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Source: Action by Churches Together International (ACT) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — A serious food crisis is threatening Guatemala. Members of ACT International Guatemala Forum are planning projects to address climatic-based crises...
Church World Service October 5, 2009 The effects of climate change and climate variability in Guatemala have caused low rainfall in some areas -- precipitating water shortages for drinking and irrigation. ...
Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland Alert Guatemala - No. 27/2009 Food Crisis Geneva, 1st October 2009 1. Brief description of the emergency The effects of climate change and climate variability in Guatemala,- ...
Source: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Informe_completo (pdf* format - The Guatemalan Government appealed for international assistance, following a declaration of a "State of National Calamity" on September 9th. -...
Guatemala is experiencing a worsening food crisis in the so-called dry corridor in the east and northeast of the country. According to the Guatemalan authorities, 91 per cent of children there are suffering from malnutrition....
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) By Javier Aguayo, IFRC In response to the high levels of malnutrition in Guatemala, the country's president, Álvaro Colom, has declared a "state of...
GUATEMALA CITY, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The global recession has deprived Guatemala of the means to overcome the annual drought, U.N. World Food Program officials said Thursday. The agency called for emergency donations to help...
10 September 2009 – Urgent funding is needed to help combat an acute hunger crisis that is ravaging much of Guatemala, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. The agency cautioned that money only exists to...
Updated on Monday, September 07, 2009, 11:35 IST Tags: Guatemala City: Guatemala's government ministry sacked 37 prison officials for their alleged complicity in allowing weapons, drugs, cash and assorted electrical devices...
Source: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Full_Report (pdf* format - BACKGROUND The number of children affected by severe acute undernutrition, arriving at the national hospital of Jalapa, has increased to 91 since...
