*[Enwl-eng] Indigenous people are being forced to fish, swim, and drink from oil filled waters

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            An oil spill ravaged the Indigenous communities living along the Napo and Coca Rivers in Ecuador, and they are still struggling a year later 
                     
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                 In April 2020 in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Napo River and one of its tributaries, the Coca River, ran dark with oil. A landslide had ruptured three pipelines, setting in motion a spill of over 15,000 gallons of oil, stacking an environmental disaster on top of the existing COVID-19 crisis. Hundreds of thousands of people were directly and indirectly affected, many of them from the nearby Indigenous communities that rely on the river for food, water, income, and cultural practices. The Ecuadorian government did not immediately respond or admit to the oil spill, so people continued to use the river to fish, to swim, to boat, and to drink from. And now, over a year later, these rivers are still polluted, and many have no choice but to use the poisonous water and surrounding soil. 

                  The Indigenous people who rely on the Napo and Coca Rivers have a right to clean water, food, and health. But instead, they are being forced to subsist on oil-filled water and fuel-soaked soil, dooming themselves and their families to skin and stomach diseases that could affect them for years and years to come. This is a gross human rights violation, not to mention a worst case scenario for local animal and plant life — the area where the spill occurred is very close to Yasuní National Park, one of the most biodiverse areas in the world. Please sign the petition and urge the Ecuadorian government to provide funding and assistance to the people affected, and clean up every last ounce of oil from this spill! 

                  Thank you, 

                         Lauren
                        The Care2 Petitions Team 
                       
                           

                  P.S. A year after a massive oil spill in Ecuador's rivers, people and ecosystems are still struggling. Sign the petition today. 
                  
                    
           
     




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From: Lauren W., Care2 Action Alerts 
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 7:02 PM
Subject: Indigenous people are being forced to fish, swim, and drink from oil filled waters


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