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Joe Biden orders federal aid for recovery after severe snowstorm

Published on: February 6, 2023
17:41

Washington, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden declared that a major disaster exists in the State of North Dakota and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm, snowstorm, and straight-line winds from November 9 to November 11, 2022.

Russia continues to send humanitarian aid to Syrian inhabitants

Published on: February 4, 2023
10:14

Damascus, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) Russian forces present in Syria on Saturday sent a new batch of humanitarian aid in the city of Erbin, about 10 km east of Damascus.

Galicia and Asturias send solidarity shipments to Cuba

Published on: February 3, 2023
12:33

Madrid, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) A nine-strong brigade, made up of five Spaniards and four Cubans, traveled to Havana with more than one ton of medicines, sanitary and surgical materials.

Nearly 2.1 million Palestinians need humanitarian aid

Published on: January 28, 2023
07:10

Ramallah, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) Almost 2.1 million Palestinians across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) will require some form of humanitarian assistance, a UN warned Saturday.

U.S. activists to send donation Hurricane Ian victims in Cuba

Published on: January 18, 2023
17:35

Miami, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) U.S. activists sent 40,000 pounds of humanitarian aid to Cuba for the victims of Hurricane Ian that ravaged infrastructures and houses in the western part of the country past September 2022.

Cuban scientists were present in fire fight in Matanzas

Published on: January 14, 2023
12:51

Havana, Jan 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban scientists played an important role in confronting the large-scale fire that occurred at the Matanzas supertanker base in August 2022, local media reported on Saturday.

Over 76K Lebanese families benefit from social Aman Program

Published on: January 4, 2023
15:41

Beirut, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) As many as 76,403 Lebanese families have benefitted from World Bank-funded Emergency Social Safety Net (or Aman) Program, according to Hector Hajjar, Minister of Social Affairs.

UN allocates 14M USD for humanitarian aid in South Sudan

Published on: December 22, 2022
17:33

United Nations, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) The UN humanitarian agency has provided million to support the provision of direct humanitarian assistance to 262,521 people in South Sudan who have been affected by increased violence and severe flooding, according to Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths.

China donates 50,000 dollars to Caribbean healthcare agency

Published on: December 20, 2022
12:47

Georgetown, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) China donated 50,000 US dollars to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for the acquisition of laboratory equipment and supplies, the Caricom Today website reported on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka: 3.4 million people need urgent aid

Published on: November 10, 2022
00:45

Colombo, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) The number of people in Sri Lanka who need urgent humanitarian aid has doubled to 3.4 million, while the food crisis worsens in this Asian nation, it was reported.

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