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Colombia: Days of Prayer and Action 2013

March 19, 2013

Colombia, Rural Justice, Urban Peacebuilding

By Rebekah Sears, MCC Colombia Para leer en Español After fifty years of internal armed conflict which has displaced over five million people and shattered countless lives, we join with our Colombian sisters ...

Being Human, Living Culture: Reflections from Colombia

March 7, 2013

Colombia, Country Programs, Rural Justice

Montes de Maria, near Macayepo, in northern Colombia By Anna Vogt, MCC Colombia I have been delighted to discover the writing of Wade Davis this year. An ethno-botanist and anthropologist, his writing serves a...

Interested in Working and Learning in Colombia? Tienes interés en trabajar y aprender en Colombia?

January 31, 2013

Colombia, Country Programs

Seed group 2011-2013 Leer en Español abajo We are very pleased to announce that Seed-Colombia has begun accepting applications for a new group of participants. Seed is a 2-year program for young adults betw...

Living in Amazement: One Year in Colombia

November 7, 2012

Colombia, Country Programs, Rural Justice

Para leer in Español In their latest bulletin, the 10 young people in the MCC Seed Program in Colombia examine their relationships, learning, reflection and action as they complete their first year in this c...

Concern, Doubt and Hope: Opportunities for Peace in Colombia

October 4, 2012

Colombia, Country Programs, Uncategorized, Urban Peacebuilding

Peace March September 21, 2012, Bogota, with Mennonite Church participants, including Rebekah Sears in the front. Photo by Nathan Toews. By Rebekah Sears, MCC Colombia Peace is a hot topic in Colombia these ...

Free Trade and Human Rights in Colombia – One Year Later

July 30, 2012

Colombia, Country Programs

Rice threshed by hand in rural Colombia. Photo by Rebekah Sears. Do free trade agreements have an impact on human rights? Canadian and Colombian NGOs are challenging their governments to examine the reality b...

Mampuján: Forging a path to peace in Colombia

June 25, 2012

Colombia, Urban Peacebuilding

Community members of Mampuján meet with government representatives to discuss reparations for the massacre and displacement that occurred in their community in 2000. By Anna Vogt, a Seed program worker with M...

A Thread of Peace in Medellín

May 31, 2012

Colombia, Urban Peacebuilding

This post is from Jessica Sarriot, a two-year Seed worker, with MCC in Medellín Colombia. A City Known for Food, Flowers, and Drug Cartels Medellín, a bowl-shaped city known for its overabundant “Bandeja Pai...

Colombia: Human Rights and a Car Bomb

May 17, 2012

Colombia

By Adrienne Wiebe On Tuesday this week (May 15) a car bomb exploded in Bogota and the Canadian government released its first report on the Human Rights impact of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA)....

The “War on Drugs” and Peacebuilding: What’s the connection?

April 19, 2012

Colombia, Country Programs, Mexico, Urban Peacebuilding

Leaders of the Americas met in Colombia recently – no, not the recent meeting of the MCC Latin America Country Representatives in Colombia – I’m referring to the Summit of the Americas, April 14-15 2012. This...

The Food We Share

“Imagino un mundo … donde mujeres y [niñas] podamos caminar en las calles, trabajar, y convivir … sin miedo” (part 3)

“Yo quisiera que termine toda esa violencia” El Día de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer (part 2)

Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia Contra la Mujer (parte 1)