The project also includes an agricultural plot, three fish ponds and the restoration of ten hectares of native forests..
Through the implementation of comprehensive water supply solutions, Corpoguajira benefits the inhabitants of the Sabana Grande indigenous community (San Juan del Cesar).
The project, which also includes the operation of an agricultural parcel, three fish ponds and the restoration of ten hectares of native forest, aims to reduce vulnerability due to water shortage, associated with the effects of climate change.
Samuel Lanao Robles, General Manager Corpoguajira, explained that “this community will have the distribution of treated water through physical networks to their homes, additionally, the implementation of complementary works that will improve the well-being of the inhabitants and reduce the morbidity and mortality rate, especially children's.
In addition, He specified that actions will be developed to increase economic and food conditions by obtaining agricultural products. As explained by the environmental authority, the project will also increase the governance of the territory and maintain the structure of the indigenous reservation, achieving the integration of the Wiwa population to the processes of regional and national development.
Other activities to be carried out with the community of Sabana Grande, are a cycle of training workshops on adaptation to climate change, saving and efficient use of water, sustainable measures of water consumption and use in crops and proper management of installed systems.
It should be noted that Corpoguajira has been working on the execution of this type of project in different areas of the peninsula to generate effective solutions to water shortages and to increase the response capacity of the populations and improve their quality of life..
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