Benefit gig - March 31st - Rónán Ó Snodaigh & members of Kíla - The Sick and Indigent Song Club

dublin | miscellaneous | event notice Saturday March 18, 2006 15:15 by Muireann de Barra muirmaid at yahoo dot com

Benefit to support independent documentary on Bolivia's Water Wars

Benefit to support independent documentary on Bolivia's Water Wars

Rónán Ó Snodaigh and members of Kíla

The Sick and Indigent Song Club

& DJ 'til late

The Castle Inn, Lord Edward St, Dublin 1(Opp. Christ Church Cathedral)

Doors 8pm

€15/ 10 conc. with id

For further information please contact Muireann de Barra

M: 087 7411136

Benefit Gig - Ronan O Snodaigh and Members of Kila - The Sick and Indigent Song Club

Since the mid 1990’s the privatisation of water services has been championed as the solution to delivering water to 1.1 billion people without access to potable water in developing countries. Privatisation of the service has failed to bring water to over 200,000 people in the impoverished city of El Alto, Bolivia where people living on $2 a day are being charged $500 for a basic water connection.

In 2005 the indigenous people of El Alto launched a water war- demanding fair and affordable access to water. Pitted against one of the world's largest water multinational corporations, ‘Suez’ and international financial institutions such as the World Bank the people rejected private control and called for the expulsion of the multinational. Now Suez threatens to bring a crippling $50m lawsuit against the Bolivian government for breach of contract. In 2006, the struggle for water continues in one of the most highly indebted countries in the world.

This benefit gig will support independent documentary filmmakers Muireann de Barra and Aisling Crudden to make a film about the El Alto ‘Water War’ and bring this story to a wider audience. The film is being produced by award winning film-maker Donnacha Ó Briain (Chavez: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - 2003) A short pilot made by the filmmakers will be shown on the night.