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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Hello HOT community:<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">My name is Leon, I’m from Bolivia, I’m an environmental engineer currently working as a GIS specialist in NGO Practical
Action in Bolivia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">This year, the Amazon was hit by raging forest fires, which caused the highest rates of deforestation in a decade. In Bolivia alone, the fires destroyed more than
three million hectares in the Amazon region, causing widespread damage to the biodiversity, killing animals and harming livelihoods.
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<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">In the municipality of San Ignacio de Velasco, the fires were an extra burden on top of a long drought season, from which communities are struggling to recover.
Reports in mid-September were that over 120 communities are affected by the fires, this involves not only the eco-diversity and animals (15,000 animals ay risk) but also, the live hoods of the population.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><img width="554" height="272" style="width:5.7708in;height:2.8333in" id="Imagen_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D5AE96.7ACA66B0"></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:ES-BO">To improve and complement early recovery activities, we propose to generate a Community-based Geographic
Information System. This mechanism will allow the population to identify and map their different needs, thus making geographic information rapidly available to public institutions, aid entities, researchers and even the private sector, consequently contributing
to the timely and adequate response of early recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:ES-BO"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Our team involves not only OSM_Bolivia team members, but also staff in the Municipality and a large association of indigenous woman.
Donations will be used in equipment (laptops and smathphones) for the mapping activities and for workshops for expand the mapper community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Visit our donation page for more information about our project, any amount helps!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"></span><a href="http://bit.ly/MTDBolivia"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Roboto-Regular",serif">http://bit.ly/MTDBolivia</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk26427869"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">PD: Don´t doubt to contact me for more details.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="ES-PE" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:ES">Leon Lizon Romano<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="ES-PE" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#FFA600;mso-fareast-language:ES">Especialista Sistemas de Información Geográfica<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="ES-PE" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:ES">Practical Action
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="ES-PE" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:ES">Soluciones Prácticas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="ES-PE" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:ES">Oficina de Bolivia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-PE" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:ES">Presbítero Medina 2922, Sopocachi, La Paz, Bolivia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="ES-PE" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:ES">T. (591) 2 2119345
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="ES-PE" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:ES">M. (591) 67133324<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="ES-PE" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#FFA600;mso-fareast-language:ES">www.practicalaction.org.bo</span></b><span lang="ES-PE" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#FFA600;mso-fareast-language:ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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