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Emergency Aid to Bolivia
Bolivia
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Emergency Aid |
Focus Area | Multisectoral |
Approved | 05.06.1998 |
Signed | 05.06.1998 |
Loan Administrator | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
Executing Agency | IFRCS |
Organization | IFRC |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.10 |
An earthquake, registering a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter Scale, struck rural Campero Province in Bolivia on May 22, 1998, claiming lives and rendering more than 3,000 families homeless. Serious damage was caused to roads, telecommunication networks, water supply and sewerage systems. The OPEC Fund's assistance helped procure essential shelter and relief supplies