Nicaragua
What's New?
>> The Vivian Pellas Metropolitan Hospital in Nicaragua counts with a burn unit much needed in the region. Other hospitals in Latin America have expressed interest in forming alliances to ensure burn victims get cared for appropriately.
>> The DMA Supports Corporate Collaboration for Risk Reduction and Disaster Management Priorities in Nicaragua. Read Article (English, Spanish)>>
>> AmCham’s OSAC Committee and COSEP are preparing a draft platform collaborative agreement for the private sector with SINAPRED based on the Honduran model.
Important Documents:
>> Protocol - AmCham Disaster Risk Committee (click here)
>> Humanitarian Network 2009 Plan for action (click here)
>> List of Participants for the National Humanitarian Forum (click here)
>> National Humanitarian Network Forum for Disaster Response (click here)
>> Emergency and Family Safety planning by Luis Gonzalez Nogales (e-book in Spanish) (click here)
DM & BC Contact
American Chamber of Commerce Nicaragua
Avil Ramirez
Director
avil.ramirez@amcham.org.ni
505-267-3099
505-267 3098
Centro Finarca
De Texaco Lomas de Guadalupe. 1c. abajo
Managua, Nicaragua
http://www.amchamni.org/
Ntl Disaster Authorities
Sistema Nacional para la Prevencion, Mitigacion y Atencion a Desastres
Map of geological fault lines for Managua, Nicaragua.
INETER, 2002 (click here to view larger image of map)
Photo: OSAC Committee Director, Avil Ramirez and PADF's Christine Herridge and Louis Alexander