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COVID support to indigenous campesino families in the Curva, Mocomoco y Ancoraimes municipalities Bolivia is experiencing a catastrophic situation, with COVID arriving on the back of violent widespread social upheaval at the end of 2019. The country went into strict quarantine in March, which has not been respected by many due to partisan political interests peddling disinformation. Blockaders protesting the delays to the national elections are hampering the delivery of oxygen and essential medical products.  Many families have been plunged into a food security crisis. They continue to face a scarcity or absence of food and due to the quarantine restrictions, they have been unable to access the state bonds which would have provided desperately needed income. The families in rural areas supported by Fundacion Nuna have been able to survive on existing agricultural products, however they are currently suffering from shortages of seeds, dry food products and other non-food items which if not resolved quickly will exacerbate the food crisis in both rural communities and in the urban areas that rely on locally-produced food. The current social unrest which is likely to continue and worsen during September and October is also their access to markets and options for earning income to buy seeds.  
Fundacion Nuna will provide seeds to indigenous campesino families located in 16 communities across three municipalities, Curva, Mocomoco and Ancoraimes in the La Paz department. Nuna will also carry out much needed awareness raising about COVID 19 and safety practices and provide PPE for families in the target communities. The team will coordinate with community authorities to prioritise support to the most vulnerable community members including elderly men and women who have been abandoned by their families, families led by women, families with large numbers of children.
Improving Family Health through access to safe water and sanitation ACLO Chuquisaca is a Jesuit NGO focusing on community development in peri-urban areas in the city of Sucre.   An estimated 70% of Sucre’s population are migrants from the poorest rural areas of the departments of Chuquisaca and Potosi. These migrants have settled in popular urban neighbourhoods of Sucre and lack basic services such as water, electricity, and proper drainage.  Many of these neighbourhoods are not recognised by the municipal government and so the people living there are excluded from decision-making spaces and the development of municipal public policy which has a direct affect on their lives
This WASH project forms part of the Water and Gender Match Fund programme. The project aims to help the communities to set up drinking water, sanitation systems and eco-latrines, improve their knowledge and practice of safe water consumption and hygiene and lobby for support from municipal governments in replicating the activities more widely. There will be a particular emphasis on working with women to empower them to play a key role in changing practice in the family and community domains to increase convenient availability of drinkable water and improve hygiene and sanitation
Rural Bolivian farmers protecting seeds, saving traditional farming skills and titling land CENDA is helping impoverished rural farming communities in the Andean regions of Cochabamba and Oruro respond to the difficulties and threats to their livelihoods caused by climate change, unequal land distribution and poor food security and sovereignty. CENDA’s project seeks to deepen understanding of and strengthen the production systems of indigenous-campesino communities which are based on local knowledge and practices to improve food security and sovereignty, the management of natural resources and protect their collective and socio-environmental rights. The project combines action-research, communications and advocacy work, all rooted in CENDA’s philosophy of building local capacity and self-esteem to enable communities to become the architects of their own development. The project is focused on strengthening community autonomous governance, with emphasis on the management of natural resources, most specifically the management and protection of seeds, deepening knowledge about risks posed to food security and by climate change, the collective titling of land as part of the management of territory by rural communities.
Developing political, economic and organisational capacities in urban neighbourhoods ACLO describes itself as ‘a Christian-inspired organisation  that provides services to organised indigenous and rural men and women in the south of Bolivia to strengthen their capacities in the areas of economic production, political organisation, municipal administration and cultural renewal’. ACLO trains these rural and indigenous organisations in human rights and supports them to strengthen their leadership capacity so they can effectively participate in decision-making at community and municipal level. The partner also works to involve women in their community organisations and also to educate the general public about the collective rights of marginalised groups and the need for these rights to be respected. ACLO forms part of CAFOD's rural development programme.
Joining together voices, multiplying actions in Bolivia CAFOD continues to support UNITAS' human rights defenders project, building on previous pilot projects and EU-funded work in previous years. The project aims to reduce the vulnerability of Bolivian human rights defenders in a context of reduced civil society space, policies and practices that affect the exercise collective indigenous and environmental and the rights of association, expression and peaceful assembly.
Water Risk Management in the Poopó watershed This project builds on work between University College London (UCL), CAFOD and CENDA is to assess the vulnerability of communities in the Lake Poopo that are affected by contaminated water sources, support communities in monitoring water quality and foster a dialogue on water as a vital resource and as a potential crisis driver in the region. In seeking to develop the dialogue, the research has three specific objectives:
•	to survey various types of potential water-related risks and associated crisis drivers that could affect the region; 
•	to promote new types of alliances, such as practitioner/ and policy-maker/scientist dialogues, for addressing the threats that the region may face;
•	to propose steps that must be taken now to lead to prevention and preparedness measures commensurate with the nature and scale of the potential water risk facing the region.
Water Risk and its Management in Bolivia's Altiplano Development Strategy Water resources in Bolivia, especially in the highlands, are under huge pressure as a result of inappropriate development, population growth and climate variability.   The proper management of water resources, underpinned by scientific research, is therefore essential if the country is to prosper in the future.

