The homes are very small without water or sanitary installation. Miners and their families have to wait in the public water pumps to get drinking water. There are ten to twelve showers assigned to the whole camp. The showers are only available when there is oil because the water is heated by oil. They have sanitary facilities that are use by the whole mining camp. The company also controls the electricity and the miners only have electricity when the company chooses to. The education they provide the children is very limited. It is also very expensive because the COMIBOL does not provide uniforms or school supplies for the miner’s
The homes are very small without water or sanitary installation. Miners and their families have to wait in the public water pumps to get drinking water. There are ten to twelve showers assigned to the whole camp. The showers are only available when there is oil because the water is heated by oil. They have sanitary facilities that are use by the whole mining camp. The company also controls the electricity and the miners only have electricity when the company chooses to. The education they provide the children is very limited. It is also very expensive because the COMIBOL does not provide uniforms or school supplies for the miner’s