster risk and to promote sustainable development policies that will create better opportunities for all. This speci…
This report evaluates Oxfam America's program for "strengthening community preparedness, rapid response and recovery in Asia/Pacific Islands and Central America", implemented in two regional programmes (The Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua). The programme was implemented by Oxfam and various affiliated and…
This document reviews how Nicaragua has recovered from Hurricane Mitch over the past ten years. The focus is on how relevant the assumptions and claims that were made in the initial recovery planning have been in light of subsequent development. The findings suggest that the links between recovery and vulnerability reduction cannot be found in the sear…
Publication
Published on
This brochure, while providing an overview of the global context, seeks to explain what disaster risk reduction means for the International Federation and to set out a framework to help the 185 member National societies to make communities safer and more resilient to disasters.
News
Published on
US$24 million fund will finance emergency preparedness and response training. By María Gabriela Córdova for Infosurhoy.com Panama city – Central America is strengthening its emergency preparedness and response efforts in an attempt to save the hundreds of lives and billions of dollars lost to natural disasters each year. Natural disasters caused losse…
Twenty-five years ago, in 1998, Hurricane Mitch swept through Central America. Over 10,000 people were killed in mudslides and floods. Honduras and Nicaragua bore the brunt of the hurricane's fury, suffering economic losses amounting to USD 7 billion.Christoph Graf, who served as the head of the Swiss cooperation office in Managua from 1998 to 2000…
Publication
Published on
This catalogue is an overview of Habitat for Humanity's work around the world, including its work in disaster risk reduction. It aims to provide an inspiring record of Habitat's disaster response and mitigation efforts and captures many of the valuable lessons learned. Since responding to Hurricane Mitch, which struck Central America in 1998, Habitat f…
Publication
Published on
In Spanish: Esta edición del Boletín Actualidad CRID publica información sobre (i) el nuevo acuerdo firmado por el CRID y la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja (FICR) para el desarrollo de actividades en Haití; (ii) las capacitaciones de UNESCO en Nicaragua y Costa Rica sobre Sistemas de Alerta Temprana (SAT…

Is this page useful?

Yes No
Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).