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7/31/2019 LWF Colombia Annual Report 2011
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Promotion of Human Rights, Sustainable Development
and Humanitarian Actions in Colombia
The Lutheran World FederationDepartment for World Service
Colombia Program
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The Lutheran World FederationThe Lutheran World Federation LWF is a global communion of Christian chur-
ches in the Lutheran tradition. Founded in 1947 in Lund, Sweden, the LWF now
has 145 member churches in 79 countries all over the world representing 70.5
million Christians. The LWF acts on behalf of its member churches in areas of
common interest, such as communication, ecumenical and interfaith relations,
theology, humanitarian assistance, international affairs, human rights, and va-
rious aspects of mission and development work. The location of the General
Secretariat is in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva (Switzerland) which ensures
close cooperation with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and other world
Christian communions as well as secular international organizations.
Department for World ServiceFor over sixty years the DWS has responded to the needs of peoples affected by
natural or man- made disasters. Special attention is given to internally displa-ced people (IDPs), refugees, victims of conicts, droughts, oods, hurricanes
and earthquakes. DWS reaches out to everyone with the belief that all people
are created with an equal set of rights regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion,
nationality or political conviction. With its presence in more than 30 countries,
DWS is part of a global network that assists in situations of emergency, rehabi-
litation and sustainable development. These are fundamental steps to ensure
that communities can once again reconstruct their lives.
Member of:
ACT AllianceACT International and ACT Development merged as of January 1st, 2010, into one
single organization called ACT Alliance, one of the biggest humanitarian world
alliances of the world. ACT is an alliance of churches and faith based organiza-
tions working together in order to eradicate poverty, injustice and human rights
abuses. It is made up of over 100 organizations and churches working in more
than 125 countries worldwide.
The Lutheran World Federation
Department for World Service
Colombia ProgramCarrera 22, No. 40-07 Bogot, Colombia
Telefax +57 1 323 0707 / 338 1196
Correo: [email protected]
www.lwfcolombia.org.co
The Lutheran World Federation (Headquarter)
Department for World ServiceEcumenical Centre, Route de Ferney 150
PO Box 2100, 1211 Ginebra 2, Suiza
Tel: +41 227916522/Fax: +41 227916629
www.lutheranworld.org
Member of
Certicated by
THE LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATIONDEPARTMENT FORWORLD SERVICE
Colombia Program
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The Lutheran World Federation - Department for World Service in Colombia
Right to foodBy Silvio Schneider, Country Representative
Why we work in AraucaThe actions of our partners in Arauca 2011Other LWF/DWS projects in Arauca in 2011
Our land, our only Hope By Leonardo Sarmiento M. LWF/DWS/CO
Why we work in ChocThe activities of our local partners in Choc 2011Other LWF /DWS projects in Choc in 2011
Why we work in CundinamarcaThe actions of our partners in Cundinamarca 2011The actions of our local partners with national impact in 201 1
Other activities of LWF/DWS Colombia in 2011
Financial Summary 2011
LWF/DWS Colombian Staff 2011
Acknowledgements
The Lutheran World FederationDepartment for World Service in Colombia
As of 2010 the LWF/DWS is implementing the program Promotion of Human RightsSustainable Development and Humanitarian Actions in Colombia 2010-2015.
Our MissionTo accompany and to
strengthen the vulnerable
Colombian population
affected by the armed conict,
by violations of human
rights and international
humanitarian law, and by
natural disasters through a
service inspired by Christian
diakonia and based on the
humanitarian imperatives.
Our objectives
Human rights and peace. To support actions of enforceability and ad
for human rights and their levels of repercussion at regional, nationa
international levels.
Sustainable livelihoods. To increase the capacity of urban and rural
communities to face serious threats to their dignity and to defend an
their sustainable livelihoods.
Emergency response and disaster risk management. To empower v
communities in areas of work of the LWF in their capacity to deal with
conict and/or natural disasters.
Strategic approaches
Integrated approach. The articulation of technical actions with organizational and community
strengthening towards technical and social sustainability
Differential (gender and ethnicity). The LWF/DWS is interested particularly in promoting and
demanding the rights of women, afro-descendants and indigenous people, as well as playing a
role in the construction of peace and development alternatives. The LWF/DWS aims to contribute
to their empowerment as full subjects of rights.
Rights based Approach (RBA). The conscious reference to the norms of Human Rights and their
objectives helps to ensure that root causes of poverty and exclusion are properly addressed in the
formulation and implementation of development programs, and avoids that exclusive technical
objectives become references for development activities.
Construction of peace. All LWF/DWS actions in Colombia aim ultimately at contributing to the
construction of peace through the promotion of human dignity, diversity, tolerance, and social
justice as response to the existing conicts.
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C o l o m b i a P r o g r a m
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Right to Food
SILVIO SCHNEIDERCountry Representative
economies. Vulnerable communities affected by the
oods have had their economic and food capacities
diminished in addition to loss of housing, problemsof health, and the absence of children and youth from
their schools.
