Provision of an irrigation water supply system to
Bellamaria, Chaquizhca and Guara communities
Calvas - Loja
Ecuador
In partnership with the Rotary Noon Club of Athens and other clubs of district6690, Ohio University, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador and the Municipal Government of Calvas, the Rotary Club of Loja aims to implement an irrigation water supply system in three rural communities (Bellamaria,Chaquizhca, and Guara) of Calvas county, in Loja province, southern Ecuador. This project will benefit 75 subsistence farming families’ households who live under precarious conditions and struggle to maintain a yearly agricultural production due to a dry seasonal climate of the area.
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