Reference : V-P-CO-E-02499
Date : 19/02/2014
Country/Region : COLOMBIA
Caption : Chocó Department. Obapo, a settlement of 14 displaced families from the Indigenous community Embera Katío. The ICRC equipped the families and the community of Obapo with water collection systems and sanitation facilities.
Photographer : ARREDONDO, Juan
Confidentiality level : public
Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions
Copyright : Getty Images/CICR
Description : The community was forced to move from their village Rio Iró to the City of Quibdó from April through October 2013 due to constants clashes of armed group in their territory. Through its program of Economic Security to assist displaced communities, the ICRC equipped the families and the community of Obapo with water collection systems and sanitation facilities, blankets and cooking ware. The ICRC also conducted health risk programs.
Original material : digital
Resolution : 5760x3840
Orientation : landscape
Colour/B&W : colour

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