2011-12-01
USAID/OFDA recently funded a series of disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects in Latin America and the Caribbean that aim to promote local and national self-sufficiency in disaster preparedness and management. [Find out more...]
OFDA LAC Newsletter October 2011
[2011-10-01] Beginning on October 10, continuous heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Depression Twelve-E resulted in flooding and associated landslides throughout Central America, affecting more than 640,000 people and resulting in the deaths of more than 110 others. [Find out more...]
OFDA LAC Newsletter August 2011
[2011-08-01] The countries of the Caribbean recently met to identify disaster risk reduction (DRR) priorities and opportunities for cooperation with USAID/OFDA and other institutions in the region. [Find out more...]
LAC OFDA Newsletter April 2011
[2011-04-01] This month, the USAID/OFDA-supported Regional Disaster Assistance Program (RDAP) launched a small grants program to provide funding for disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). [Find out more...]
OFDA LAC Newsletter March 2011
[2011-03-01] On March 11, emergency authorities from northern Mexico to southern Chile awoke to the news that a tsunami wave generated by a powerful earthquake in Japan was expected to impact the Pacific coast of Latin America. [Find out more...]
OFDA LAC Newsletter February 2011 Special Edition
[2011-02-02] Hygiene promotion, cholera prevention education, medical treatment, and distribution of emergency relief supplies have formed key components of USAID/OFDA’s cholera response programming in Haiti. [Find out more...]
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