This well is an absolute priority. Ignacio de Valeriano, pictured centre right, helping to build the well. Well building in Bolivia Andapata is an isolated rural community in south-western Bolivia.
Temperatures can soar by day and plummet to below freezing at night.
There is no electricity or piped water, and the nearest hospital is 180km away. The region is suffering the after-effects of a drought in 1997 which has left very little water and has damaged pasture land. The people of this close-knit community survive by breeding llamas and sheep for food and income, so any unexpected change in weather conditions affects them severely. As it's at least a couple of hours' walk from the village, we stay here for four months at a time. The pasture is good because of a small stream, which the animals can drink from, but we needed a well.