Nicaragua

Nicaragua At A Glance

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Directing HQ: Action Against Hunger - Spain
Launch Date: 1996
Beneficiaries (2009): 5,708 people
Institutional Funders: ECHO (European Commission Humanitarian Aid), DIPECHO (Disaster Preparedness ECHO), EuropeAid, AECID (Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development), Government of Navarre, Pamplona City Council

Press Contact

Carlos Riaza
Prensa y Comunicación Institucional, ACF-Spain
criaza@achesp.org
Direct: +34 91 391 53 06

Field Updates | Nicaragua

Food Scarce for Thousands of Nicaraguan Families

February 18, 2010

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA—Food stocks have run out for thousands of families across the Corredor Seco region of northern Nicaragua, Action Against Hunger | ACF International announced today. Because of erratic rainfall associated with the effects of El Niño, more than half of this year’s harvest was destroyed, leaving the population highly food insecure. » Read more

ACF Airlifts Water and Sanitation Material into Nicaragua

September 10, 2007

Madrid, Spain — Action Against Hunger’s team is working in coordination with other international and local organizations to guarantee that the population will have access to drinking water. In Sahsa, the most affected area in the Nicaraguan coast, the five gravity-fed water systems have collapsed. Besides the lack of water, a plague of rats increased the risk of transmission of diseases. » Read more

ACF Mobilizes for Post-Felix Evaluation in Central America

September 5, 2007

Madrid, Spain — According to the organization’s Emergency Observatory, the unexpected change in the path of the hurricane in Nicaragua could have severe consequences for the people who did not have time to prepare for the force of the impact. » Read more

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