This project “Water Risk and its Management in Bolivia's Altiplano Development Strategy” is the first component of the UCL – CAFOD – CENDA – CIPCA research partnership looking at Water Management in Bolivia’s Development Strategy. The aim of the project is to assess the risks and management scenarios relating to water resources on the Bolivian Altiplano. A component of the project will also look at the rules governing the use of scarce common-pool water and how these are being transformed and with what effects. The overall purpose of the project is to inform development models in the context of the effective management of the quantity and quality of water.

The main project team will consist of a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) based in the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) and the Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Centre (ABUHC) and an environmental researcher based with CAFOD partner CENDA in Bolivia.
Strengthening family agroecological production systems in Bolivia CENDA will support family agroecological production systems with peri-urban indigenous, campesino communities in the Sacaba municipality in Bolivia. CENDA’s main aim is to improve food security for children and adolescents in the communities and contribute to alleviating levels of poverty. The team will also encourage children and young people to learn about the environment, nurturing their connection with the natural world and promoting collective indigenous organisation as an approach for protecting the environment.
Provison of PPE for refuse collectors in Bolivia Bolivia is facing an adverse health emergency scenario due to COVID19. This is layered on top of the political crisis with national elections looming in October 2020. In this context, urban refuse collectors in Bolivia, due to the very poor working conditions, constitute a highly vulnerable and high-risk sector. Bolivian refuse collectors, represented by the National Federation of Refuse Collectors of Bolivia (FENTRAB by its Spanish acronym), define themselves as a “strategic labour sector that is in the frontline…. tasked with keeping cities clean, preserving the health of the population… by removing discarded infected materials from hospitals”. Currently the biosecurity measures provided by the State are inadequate and refuse collectors in order to protect their lives and health must purchase their own biosecurity items (masks, gloves etc).  Workers collect waste from hospitals and homes of infected families but waste of COVID19 patients is not separated or labelled. The majority are part of the informal work sector due to the outsourcing of the service and having temporary contracts. This means that social benefits, access to state health care systems and long-term insurance is not guaranteed for this sector. Affiliate local unions report increasing deaths and infection rates of their members. 
CAFOD partner UNITAS will work with FENTRAB to provide PPE and fumigation materials to women and men refuse collectors in capital cities and intermediate towns in the nine departments of the country.
Food sovereignty and sustainable agriculture in Ancoraimes, Curva and Mocomoco, Bolivia Fundación Nuna works in the Department of La Paz on sustainable rural development and community organisation.  The organisation supports communities to achieve improvements in sustainable agricultural production in order to reduce their vulnerability to the impact of climate change through technical training. They also seek to strengthen local municipal management and civic participation to promote transparency and accountability, in particular through the participation and skills of women. Fundación Nuna places strong emphasis on working with young people and on gender. 
This project in the municipality of Ancoraimes near Lake Titicaca, Curva and Mocomoco will provide small-scale farming households with training and technical accompaniment in sustainable and innovative agricultural practices aiming to increase their production and also reduce their vulnerability to the impact of climate change. See the Project Details document for more information.
Defending the land and territory of the indigenous peoples of the Chaqui and Puna municipalities ACLO Potosi’s project will focus on the defence of the individual and collective rights of the indigenous campesino communities that form 20 Ayllus, organised on the basis of their land and territory in the rural municipalities of Puna and Chaqui.  This work is supported by the EIDHR human rights defenders project.
Evaluation of the Caritas Bolivia The project covers the evaluation of the previous Caritas Bolivia project cycle (BOL138) and is funded jointly by CAFOD and DKA Austria. The project, Supporting indigenous and campesino organisations in defending their human rights and Creation finished at the end of June 2021 however long delays in contracting the consultant and then due to personal complications suffered by the consultant have delayed the completion of the consultancy. 
The first payment of USD $2750 was covered by DKA and a further payment of USD $2750 is now due from CAFOD as the completed evaluation has been presented.
