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Continued Support for Guyana Flood Victims
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 14, 2005
2005-08
Press Office: 202-712-4320
Public Information: 202-712-4810
www.usaid.gov
Contact: USAID Press Office
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) total assistance to flood affected Guyana reached $1.2 million on February 9. This total includes a $221,101 high-capacity drainage and irrigation mobile water pump designed to remove water from flooded areas. This pump is crucial since rainfall exceeded 42.3 inches in January alone and the May/June rainy season is not far off.
USAID is currently working with the government of Guyana to find a way to separate contaminated floodwaters and livestock from the affected population and to prevent the spread of disease. Through the Amazon Malaria Initiative, USAID's Latin America and Caribbean Bureau will have $200,000 at its disposal to combat malaria in the flood affected administrative regions of West Demerara/Essequibo Islands, Demerara/Mahaica, Mahaica/West Berbice, and the capital city of Georgetown.
USAID will continue to work with the government of Guyana, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide aid to approximately 290,000 people affected by the heavy rainfall, flooding and disease.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.
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