Clean Your Desk Kickoff!
Miskito communities in Waspam are working hard to build homes from salvaged lumber before the next rains set in. See our full report.
Posters from the 1980s National Literacy Campaign
This collection of historic posters is a gift from Susan and Cam Duncan.
Hurricane recovery efforts going strong on the Atlantic Coast!
Posted by jennya on Wed, 2008-03-05 12:42 Nicaragua | Program for Human Development
Quest Spring Newsletter
In this Issue
Recovering from Felix and Lorenzo
Plant a Tree for Me
In the Footsteps of a Giant
Project Prever
A Gusher for Ojo de Agua
A New School Year
Alliance for Responsible Trade
Tropical Storm Alma impacts agricultural cycle
Tropical Storm Alma produced millions of dollars in damages to the agricultural sector, impacting over 24 thousand producers. In Leon and Chinandega, campesinos lost their first planting to heavy rains and winds which reached 100 kilometers per hour in some areas. This crop loss is disastrous for small farmers who have not harvested since last year and must now repay bank loans used plant. Crop loss was heaviest in Leon, Malpaisillo and Achuapa. In response to a request from the Institute Juan XXIII, the Quest for Peace is working on the possibility of shipping vegetable seeds so that families can reinforce food production from patio gardens.
Tropical Storm Alma strikes in May
In an atypical pattern, Hurricane Alma developed off the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua on Wednesday, threatening the entire region with torrential rains. Heavy rains pounded Costa Rica for 24 hours where the President of the National Emergency Commission reported that "more rain fell in one day than in the entire month of May", producing mudslides and damage to roads and housing. At noon on Thursday, the storm hit land in Nicaragua near Leon, converting to a Tropical Storm with winds of 65 miles per hour and dumping as much as twenty inches of rain.