Help Families Affected by Hurricane Felix!

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Help Families Affected by Hurricane Felix!

Summary

In early September, Felix made a direct hit in Nicaragua, dumping massive amounts of rain throughout Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador. Hundreds of Agros families have been impacted. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $20 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Many of the families we serve are now facing the coming year with the potential for disease, hunger, and lost income. From the field: 1. Basic food crops in villages have been partially or completely destroyed. 2. Families suffer from respiratory disease and need attention -- local clinics are over capacity w/out enough medicine or human resources. 3. The latrines have entirely collapsed in the village of San Jose, which could lead to a health epidemic if not repaired. 4. Road Repair

Activities

The plan includes: 1. Hire a doctor to provide medical services in San Jose, buy medication as needed. 2. Build community latrines in San Jose. 3. Buy bean seeds to replace lost crops. 4. Buy sorghum seeds for Norwich. 5.Buy corn as food security.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $20

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $20. The original project funding goal was $8,900.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

For most families, damaged crops mean the loss of an entire year's worth of work, income, and food supplies for the coming year.

Project Message

In addition to coordinating repairs, medical assistance, and the replanting of crops, Mario Gaitan (Agros Nicaragua Exec Director) estimates that it is also necessary to provide emergency food rations
- Mario Gaitan, Agros Nicaragua Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Laurie Werner,
International Program Liaison
4528 8th Ave NE, Suite 1A
Seattle, WA 98105
United States
206.528.1066
Email:

Project Sponsor

Agros International

Organization

Agros International
2225 4th Avenue
Suite 200
Seattle, Washington 98121
United States
206-528-1066
http://www.agros.org

Learn more about Agros International and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nicaragua and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Nicaragua, read the Human Development Report on Nicaragua or the Wikipedia entry for Nicaragua.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 17, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 19, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Hurrican Relief Work Update Sept 07

By Mario Gaitan - Agros Nicaragua Director, January 17, 2008 08:34 PM

Mario Gaitán, executive director of Agros Nicaragua, reports on the actions taken in the aftermath of Hurricane Felix in the attached update report.
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