The women began to arrive from early morning as soon as they were informed the mobile clinic was coming to the Health Centre of Caluco in the Salvadorean Department of Sonsonate.
Some women arrived accompanied by a friend, others arrived on their own. The majority of them were pregnant, who had taken refuge in temporary...
Mariam Usman has just rebuilt her home on wooden stilts, and the memory of the floods that swallowed her village in June is still fresh.
“I always fear that the floods will sweep my children away,” says Ms Usman. A 36-year-old mother of six, she has good reason to be anxious. The small community of Purok Ibrahim...
The United Nations called today for US$14.3 million to help 134,000 Nicaraguans deal with severe flooding over the next six months.
“This emergency situation has been unfolding since 10 October and is still evolving. It is truly a disaster in the making,” says Mr. Pablo Mandeville, UN Resident Coordinator in...
The UN has called for US $15.7 million to help 300,000 El Salvadorians deal with catastrophic flooding over the next six months.
The government has described the floods as the worst disaster in the country’s history, as hundreds of thousands of people struggle to cope with record-breaking rainfall, and severe damage...
On the night of 28 June, a heavy downpour almost swallowed Imbelbellou – a village of 7000 inhabitants in a precarious valley in the Maradi region of southern Niger.
Maradi is Niger’s most populous region, and the country’s breadbasket, but is prone to natural disasters and vulnerable to epidemics.
The day...
8 November 2011 - 6:30pmThe women began to arrive from early morning as soon as they were informed the mobile clinic was coming to the Health Centre of Caluco in the Salvadorean Department of Sonsonate. Some women arrived accompanied by a friend, others arrived on their own. The majority of them were pregnant, who had taken refuge in temporary...
1 November 2011 - 3:53pmMariam Usman has just rebuilt her home on wooden stilts, and the memory of the floods that swallowed her village in June is still fresh. “I always fear that the floods will sweep my children away,” says Ms Usman. A 36-year-old mother of six, she has good reason to be anxious. The small community of Purok Ibrahim...
28 October 2011 - 4:14pmThe United Nations called today for US$14.3 million to help 134,000 Nicaraguans deal with severe flooding over the next six months. “This emergency situation has been unfolding since 10 October and is still evolving. It is truly a disaster in the making,” says Mr. Pablo Mandeville, UN Resident Coordinator in...
26 October 2011 - 3:43pmThe UN has called for US $15.7 million to help 300,000 El Salvadorians deal with catastrophic flooding over the next six months. The government has described the floods as the worst disaster in the country’s history, as hundreds of thousands of people struggle to cope with record-breaking rainfall, and severe damage...
25 October 2011 - 3:44pmOn the night of 28 June, a heavy downpour almost swallowed Imbelbellou – a village of 7000 inhabitants in a precarious valley in the Maradi region of southern Niger. Maradi is Niger’s most populous region, and the country’s breadbasket, but is prone to natural disasters and vulnerable to epidemics. The day...