Spain donates €35,000
Euro to prevent spread
of disease in Costa Rica
To fight the spread of
illness in the Caribbean
region, Spain last week
announced it would be
donating €35,000 Euro
(US$47,900) through the
Spanish International
Cooperation Agency.
The spread of diseases
followed heavy flooding
that hit the area at the
end of November and
early December.
The donation would go
via the Pan-American
Health Organisation to
Costa Rica’s Public
Health Ministry,
according to a press
release from the Spanish
agency. It added that
the funds would be used
to “prevent problems
such as dengue, malaria
and pests, as well as
ensure the quality of
drinking water in homes
and sanitary
infrastructure.”
Spain joins countries
such as France, the
United States and the
Netherlands as donors
following the latest
flooding, which left one
person dead, forced more
than 5,000 people out of
their homes and caused
infrastructural damage,
primarily in the
Caribbean province of
Limon.
France donated €50,000
Euro (about US$68,400)
and the United States
gave US$50,000, and
loaned helicopters for
evacuation operations.
The Dutch, meanwhile,
have pledged engineering
expertise in flood
prevention. |
