La Paz, Bolivia.- The Bolivian government has confirmed the emergency state in six departments of the country because of droughts. The declared departments are: The Bolivian Chaco ( Tarija, Chuquisaca and the Cordillera Province in Santa Cruz) and the Altiplano (La Paz, Oruro and Potosi).
A commission formed by governmental representatives, departmental representatives, affected municipalities, Humanitarian NGO’s and the United Nations, have assessed the damages at the emergency site. The Chaco and Altiplano regions are preparing a joint response to resolve the necessities of water provision and food security for the families and livestock.
Due to the extreme shortage of water at the Cordillera Province, the departmental government and the municipalities of the Machareti and Gutierrez Provinces (Boyuibe, Cuevo and Camiri) had to distribute water in tanks to prevent the lack of this element. The situation at the Cordillera Province is the most critical because around 2.800 families are suffering from lack of rains and the death of their live stock.
According to The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (SENAMHI), the rain deficits will last until mid December.
The temperatures have hit new records at Villamontes, Cobija and Bermejo, reaching 49 ºC in some regions. At the Altiplano region, North Potosi has reported temperatures of 24 ºC.
A remote detection system of heat pockets installed by the Fiscal Authority and Social Land and Forestall Control (ABT) has detected, to the moment, 949 hot pockets at a national scale. This numbers are very similar to the ones registered in October that were provoked principally by the droughts affecting a big portion of the national territory.
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Families trying to get some water at one of the tankers
WHAT IS NEEDED
+Water provision though water tanks
+Cans to store water
+Food for familias
+Straw for livestock
+Light Clothes: long sleeve shirts, sun glasses, caps,
footwear
+Basic medical supplies to attend dermatologic and
ophthalmologic needs
STAFF ON THE GROUND
Local Rapid Response teams from the ADP's located
at affected areas have been deployed to start
evaluation and assessment on the situation
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