Pós-desastres e pós-conflitos

Post flood reconstruction in Mozambique could cost 517 million dollars

Published in Wednesday May 8th, 2013 In In the media

According to the Minister of Planning and Development, of this amount about 353 million dollars will be for reconstruction in the public sector and 164 million dollars in the private sector. Flooding in January and February affected over 478,000 people and resulted in 117 deaths. In addition, more than 172,000 people were made homeless.

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Homeowners in Flood Zones Opt to Rebuild, Not Move

Published in Tuesday April 30th, 2013 In In the media

A proposal to buy the damaged homes of New Yorkers who want to relocate after Hurricane Sandy is finding few takers, as most residents opt to rebuild, state officials said on Friday. “It’s up to the homeowner, and the vast bulk of homeowners are deciding to stay right where they are and rebuild,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said at a news conference in Albany.

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Heavy Rains Displace Hundreds in Jowhar, Somalia

Published in Monday April 29th, 2013 In In the media

Torrential rains battered Jowhar for more than 20 hours, flooding villages and displacing more than 200 families, Somalia’s RBC Radio reported. The rains started early Friday, causing residents of Badda As village to flee their homes.

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Floods Havoc Hits Murang’a Kiambu Counties in Kenya

Published in Friday April 26th, 2013 In In the media

Over 10,000 families have been rendered homeless by floods in Central region, Kenya Red Cross officials have said. Red Cross official in-charge of Central and upper Eastern region Gerard Bombe said the most affected parts are Murang’a, Nyeri and Kiambu counties. He said over 2,000 acres under maize, bananas and beans plantation have also been destroyed by the floods.

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Reconstruction work begins in China’s quake-hit area

Published in Friday April 26th, 2013 In In the media

Chinese authorities in Sichuan province Friday began the reconstruction process in the wake of a deadly earthquake that killed 196 people and injured thousands. As teams kept up a desperate search and rescue effort for survivors in the southwestern province, hit by a 7-magnitude quake Saturday, provincial officials said post-quake reconstruction work cannot wait.

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Forced evictions worsen the already dire lot of earthquake homeless in Haiti

Published in Wednesday April 24th, 2013 In Social movement news

Forced evictions in Haiti are worsening the already desperate situation of thousands of people still living in displacement camps more than three years after the devastating earthquake of January 2010, Amnesty International said as it launched the report ‘Nowhere to go’: Forced evictions in Haiti’s camps for displaced people.

Rebuilding the community of Meiktila, in Myanmar

Published in Wednesday April 24th, 2013 In In the media

After sectarian violence in the central Myanmar city of Meiktila, officials are working hard on reconstruction plans. The riots in March pitted Buddhists against Muslims, leaving dozens dead and a community in ruins. As you walk through the neighborhoods of Meiktila, it’s hard to escape the damage. A month after the violence here, burnt-down houses, destroyed businesses and torched cars dot the streetscape.

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‘We’ll throw you all out’ – Forced eviction threat for Haiti earthquake victims

Published in Wednesday April 24th, 2013 In Social movement news

Purported landowners use threats and intimidation to force people onto the street. Usually they have not initiated a judicial process to seek a legal eviction, and often they can’t even prove they have the legal title to the land they claim to own. In many cases, local police, judicial and municipal authorities are also involved in forced evictions or are present when threats are made. One thing they all have in common is the incapacity of central government authorities to protect displaced people from illegal eviction. Impunity of perpetrators remain blatant.

Tens of thousands face eviction from Haiti camps, according to Amnesty

Published in Tuesday April 23rd, 2013 In In the media

Rights group Amnesty International has collected dozens of testimonies from Haitians who have been kicked out of makeshift camps set up by those left homeless by the 2010 earthquake.

U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghan provinces is unfinished work

Published in Tuesday April 9th, 2013 In In the media

The PRTs have been responsible for only a fraction of the $89 billion the United States has spent over the last decade to rebuild Afghanistan, but they suffered from the same poor planning and inadequate oversight that characterized the broader U.S. reconstruction effort. With four of the PRTs now shut down, and seven others due to be retired by summer’s end, Afghan officials are beginning to confront the challenge of picking up where U.S. aspirations left off.

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