3. - usaid

ehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged homes and fanns. To date
several families have received direct aid for reconstructia? of their homes.
It is anticipated that more than 200 families will benefit kan this propram.
American National Red Cross
The President of the Costa Rican Red Cross estimates that t:he CRRC has
received contributions or money to purchase items described below fran the
ANRC :
World Vision, Inc.
100 water canteens $
100 knapsacks )
100 steel helmets
20-25 small tents 5,900.00
100 Amy-type "pistol" belts )
25 walkie-talkies
75 sleeping bags 1
1000 recreatimal kits for children 500.00
Foodstuffs, medicines, clothes, kitchen
utensils, working tools 8,100.00
Zinc roofing material 8,200.00
Nails 300.00
Construction material 2, 900. 00
TOTAL $25,900.00
The Embassy reports that victims of this disaster especially apprvciated
personal hygiene kits donated by World Vision, Inc. These kits (soap,
towel, baby-powder, etc.) are kept in readiness in the AID disaster relief
stocks in Panama. This prepositioning permitted rapid dellvery to victims.
1073 hygiene kits - value estimated at $ 1,600
ASSISTANCE PROVIED BY UlWR NATIONS AND INTERNAmONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Most of the following contributions received over several months were
handled by the Red Cross of Costa Rica, but some were direct donations to
the Costa Rican Government:
Argentina
21 boxes of canned meat (220.7 k)
414 packages of food and clothes (6,076 k)
Canada
Donation (cash)
El Salvador
Medicine, food and clothing
France
-nation (cash)
Donation (cash)