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Last updated: September 22, 2021

USAID, UNICEF y Plan International llevan ayuda humanitaria a las familias afectadas por los huracanes Iota y Eta en la Costa Caribe de Nicaragua
September 22, 2021

Tras el impacto de los huracanes Eta y Iota que afectó a cientos de familias principalmente en la Costa Caribe Nicaragua, una delegación liderada por Kevin K. Sullivan, Embajador de los Estados Unidos en Nicaragua; Antero Almeida Pina, Representante de UNICEF; y Gerardo Lara, Director de Plan International, visitaron las comunidades de Sisin y Tuara en Bilwi para llevar asistencia humanitaria a través de artículos de saneamiento e higiene.

USAID Provides $5 Million in Additional Humanitarian Aid to Help Nicaraguans Affected by Hurricanes Iota and Eta
December 30, 2020

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $5 million in humanitarian assistance to help Nicaraguans affected by Hurricanes Iota and Eta. This brings the total U.S. humanitarian aid to respond to the storms in the Republic of Nicaragua to $6.6 million, and to nearly $53 million for the region.

USAID Deploys Disaster-Assistance Response Team In Response to Central America Hurricanes, Allocates $17 Million in Additional Humanitarian Aid
November 18, 2020

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is deploying a Disaster-Assistance Response Team (DART) to respond to back-to-back hurricanes in Central America, where Hurricane Iota made landfall yesterday as a powerful Category 4 storm just two weeks after Hurricane Eta hit the same region.