Our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Nuevo Mundo is beginning construction on a water reservoir project in Wirkini, Bolivia. Construction is beginning in May 2014 and is hoped to be completed around the end of the year. Wirkini is a small community located in the Province of Tiraque, Department of Cochabamba, and is about 12,700 feet above sea level in the Bolivian Altiplano.
Site of the Wirkini reservoir.
Construction Beginning on Wirkini Water Reservoir
For more information about the project, check out the following:
- Project description and location on the Mano a Mano project map
- Pictures of the transport of our heavy equipment to the project site
Mano a Mano heavy equipment arriving in Wirkini.