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  • Fernando Durón, Los Ranchos, San Francisco La PAz, Olancho, Honduras.<br />
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Farming projects here are supported by World Renew through their partner Diaconia. Fernando explains that they are planting beans to be sold as seeds, plus cabbages. Recently he explains "this area has sufferred from climate change, severe droughts, and the only way we can get a crop to harvest is to use irrigation." <br />
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They have received support including the seeds, irrigation pipes and technical advice.<br />
<br />
"Most houses here have people who have left as migrants to the US. The main problems are unemployment and very low wages, some people pay $4 a day, but the cost of living is higher than that. Agriculture is failing and without any support it is hard to plant anything. Since the big droughts we have lost a lot of faith in farming".
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_20220201_...jpg
  • Fernando Durón, Los Ranchos, San Francisco La PAz, Olancho, Honduras.<br />
<br />
Farming projects here are supported by World Renew through their partner Diaconia. Fernando explains that they are planting beans to be sold as seeds, plus cabbages. Recently he explains "this area has sufferred from climate change, severe droughts, and the only way we can get a crop to harvest is to use irrigation." <br />
<br />
They have received support including the seeds, irrigation pipes and technical advice.<br />
<br />
"Most houses here have people who have left as migrants to the US. The main problems are unemployment and very low wages, some people pay $4 a day, but the cost of living is higher than that. Agriculture is failing and without any support it is hard to plant anything. Since the big droughts we have lost a lot of faith in farming".
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_20220201_...jpg
  • Fernando Durón, Los Ranchos, San Francisco La PAz, Olancho, Honduras.<br />
<br />
Farming projects here are supported by World Renew through their partner Diaconia. Fernando explains that they are planting beans to be sold as seeds, plus cabbages. Recently he explains "this area has sufferred from climate change, severe droughts, and the only way we can get a crop to harvest is to use irrigation." <br />
<br />
They have received support including the seeds, irrigation pipes and technical advice.<br />
<br />
"Most houses here have people who have left as migrants to the US. The main problems are unemployment and very low wages, some people pay $4 a day, but the cost of living is higher than that. Agriculture is failing and without any support it is hard to plant anything. Since the big droughts we have lost a lot of faith in farming".
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_20220201_...jpg
  • Fernando Durón, Los Ranchos, San Francisco La PAz, Olancho, Honduras.<br />
<br />
Farming projects here are supported by World Renew through their partner Diaconia. Fernando explains that they are planting beans to be sold as seeds, plus cabbages. Recently he explains "this area has sufferred from climate change, severe droughts, and the only way we can get a crop to harvest is to use irrigation." <br />
<br />
They have received support including the seeds, irrigation pipes and technical advice.<br />
<br />
"Most houses here have people who have left as migrants to the US. The main problems are unemployment and very low wages, some people pay $4 a day, but the cost of living is higher than that. Agriculture is failing and without any support it is hard to plant anything. Since the big droughts we have lost a lot of faith in farming".
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_20220201_...jpg
  • Fernando Durón, Los Ranchos, San Francisco La PAz, Olancho, Honduras.<br />
<br />
Farming projects here are supported by World Renew through their partner Diaconia. Fernando explains that they are planting beans to be sold as seeds, plus cabbages. Recently he explains "this area has sufferred from climate change, severe droughts, and the only way we can get a crop to harvest is to use irrigation." <br />
<br />
They have received support including the seeds, irrigation pipes and technical advice.<br />
<br />
"Most houses here have people who have left as migrants to the US. The main problems are unemployment and very low wages, some people pay $4 a day, but the cost of living is higher than that. Agriculture is failing and without any support it is hard to plant anything. Since the big droughts we have lost a lot of faith in farming".
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_20220201_...jpg
  • Fernando Durón, Los Ranchos, San Francisco La PAz, Olancho, Honduras.<br />
<br />
Farming projects here are supported by World Renew through their partner Diaconia. Fernando explains that they are planting beans to be sold as seeds, plus cabbages. Recently he explains "this area has sufferred from climate change, severe droughts, and the only way we can get a crop to harvest is to use irrigation." <br />
<br />
They have received support including the seeds, irrigation pipes and technical advice.<br />
<br />
"Most houses here have people who have left as migrants to the US. The main problems are unemployment and very low wages, some people pay $4 a day, but the cost of living is higher than that. Agriculture is failing and without any support it is hard to plant anything. Since the big droughts we have lost a lot of faith in farming".
