FAO Aids Areas Affected
by Hurricane "Felix" in
Nicaragua
The United Nations Food
and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) said
Friday that it has
provided 4 million U.S.
dollars to Nicaragua to
help rebuild zones
affected in 2007 by
hurricane "Felix".
The sum has been used
for bean production and
fishing rehabilitation
in northern Caribbean
zone, said Laura De
Clementi, FAO's
representative in
Nicaragua.
"Felix" hurricane hit
severely the Autonomous
Region of the North
Atlantic (RAAN) in
Nicaragua on Sept. 4,
2007, destroying corps
and wrecking boats.
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega has
negotiated an
international assistance
of almost 400 million
dollars for
reconstruction from the
disaster in RAAN.
FAO has reconstructed
fishers' tools and is
seeking to convert into
wood the fallen trees
during the storm in RAAN,
De Clementi told Radio
Nicaragua.
"Currently we are
arranging a funding of
700,000 dollars to
create firebreaks and
brigades organization to
prevent fire propagation
during the summer time
in RAAN," said De
Clementi. |
