Latin America and the Caribbean




Food crisis: UNDP requests USD 2.3 million as part the Guatemala Appeal

 

Crisis in Haiti

Victims in Haiti

 


 

 

 

 


UNDP in action: Cash for work programme in Haiti
After the strongest earthquake in Haiti in more than 200 years the Government is reporting that more than 212,000 have died and nearly 300,000 people have been injured. The number of displaced people reaches up to one million.

Update on immediate crisis response in Haiti: SURGE
The first SURGE Adviser was on the ground 48 hours after the disaster struck Haiti.

For more information on UNDP's efforts in Haiti, click here.

 


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Voices from countries in crisis

AudioDisaster Risk Reduction in Honduras—Juan Carlos Benítez, Programme Specialist in UNDP Honduras, discusses disaster risk reduction initiatives in the country (Spanish –  streaming audio or mp3)

AudioConflict Prevention in Ecuador - Michael Brown, Peace and Development Advisor, discusses how UNDP is engaged in the Northern Border Zone of Ecuador (streaming audion or mp3)

AudioYouth and violence in El Salvador
Marcela Smutt, Coordinator of the Governance Unit in UNDP El Salvador discusses UNDP’s work with youth in the country (Spanish –  streaming audio or mp3)

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Recovery in the Dominican Republic

 

5 March 2010 - The six-month Guatemala Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition Appeal was launched today by OCHA in Geneva, Switzerland. Guatemala is currently in the grip of a protracted food insecurity crisis, which has particularly affected the approximately 2.7 million people living in the country’s so-called Dry Corridor (and neighbouring departments). Read more...

To read the Appeal, click here.

 

 

Fast Fact

Find out more about UNDP in Action in the region the in our Fast Facts: Latin America and the Caribbean (pdf)

News

UN, partners launch $13 million appeal for El Salvador flood victims

Two years after the 2007 PERU earthquake, 2009

Recovery from and Mitigation of Natural Disasters in Gonaives, Haiti

Solid waste management in Carrefour Feuilles, Haiti

Surviving natural disasters - The story of Elizabeth Ormeño

An article authored by Ban Ki-mon, Secretary-General, United Nations: "Haiti's Big Chance", 30 March 2009

Focus on Haiti

Six months after the hurricanes in Haiti English | French | Spanish

UNDP's support to the Haitian national police in the Southern Province (french), 2009

Youth and Armed Violence Prevention in El Salvador, 2008

Conflict Prevention and Gender in Ecuador, 2007

Building Capacity for Climate Risk Management in the Caribbean, 2007

Victims of Colombia’s Armed Conflict Receive National Peace Prize, 2007

Municipalities Free of Weapons Project in El Salvador (in English and Spanish), 2006

Country

Guatemala Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, April 2007 (pdf)

Guatemala: Tackling Small Arms and Violence at All Levels, UNDP, 2007 (pdf)

Democratic Dialogue Project in Latin America and the Caribbean