Disasters

According to the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, a disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society causing widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. Resources available in this sub-theme include guidance on strengthening institutional arrangements, examples of public awareness programs, and others that support disaster risk mitigation and response.

Disasters Resources

Haiti - Storms: Fact Sheet #12, Fiscal Year (FY) 2008

Publication date:
September 29, 2008
U.S. Agency for International Development
According to a USAID implementing partner, local staff conducted an assessment of Petite Riviere de l'Artibonite, Artibonite Department, and determined ongoing needs for food assistance. As of September 27, approximately 1,194 IDPs remained in seven shelters. Prior to September 24, when...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Haiti
Latin America and the Caribbean

Haiti - Storms: Fact Sheet #11, Fiscal Year (FY) 2008

Publication date:
September 26, 2008
U.S. Agency for International Development
On September 26, a third USAID/OFDA-chartered aircraft arrived in Port au Prince with 5,088 hygiene kits, 4,350 ten-liter water containers, and three 10,000-liter water bladders from the USAID/OFDA warehouse in Miami, Florida. Worth more than $96,000, including transport, the additional...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Haiti
Latin America and the Caribbean

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