Plan's supports families affected by Hurricane Felix in Nicaragua   

Courtesy by Miguel Alvarez

Plan began its humanitarian assistance post-Felix with the coordinated distribution of 110 tons of food, medicines, water and other essential items to children and families living in Puerto Cabezas, the town most affected by the hurricane.

Hurricane Felix made landfall last Tuesday on the Atlantic Nicaraguan coast as category 5 and affected principally the Autonomous Region of the North Atlantic – RAAN. It is estimated to have damaged or destroyed 90% of the homes in Bilwi (Puerto Cabezas), whose population is 30,000 people.  Sources expect that the residents of this town will have to remain in the shelters provided by the authorities for up to a month. 2,000 residents of the town of Waspam had to move to shelters as well. More than 50% of those affected are children, girls and adolescents.

Courtesy by Miguel Alvarez

The Autonomous Region of the North Atlantic is one of the poorest zones in the country, inhabited largely by groups of African descent and by the Miskito Indians. As the death toll continues to rise, these families now face the economic costs of reconstruction and the destruction of their crops.

Recently Plan has made campaigns and actions in the area to guarantee the registration after the children and adolescents’ birth, all in coordination with the local authorities and civil society organizations.

Courtesy by Miguel Alvarez

Besides the donation and distribution of 110 tons of essential items, Plan has facilitated space in a ship that will carry 105 tons of aid from the Ministry of Health and the World Food Program, as well as 90 tons of items from SINAPRED (The National System for Disaster Prevention). The air transportation of this assistance would have implied about 25 flights by DC30 into RAAN.

For details of the affected areas see the interactive map provided by SINAPRED in English or Spanish.

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