COMPASS 2015 Bolivia CAFOD is engaging 4 partners to conduct participatory research to include the voices of those living in poverty in the post-2015 debate. Unitas will conduct one of these research projects. Research participants will play a key role in identifying key aspects of social inequality and poverty and in the reflection on the causes. The research will take place in 5 ecologically different areas and in each of these areas will comprise both rural and urban settings. The research will be conducted in dialogue with the research coordinator based in London. The findings will be used for local and global advocacy purposes.
Rural Community Development CIPCA is one of Bolivia’s largest and best-known NGOs, with programmes in all the main regions of the country, specialising in support and capacity building for rural communities. This programme combines sustainable rural development with community organising to tap public funds through the local authority.  Through technical training CIPCA supports communities to achieve improvements in agricultural and livestock production. They also seek to strengthen local municipal management and civic participation to promote transparency and accountability, in particular the participation and skills of women. This programme operates in the highland region of La Paz department, near Lake Titcaca.
COVID support to indigenous campesino families in the Potosi department, Bolivia To date Bolivia officially has over 100,000 confirmed cases and 4,000 deaths due to COVID although the actual figures are believed to be far higher. The strict quarantine that began in March caused extreme hardship for the most vulnerable people, particularly small-scale farmers in rural areas. Potosi is one of the poorest departments in the country and with restrictions in place, many Potosino farmers were unable to travel to towns to sell their produce. This cut of their only source of income and their access to markets. As a result, many families have been plunged into a food security crisis, facing a scarcity or absence of food. The crisis is affecting women and girls disproportionately as in Bolivian rural families they are charged with preparing food and caring for the family particularly if anyone is sick. Small-scale family farmers have become a fundamental pillar of feeding the population during the crisis and if their need for seeds is not dealt with quickly in the run up to the sowing season (September) it is expected that the food crisis will worsen in both cities and the countryside. 
The current social unrest which is likely to continue and worsen during September and October is also limiting the opportunities for rural families to get back on their feet. Blockades limit their access to markets and options for earning income to buy seeds.  
The Project will provide support to 255 indigenous and rural families who survive as small-scale agriculture in the municipalities of Vitichi, Caiza D and Tupiza, in the department of Potosí. On average each family is formed of 5 people between adult men and women, children and adolescents. Potatoes are the local staple food in the region however mandatory quarantine rules have led many families to lack other food supplies including vegetables, meat/fish/eggs and dry foods.  Families will able to produce vegetables for their daily consumption and for sale in local markets.
Environmental Governance and the Right to a Healthy Environment in the Katari Basin, Bolivia IIADI seeks to improve the quality of life and the sustainability of the livelihoods of urban and rural communities affected by water contamination in and around the Katari River basin in the La Paz department near the city of El Alto. 
The project is based on the informed construction of environmental solutions based on the participation and dialogue of multiple actors from communities, civil society, academia, the State and other actors that have an influence on the environmental situation of the basin.
The project will support research activities with young people from academic institutions and mitigation solutions with local communities that both contribute to reflections to deal with pollution in the basin. Solutions may include water treatment technology, solid waste management and sanitary landfills, monitoring and control, and monitoring of polluting activities.
The project will engage with decision-makers at the departmental and national level and seek to influence policies and achieve a collective response to the problem of contamination across the basin. The team and participants will position the contamination problems across the basin in urban public opinion to generate awareness and solidarity with respect to the affected communities.
Men and women develop sustainable actions to improve access to water for safe drinking and farming This project seeks to support rural communities, and develop sustainable actions to alleviate water scarcity and improve food security in Altiplano, Bolivia.

Rural communities in the Altiplano suffer from scarcity and contamination of water, which has led to a decreased productivity of land and insufficient access to safe drinking water. 

Component one of the programme will address water resource management issues in communities affected by mining operations and climate change, and component two will tackle issues related to access, sanitation and hygiene. As a whole, the programme seeks to strengthen the capacity of rural and semi-urban communities to manage water resources by making accessible to them technologies and tools, and building their capacity to manage and preserve the vital water resources needed to guarantee food security. 