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_20220201_...jpg
  • Fernando Durón, Los Ranchos, San Francisco La PAz, Olancho, Honduras.<br />
<br />
Farming projects here are supported by World Renew through their partner Diaconia. Fernando explains that they are planting beans to be sold as seeds, plus cabbages. Recently he explains "this area has sufferred from climate change, severe droughts, and the only way we can get a crop to harvest is to use irrigation." <br />
<br />
They have received support including the seeds, irrigation pipes and technical advice.<br />
<br />
"Most houses here have people who have left as migrants to the US. The main problems are unemployment and very low wages, some people pay $4 a day, but the cost of living is higher than that. Agriculture is failing and without any support it is hard to plant anything. Since the big droughts we have lost a lot of faith in farming".
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_20220201_...jpg
  • Fernando Durón, Los Ranchos, San Francisco La PAz, Olancho, Honduras.<br />
<br />
Farming projects here are supported by World Renew through their partner Diaconia. Fernando explains that they are planting beans to be sold as seeds, plus cabbages. Recently he explains "this area has sufferred from climate change, severe droughts, and the only way we can get a crop to harvest is to use irrigation." <br />
<br />
They have received support including the seeds, irrigation pipes and technical advice.<br />
<br />
"Most houses here have people who have left as migrants to the US. The main problems are unemployment and very low wages, some people pay $4 a day, but the cost of living is higher than that. Agriculture is failing and without any support it is hard to plant anything. Since the big droughts we have lost a lot of faith in farming".
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_20220201_...jpg
  • At the Vasudha Training and Research Centre Farm in Jamniya,  organic farming techniques are taught to farmers and demonstration plots prove organic techniques.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170112...jpg
  • Poreh Mansaray, centre, with her husband and son working on their peanut field. World Renew partner Christian Extension services has been helping the Mansaray family learn new farming techniques to improve their crops and make their farming more productive.<br />
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The small village of Yirafilaia, Koinadugu is in a remote district of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping the village with agricultural trainining to improve harvests and with sanitation and clean water supply.,
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Water pipes ensure oxygen flow through fish farming tanks in San José de León. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181116_AH1_885...jpg
  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Water pipes ensure oxygen flow through fish farming tanks in San José de León. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181116_AH1_900...jpg
  • Douglas Mendoza is part of the farming schools that are supported by World Renew in Carazo, Nicaragua. <br />
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Douglas has learned conservation farming techniques in the workshops and has planted a plot of bananas, cassava, passion fruit, water melon and pawpaw. <br />
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"This land" says Douglas "was supposedly useless, we couldn't plant anything here, but now we've done the workshops we know there's no such thing as unusable land, and we're growing this garden of Eden here."
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_WorldRenew_20220317...jpg
  • A pair of bullocks pull a cart in a village in Madhya Pradesh that farms Fairtrade cotton. Fairtrade has run several projects in the village to train farmers in organic techniques to improve quality and output of their farming production, in cotton and food production.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170113...jpg
  • Cristian Gusmán Merlos, young coffee farmer, manager of Fundación Entre Mujeres, community organiser, farming and Fairtrade coffee advisor. Cristian works with the Central De Cooperativas 'Las Diosas' - the Godesses - that has 270 women farmer members.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_Las Diosas_20140811...jpg
  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Joni Pertuz feeds the community collective's stock of farmed fish in San José de León. Joni is one of some 10 families who have their own stocks of fish, but this week he is also responsible for feeding the community collective's larger schools of farmed fish. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181116_AH1_896...jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
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Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
<br />
Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
<br />
Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
<br />
Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
<br />
Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
<br />
Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Michael Chega at his farm near Thika, Nairobi, Kenya. His successful farming has been boosted with loans from the microfinance organisation ECLOF that do not require collateral. Michael produces 800 broilers a month and 30 pigs in 6 months. His loan at the time of the photograph was for 95,000 Kenyan Shilligs (around USD1300). When asked what comes first... the chicken or the egg, he replies "the loan".
    kenya_hawkey_20061021_013.jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
<br />
Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
<br />
Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
<br />
Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
<br />
Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Rice farming in the district of Koinadugu in a remote area of Kabala province, in northern Sierra Leone, an area heavily affected by the civil war in the 1990s. <br />
<br />
Working with partner Christian Extension Services, World Renew is helping villages in this area with agricultural trainining to improve farm outputs and with sanitation, clean water supply and post-harvest support to protect harvests.
