A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Appeal History 29 July 2018: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes off Lombok, province of West Nusa Tenggara, at 05:47h local time. 31 July: IFRC allocates CHF 211,569 from the...
Description of the disaster On 6 October 2018, rains began falling over eastern El Salvador due to the influence and combination of a low-pressure system in the Pacific and the tropical depression...
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Appeal History 29 July 2018: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes off Lombok, province of West Nusa Tenggara, at 05:47 local time. 31 July: IFRC allocates CHF 211,569 from the...
Summary of current response Overview of Host National Society PMI has been on the ground from the onset of the disaster. At the national level, PMI NHQ PMI has mobilized more than 900 relief...
By Karina Lapteva, IFRC During winter, IFRC and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) increase humanitarian response efforts to help children and families to cope with the cold weather in most affected...
Life can be frightening and stressful for pregnant women, new mothers, and families with young children in a large refugee camp such as Nyarugusu, in Tanzania. But vulnerable women, children and...
Summary of major revisions made to the emergency plan of action (EPoA): The CRRC did not modify the EPoA’s activities; however, due to the delayed entry of the first shipment of water filters and the...
The situation On 3 January 2019, the government of Jamaica declared a dengue outbreak on the island. In December 2018, the number of cases of dengue exceeded the epidemic threshold of 96, with a...
By Helena Loh, IFRC “E.T. phone home?” “E.T. phone home.” “And they’ll come?” “Come? Home. Home.” Hearing these words while watching the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in 1994, six-year-old Yasmina...
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster Heavy downpours, which started on 28 August 2018, caused large-scale flooding and landslides to low-lying areas in North and South Hwanghae provinces...