Emergency Response to the Bolivia Flood Disaster

Summary

Multiple natural disasters have hit the poorest and most vulnerable areas of Bolivia, which is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

Flooding, hail, snow and heavy frosts during the first three months of 2006 created a humanitarian emergency in eight of Bolivia’s nine departments. The impact on the country has been severe: more than 220,000 people have been affected in some way. Families have been displaced, homes, crops, animals and infrastructure lost, and thousands of people now find themselves in a critical situation with regard to basic humanitarian conditions, food and livelihood security.

How will this project solve this problem?

CARE will provide assistance to approximately 7,400 people by providing adequate shelter, safe water, food and sanitation, household items, and livelihood security. CARE will also provide technical advice and assistance to local authorities.

Potential Long Term Impact

The goal is to enable families to return to their communities, and identify longer-term solutions for shelter and economic recovery as quickly as possible. Significant effort will be required to rehabilitate land, crops, and infrastructure.

Project Message

Many programs providing essential emergency aid may be severely cut back or completely halted unless donors take action and contribute more emergency, reconstruction and rehabilitation funds.
- Barbara Jackson, CARE Country Director in Bolivia

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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