This means that it will look at water balance, both in terms of water quality and quantity within a geographical water catchment, taking into account ground and surface water, weather and climate issues, as well as a user/stakeholder approach (domestic and urban water use, mining, agriculture, industry).
Strengthening local capacity for the participatory implementation of the SDGs in Bolivia The Urban Programme (UP) is run by key CAFOD partner UNITAS (BOL087), a network of 22 NGOs and social organisations from across Bolivia, including other CAFOD partners. The UP builds the capacity of social organisations representing vulnerable groups to protect their economic, social and cultural (ESC) human rights. Their new project for 2016-2018 is structured so that all the community groups supported by the project all contribute to Bolivia’s achievement of a number of SDGs. This is particularly vital given the current challenge of ensuring that Government at all levels implement the SGDs via local and national development plans and the need to build the capacity of civil society and state representatives on this issue. The UP has identified six vulnerable urban groups experiencing abuses of their ESC rights: rubbish collectors; factory workers; disabled people’s groups; landless migrants; women’s organisations and; urban indigenous groups. The project will train these groups in the protection of their human rights and the SDGs.  This extra project is funded by PPA top-up investment fund 2016 and will enable the project to increase the training of organisations in SDGs and enable the UP to provide training on human rights and SDGs to local authorities in seven municipalities so that they are informed and aware of the importance of participatory implementation of the SDGs. The UP will engage with local authorities on the importance of funding for organisations and initiatives that contribute to achievement of the SDGs from a rights perspective and will allow roundtables to be established to promote dialogue between local authorities and social organisations. The extra funds will support the production of a guide to SDGs and human rights for participants which will include tools to help participants share their learning with other members of their organisations. Organisations supported by the UP project will participate in a foundation training course and receive accompaniment with the development of advocacy strategies to advance the cases that they are fighting to protect their human rights.
“SANEAMIENTO BÁSICO Y PRODUCCIÓN ORGÁNICA DE ALIMENTOS EN LA MANCOMUNIDAD DE AZARI” Azari, is a semi–urban settlement in Sucre and is mainly inhabited by families who have migrated there from the surrounding province of Chuquisaca. People in these spontaneous settlements do not have titles that guarantee them the ownership of their plots, and their homes have no basic services such as electricity, potable water and sewer systems, increasing the risk of diarrhoea and other diseases. 
 
Since the households in these settlements mainly come from rural areas, and since their houses occupy a small portion of their plots, urban agriculture is an alternative that will help improve nutrition levels; particularly of children. Likewise, their homes have tin roofs that facilitate the harvesting of water. 

As part of the Programme seeking to address issues of water contamination and scarcity in the Altoplano, ACLO Chuquisaca will target impoverished households of indigenous origin settled in neighbourhoods that do not have basic services or access to water, to enable them to cover their daily and long-term water needs, as well as produce vegetables that will enrich the family diet. 

ACLO is experienced in advocacy and leadership capacity strengthening, and therefore they will also work with grassroots organizations and community leaders to foster the involvement of the municipal government in the realisation of development projects and the application of housing standards within the scope of national development policies.
Support to Bolivian prisoners and migrants with food and hygiene supplies To date Bolivia has over 500 confirmed cases of COVID19 but is achieving very low levels of testing and the healthcare system is very weak, almost non-existent in rural areas. The government's strict quarantine response began on 21st March and remains in force to try to stem transmission. The rules allow people to go out to buy food one morning a week and driving is prohibited unless authorised.  These rules are causing extreme hardship for migrants, the prison population, elderly people in care homes, orphanages and communities of indigenous peoples in cities.
Pastoral Social Caritas Bolivia (PSCB) will provide food and hygiene supplies to Bolivian prisoners and migrants (national and international) in La Paz, Oruro and Potosi with within a framework of respect and dignity of people’s basic rights during the coronavirus health crisis. 
The resources will support two vulnerable groups: a) people deprived of their liberty (1,696 people) and b) national and international migrants in the cities of La Paz, Oruro and Potosi (300 people) totalling approximately 1996 people. 
Food rations and hygiene essentials will be purchased and delivered by the PSCB diocese teams based in each city. These teams are made up of staff and volunteers.
The food rations will provide one meal per day for five days in the prisons in addition to hygiene products including toilet paper and hand sanitiser. As prisons are closed to visitors, the food will be delivered to the prison kitchens. Monitoring will be done by signoff and photos of all including prison staff, prisoners and the PSCB team.
Migrant families, including Venezuelan refugees, are living in temporary shelters from houses to bus terminals. The food rations will provide one meal per day for 14 days for this vulnerable groups who will also receive hygiene products and essential medicine when possible.  
PSCB is receiving support from other agencies to provide support to other prisons and to support other vulnerable groups