    SierraLeone_Hawkey_WorldRenew_201706...jpg
  • Juan Gonzalez is a member of the Cuna Chorti coffee farming coop. His ripe coffee cherries are ready to be picked on his coffee farm. This year, instead of ripening over three months, all the coffee ripened in one month, and farmers are putting this down to climate change. This has caused  problems as there isn't enough labour to pick the coffee in one month, so some coffee is being lost. Cuna Chorti cooperative is a Fairtrade-certified coffee producer based in Chiquimula, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CunaChorti_20120307...jpg
  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: “The difference is in our everyday life,” says Joni Pertuz as he feeds a school of 300 Tilapia fish just outside his house. “To not have to get up at six in the morning and check the map to see where the enemy is. Now things have changed. We get up in the morning to look after our kids, to check on the animals that we have. But what has not changed is our sense of collective. We stay united.” Joni is one of some 10 families who have their own stocks of fish, apart from the community collective's larger schools of farmed fish. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181116_AH2_537...jpg
  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Community member Manuel (right) enjoys a brief break in building a tank to keep rain water from sinking too quickly into the ground. Instead, the tank will hold the water and help feed the community's many ponds of farmed fish. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181116_AH2_523...jpg
  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: 14-month-old Charli Stephany climbs on a fence in the community of San José de León. Born in late October 2017, the girl is just over a year old and her mother went through pregnancy at a time when the plastic that today makes the foundation of fish farming tanks, served as roofs over community members’ heads. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181116_AH2_545...jpg
  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: 14-month-old Charli Stephany climbs on a fence in the community of San José de León. Born in late October 2017, the girl is just over a year old and her mother went through pregnancy at a time when the plastic that today makes the foundation of fish farming tanks, served as roofs over community members’ heads. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181116_AH2_545...jpg
  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: 14-month-old girl Charli Stephany and her mother walk through the village in San José de León. Born in late October 2017, the girl is just over a year old and her mother went through pregnancy at a time when the plastic that today makes the foundation of fish farming tanks, served as roofs over community members’ heads. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20181116_AH2_539...jpg
  • Clearing land left fallow for seven years. Six or seven years of fallow keeps this land fertile, and makes the farming sustainable, but the clearance is tough work. The farmers use machetes called guarisamas, with very long heavy blades. This farm, belonging to Lázaro Adalid Zablah, a participant in programmes sponsored by World Renew, is near Los Charcos, Olancho.
    Honduras_Hawkey_Jesus_20180322_3499.jpg
  • Clearing land left fallow for seven years. Six or seven years of fallow keeps this land fertile, and makes the farming sustainable, but the clearance is tough work. The farmers use machetes called guarisamas, with very long heavy blades. This farm, belonging to Lázaro Adalid Zablah, a participant in programmes sponsored by World Renew, is near Los Charcos, Olancho.
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_Olancho_2...jpg
  • Clearing land left fallow for seven years. Six or seven years of fallow keeps this land fertile, and makes the farming sustainable, but the clearance is tough work. The farmers use machetes called guarisamas, with very long heavy blades. This farm, belonging to Lázaro Adalid Zablah, a participant in programmes sponsored by World Renew, is near Los Charcos, Olancho.
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_Olancho_2...jpg
  • Clearing land left fallow for seven years. Six or seven years of fallow keeps this land fertile, and makes the farming sustainable, but the clearance is tough work. The farmers use machetes called guarisamas, with very long heavy blades. This farm, belonging to Lázaro Adalid Zablah, a participant in programmes sponsored by World Renew, is near Los Charcos, Olancho.
    Honduras_Hawkey_WorldRenew_Olancho_2...jpg
  • Clearing land left fallow for seven years. Six or seven years of fallow keeps this land fertile, and makes the farming sustainable, but the clearance is tough work. The farmers use machetes called guarisamas, with very long heavy blades. This farm, belonging to Lázaro Adalid Zablah, a participant in programmes sponsored by World Renew, is near Los Charcos, Olancho.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • Cristian Gusmán Merlos, young coffee farmer, manager of Fundación Entre Mujeres, community organiser, farming and Fairtrade coffee advisor. Cristian works with the Central De Cooperativas 'Las Diosas' - the Godesses - that has 270 women farmer members.
