Reference :
V-P-EC-E-00086
Date :
10/2010
Caption :
Community of Nueva Union. Children playing in the polluted Putumayo river. Colombia is on the other side.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
Many people are sick from drinking water from the polluted river Putumayo. The ICRC has a program to distribute water tanks and material to gather rain water from the roofs of the people's houses.
Photo taken along the Colombian border, in Northern Ecuador, in an area where there is a high rate of Colombian refugees.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4200x2795
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour