Bolivia will receive international aid due to the water cris

Dołączył: 07 Mar 2024 Posty: 1

The Bolivian government said it will evaluate and accept help to mitigate the water crisis that is plaguing the country, an initiative that has been offered by countries such as Argentina, Chile, as well as the European Union, the Minister of the Presidency, Juan, told journalists this Wednesday. Ramon Quintana. “We are going to evaluate the offers with each of the cooperations. That is in charge of the Water Emergency Cabinet Commission and then we are going to get to work with each of the countries that have different offers,” said Quintana from La Paz. Read: They declare a national emergency in Bolivia due to drought and lack of water The international offers include advice for dam construction projects, small water treatment plants, cistern support, among others, as explained by the Minister of the Presidency, who added that any type of cooperation that Bolivia accepts must “fit with the contingency plans.” ”, as well as with short and medium-term projects. On November 24, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina reported that that country will send tanker trucks to transport water to "alleviate the problems that arose due to the deficit of water for consumption, given the existing droughts in that country." These trucks will transport water to the most affected areas, according to the statement.

Meanwhile, Chile offered humanitarian aid through diplomatic channels to face the emergency due to lack of water, according to a statement on the Foreign Ministry's website. “The Government of Chile reiterates its willingness to support the initiatives of the Bolivian Government to overcome this serious crisis, and is waiting to know the requirements that are deemed appropriate for such purposes,” says the press release dated 28 November. agua water crisis In the midst of the national emergency due to drought and lack of water in Bolivia - which was declared by the Europe Cell Phone Number List government on November 21 - the government of that country will install "flexible 200,000 liter geoplasma tanks" in several areas of the city of La Paz to alleviate the crisis, according to Quintana. According to the Minister of the Presidency, the government will provide 10 tanker trucks in the next few hours to distribute non-potable water for other daily needs such as bathing and washing clothes. In this context, the Ministries of Health and Environment delivered 5.9 million water purification tablets that will be distributed in health centers in the neighborhoods of La Paz affected by rationing, according to the state newspaper Cambio. 26,970 bottles of biological purification tablets will be able to eliminate pathologies of about 660 liters of water, according to that state media.

Bolivia is being hit by the country's worst drought in the last 25 years, which authorities say was caused by climatic phenomena. Eight of the country's nine departments suffer from a lack of water and in 94 neighborhoods of La Paz there has been water rationing for several weeks. To do this, the central government distributes water entirely in at least 90 tanker trucks and storage tanks, according to President Evo Morales said this Monday, quoted by the Bolivian Information Agency, ABI.LTH took environmental care classes to more than 300 children from Colegio América this Tuesday. Primary school students received a theoretical-practical class on climate change. This is under the supervision of Father Juan Manuel Heredia Villalobos, Director of this school. The LTH dealers in La Piedad, the company Carro Motriz Diesel SA, were present at the training. At the Eco-Days, the speakers taught, through a video, the causes of greenhouse gases as well as the consequences of global warming. Later they showed the students how to plant plants through cuttings. To do this, they were provided with a pot, as well as a branch that they planted different species of plants such as lavender, succulents, among others.

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