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  • Cecilia Akuyu (right) works in a cooperative farming project run by United Methodist Women in the Southern Sudan village of Pisak. Behind her is Cecilia Asha. The village UMW is farming peanuts, pineapple, corn, sorghum and beans as a way to raise money for the women's families. The women say they spend most of the proceeds on school costs of their children and medicines for their families. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • Cecilia Akuyu (left to right), Esther Maoriba, and Cecilia Asha participate in a cooperative farming project run by United Methodist Women in the Southern Sudan village of Pisak. The village UMW is farming peanuts, pineapple, corn, sorghum and beans as a way to raise money for the women's families. The women spend most of the proceeds on school costs of their children and medicines for their families. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • Esther Maoriba works in a cooperative farming project run by United Methodist Women in the Southern Sudan village of Pisak. Behind her is Cecilia Akuyu. The village UMW is farming peanuts, pineapple, corn, sorghum and beans as a way to raise money for the women's families. The women say they spend most of the proceeds on school costs of their children and medicines for their families. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • Cecilia Akuyu works in a cooperative farming project run by United Methodist Women in the Southern Sudan village of Pisak. The village UMW is farming peanuts, pineapple, corn, sorghum and beans as a way to raise money for the women's families. The women say they spend most of the proceeds on school costs of their children and medicines for their families. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • Esther Maoriba works in a cooperative farming project run by United Methodist Women in the Southern Sudan village of Pisak. The village UMW is farming peanuts, pineapple, corn, sorghum and beans as a way to raise money for the women's families. The women say they spend most of the proceeds on school costs of their children and medicines for their families. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with help from Caritas, which has provided seeds, tools and technical support, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. Erisha Dowdy is a leader of the local unit of the Arrow Boys, and, carrying a homemade shotgun, here escorts other residents of Gangura to work in their fields. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, May Evaristo and other farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with seeds, tools and technical support from Caritas, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, Alice Marchin--here with her 7-month old daughter Marci--and other farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with seeds, tools and technical support from Caritas, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, Vicki Paulino and other farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with help from Caritas, which has provided seeds, tools and technical support, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with seeds, tools and technical help from Caritas, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, Alice Marchin--here with her 7-month old daughter Marci--and other farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with seeds, tools and technical help from Caritas, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with help from Caritas, which has provided seeds, tools and technical support, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. Erisha Dowdy is a leader of the local unit of the Arrow Boys, and, carrying a homemade shotgun, here guards other residents of Gangura as they work in their fields. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with help from Caritas, which has provided seeds, tools and technical support, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. Erisha Dowdy is a leader of the local unit of the Arrow Boys, and, carrying a homemade shotgun, here guards other residents of Gangura as they work in their fields. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, Vicki Paulino and other farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with help from Caritas, which has provided seeds, tools and technical support, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, Alice Marchin--here with her 7-month old daughter Marci--and other farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with help from Caritas, which has provided seeds, tools and technical support, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Carlos Antonio Valle Gonzalez, 'Toño, Barranco Alto, Boaco, Nicaragua.<br />
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Toño has been supported by World Renew through Nicaraguan organisation ACJ in farming techniques through the farmer schools they run. He is a big fan of new organic fertilizer techniques he's learned.<br />
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"This is organic fertilizer, it has dry leaves, sawdust, cow muck, banana stems, we mix it up and leave it to rot down for a couple of months before applying it to the plants, and it is good. This saves us a lot, we don't have to spend on fertilizers, we make them ourselves."
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  • Carlos Antonio Valle Gonzalez, 'Toño, Barranco Alto, Boaco, Nicaragua.<br />
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Toño has been supported by World Renew through Nicaraguan organisation ACJ in farming techniques through the farmer schools they run. He is a big fan of new organic fertilizer techniques he's learned.<br />
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"This is organic fertilizer, it has dry leaves, sawdust, cow muck, banana stems, we mix it up and leave it to rot down for a couple of months before applying it to the plants, and it is good. This saves us a lot, we don't have to spend on fertilizers, we make them ourselves."
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  • Esther Maoriba works in a cooperative farming project run by United Methodist Women in the Southern Sudan village of Pisak. The village UMW is farming peanuts, pineapple, corn, sorghum and beans as a way to raise money for the women's families. The women say they spend most of the proceeds on school costs of their children and medicines for their families. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, Mary Bren and other farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with help from Caritas, which has provided seeds, tools and technical support, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with help from Caritas, which has provided seeds, tools and technical support, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. Erisha Dowdy is a leader of the local unit of the Arrow Boys, and, carrying a homemade shotgun, here escorts other residents of Gangura to work in their fields. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with seeds, tools and technical support from Caritas, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. Erisha Dowdy is a leader of the local unit of the Arrow Boys, and, carrying a homemade shotgun, here escorts other residents of Gangura to work in their fields. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with seeds, tools and technical support from Caritas, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. Erisha Dowdy is a leader of the local unit of the Arrow Boys, and, carrying a homemade shotgun, here guards other residents of Gangura as they work in their fields, including May Evaristo, who is watering plants. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with seeds, tools and technical support from Caritas, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. Erisha Dowdy is a leader of the local unit of the Arrow Boys, and, carrying a homemade shotgun, here guards other residents of Gangura as they work in their fields, including Vicki Paulino, who is watering plants. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with seeds, tools and technical support from Caritas, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. Erisha Dowdy is a leader of the local unit of the Arrow Boys, and, carrying a homemade shotgun, here guards other residents of Gangura as they work in their fields. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • Once displaced by terrorist attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, farmers in Gangura, South Sudan, are once again farming their fields with help from Caritas, which has provided seeds, tools and technical support, and with protection from the Arrow Boys, local self-defense militia groups established to defend against LRA attacks. Erisha Dowdy is a leader of the local unit of the Arrow Boys, and, carrying a homemade shotgun, here guards other residents of Gangura as they work in their fields. The LRA attacked Gangura in early March, 2015, kidnapping 13 people. The Arrow Boys eventually drove off the attackers, killing one and losing one of their own members. The farmers group is supported by the diocese of Tombura-Yambio and Caritas Austria.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: A narrow path leads the way towards pools of farmed fish, in a community in San José de León. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • Roshdy Ayad drives a cart along a farm road in Zeitun, Gaza. The border with Israeli is just 600 meters away, and military activity in the area has precluded constructing the infrastructure necessary for farming. In the wake of the truce that ended the 2014 war between Hamas and the Israeli military, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a member of the ACT Alliance, built this road so that farmers could have access to the area. ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
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  • A man adjusts his donkey cart on a farm road in Zeitun, Gaza. The border with Israeli is just 600 meters away, and military activity in the area has precluded constructing the infrastructure necessary for farming. In the wake of the truce that ended the 2014 war between Hamas and the Israeli military, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a member of the ACT Alliance, built this road so that farmers could have access to the area. ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
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  • A woman in Kok Kondoul, a farming village in Cambodia's Svay Rieng province.
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  • A woman in Kok Kondoul, a farming village in Cambodia's Svay Rieng province.
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  • A woman in Kok Kondoul, a farming village in Cambodia's Svay Rieng province.
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  • A woman in Kok Kondoul, a farming village in Cambodia's Svay Rieng province.
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  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Fatima Al-Omari walks in her garden in Al-Mazar. She is one of many beneficiaries to recently have received support from the LWF in setting up home-based farming in the area of Al-Mazar. By providing tools and seeds, the project has helped 150 families grow food for themselves and, in some cases, also earn an income from selling their surplus at local markets. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Mahmoud Al-Omari works in his garden in Al-Mazar. He is one of many beneficiaries to recently have received support from the LWF in setting up home-based farming in the area of Al-Mazar. By providing tools and seeds, the project has helped 150 families grow food for themselves and, in some cases, also earn an income from selling their surplus at local markets. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Fatima Al-Omari works in her garden in Al-Mazar. She is one of many beneficiaries to recently have received support from the LWF in setting up home-based farming in the area of Al-Mazar. By providing tools and seeds, the project has helped 150 families grow food for themselves and, in some cases, also earn an income from selling their surplus at local markets. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Mahmoud Al-Omari opens a barrel in his garden in Al-Mazar. The barrels are used to keep rain water collected via drain pipes in times of the year when there is no water in the houses taps. Mahmoud is one of many beneficiaries to recently have received support from the LWF in setting up home-based farming in the area of Al-Mazar. By providing tools and seeds, the project has helped 150 families grow food for themselves and, in some cases, also earn an income from selling their surplus at local markets. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: “My dream is that my children will have a better future than the one we are living, that they will continue to study, not become a man without letters, like me,” says Edilberto Reyes. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Woman leader Aida, who was part of the first group of ex-combatant families to settle in San José de León, tends to the community's poultry, caring for the chickens and hens, and collecting the eggs they provide. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • A worker stands by a dyeing maching in Pratibha.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
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  • 17 September 2018, Kavre district, Nepal: In the community of Maidan, Kavre district, villagers have started to practice semi-commercial vegetable farming, through support from the LWF World Service programme's Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation and Livelihood Recovery Project. Through a collection centre, villagers gather what surplus they have, and bring it collectively to the market in the nearby town of Kuntabesi. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 17 September 2018, Kavre district, Nepal: In the community of Maidan, Kavre district, villagers have started to practice semi-commercial vegetable farming, through support from the LWF World Service programme's Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation and Livelihood Recovery Project. Through a collection centre, villagers gather what surplus they have, and bring it collectively to the market in the nearby town of Kuntabesi. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Luz Alcira is part of both the gender and the health committees of the community in San José de León. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: 22-year-old Rober Hernández Hernández lived 8 years as a FARC combatant, starting at the age of 12. He was imprisoned, but released as a result of the 2016 peace treaty in Colombia. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: “People in this community have worked hard together, and we see the progress that we have made. My dream is to see this work continue, so we can move forward even if we see lack of fulfilment from the government on the peace treaty,” says Giovanni Duarte Duarte. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: "My dream is to continue with education, and to bring more children into education," says Carlos Alberto, father of two children, aged 19 and 7. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: “As a mother, I dream of my children continuing to study, to become maybe a secretary, or a teacher. That is my dream,” says 41-year-old mother of five Vianeth. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: 48-year-old Ivan walks on crutches as he is missing a leg. He lived 31 years as a FARC guerilla combatant, before settling in San José de León after the 2016 peace treaty in Colombia. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: 48-year-old Ivan walks on crutches as he is missing a leg. He lived 31 years as a FARC guerilla combatant, before settling in San José de León after the 2016 peace treaty in Colombia. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Community members partake in a workshop on forgiveness and reconciliation. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: "I have worked the fields with my machete all my life" says Jorge, one of the community members in San José de León. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Laundry hangs to dry. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Sociologist Ana Eloísa Gómez leads a workshop on forgiveness and reconciliation. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Woman leader Aida, who was part of the first group of ex-combatant families to settle in San José de León, tends to the community's poultry, caring for the chickens and hens, and collecting the eggs they provide. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Woman leader Aida, who was part of the first group of ex-combatant families to settle in San José de León, tends to the community's poultry, caring for the chickens and hens, and collecting the eggs they provide. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Community members gather for a joint meal at midday. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Rosa prepares a meal of sarapa - rice and chicken wrapped in a Cachibou leaf - for 80 community members in San José de León. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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  • 16 November 2018, San José de León, Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia: Rosa (right) and Mayerlis (left) prepare a meal of sarapa - rice and chicken wrapped in a Cachibou leaf - for 80 community members in San José de León. Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, a group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, municipality of Mutatá in Antioquia, Colombia. A group of 27 families first purchased the lot of land in San José de León, moving in from nearby Córdoba to settle alongside the 50-or-so families of farmers already living in the area. Today, 50 ex-combatant families live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Though the community has come a long way, many challenges remain on the way towards peace and reconciliation. The two-year-old community, which does not yet have a name of its own, is located in the territory of San José de León in Urabá, northwest Colombia, a strategically important corridor for trade into Central America, with resulting drug trafficking and arms trade still keeping armed groups active in the area. Many ex-combatants face trauma and insecurity, and a lack of fulfilment by the Colombian government in transition of land ownership to FARC members makes the situation delicate. Through the project De la Guerra a la Paz (‘From War to Peace’), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia accompanies three communities in the Antioquia region, offering support both to ex-combatants and to the communities they now live alongside, as they reintegrate into society. Supporting a total of more than 300 families, the project seeks to alleviate the risk of re-victimization, or relapse into violent conflict.
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