In response to this situation LWF/DWS CO, and other
ACT Alliance members, has worked together with lo-
cal organizations since April 2011 on a wide reaching
project to help improve the living conditions of hun-
dreds of families, many of whom continue to suffer
the consequences not only of the oods but also of
the violence of the internal armed conict. The oods
destroyed harvests, banana and rice crops, and the
few possessions owned by many families living besi-
de the San Juan River in the Department of Choc. The
LWF provided food aid and delivered seeds to revive
food production. This kind of aid is of vital importance,
particularly for the indigenous peoples who subsist by
exchanging agricultural produce.
And in Arauca we continued accompanying local orga-
nizations in their efforts to stay in their territories in a
dignied way. The armed conict and the implemen-
tation of mega-projects in the departme
ning the security of the Araucan commu
support of the LWF has been importantfood production and strengthening of
capacities. This work has been done th
program and the project ARAUCA: CULT
AMIDST OF THE CONFLICT, nanced by
Union.
Restitution of land illegally appropriated
Victims and Land Restitution Law signe
Santos in June 2011 in the presence of
Secretary. This process has no preceden
history of Colombia and could be seen a
step towards the construction of peace
that land restitution efforts be part of
tegy for development, which includes
income-generating programs to ensure
and dignied standard of living for victim
ciety organizations that monitor the imp
the Victims and Land Restitution Law p
has failed to stop the tragedy of interna
in Colombia, in a year in which there ha
lation of violence and a worsening of the
The Lutheran World Federation Department for World
Service implements the Program PROMOTION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS IN COLOMBIA (2010-2015).
One of the strategic objectives has to do with Sustai-
nable Livelihoods and Food Security, and it is from this
perspective that we present this report for sharing
what we have done together with our partners and
communities in 2011.
During 2011 the violence caused by armed groups per-
sisted, with continued strong offensives of the national
armed forces in territories of historical dominance of the
guerrillas and ghting with illegal armed groups made
up of former paramilitaries. The consequences of hos-
tilities continue to affect disproportionately the civilianpopulation, which continues to be victim of killings, for-
ced displacements, exiles, abductions, sexual violence,
forced recruitment, just to name some violations that
should be sanctioned in the light of human rights and
international humanitarian law.
The dispute over territory is indeed the most important
reason for the persistence of the armed conict, due to
its continued economic, political and social importance.
The areas most affected by the conict are dominated
by legal and illegal economies that favor private inter-
ests, or in some cases armed actors, and thus affecting
the food security of the population.
But the year 2011 was also characterized byheavy rainy seasons affecting large parts of
the country in what was a clear result of cli-
mate change. Over 3.5 million Colombians
were affected at different times of the year,
with consequences both for micro and macro
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Why we work in
Arauca
The year 2011 marked a milestone in the long tradition
of oil extraction in Arauca. In the rst months several
multinational rms deployed teams and heavy ma-
chinery in the municipalities of Fortul, Arauca, Tame
and Arauquita for oil exploration. One multinationalcompany, which used to produce less than 1,000 ba-
rrels a day, is now producing 100,000, and started to
plant wells in the municipalities of Arauca and Puer-
to Rondn. Oil exploitation in Arauca comes hand in
hand with a strategy of military security. It is the most
militarized department of Colombia and with a strong
presence and activity of illegal armed groups.
The continued harassment of the civilian population,
selective deaths, bombings in rural areas, indiscri-
minate use of landmines, the massive presence of
unexploded devices, armed blockades by the ille-
gal actors, ambushes, and military confrontations,
among other factors, greatly affected the mobility
and the integrity of the farmers and indigenous com-
munities of the department. According to reports ofOBSAR Observacin y Solidaridad, there were 216
armed actions in the department in 2011.
Indigenous communities in particular remain the
most violated in their rights, despite the mechanisms
of protection issued by the Consti
through the Edits 004 and 382, the l
the comprehensive and permanent a
Hitnu and Makaguan peoples regardi
and nutrition. The death of Dumar Crado, indigenous Makaguan leader
Peroza Wampiare, of the Hitnu peopl
ment of indigenous Makaguan wom
munity La Colorada, whose partners
the harassment to which are submitt
lies in the Community La Colorada,
refuse to return to their territory for
actions against their integrity; as wel
degradation being experienced by s
the Betoyes community due to consu
hol with high degree of toxicity; all th
that submit the indigenous peoples
physical extermination and contribut
disintegration in the department of Ar
This situation of peasant and indigwas worsened by the heavy rains that
ted some regions, destroying large t
pastures and the road system of th
and left it submerged by the oods f
months.
Brasil
Arauca
Venezuela
Per
Ecuador
Panam
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The actions of our partnersin Arauca 2011
Las Galaxias - Agricultural Association (AAG)
The Association is a non-prot organization created in
June 2008 with the support and accompaniment of
the LWF in Arauca. Thanks to a process of organiza-
tional strengthening through exchange of knowled-
ge, the Association has managed to widen its
coverage among the farmers of the region. The As-
sociation is implementing productive initiatives that
aim to make it possible for farmers to stay on their
lands, and promoting dignity, self-protection, food
security, peaceful togetherness and sustainability.
In 2011, the LWF supported the AAGs process of orga-
nizational strengthening, resulting in the enlargementboth in terms of territorial coverage and the number
of afliated farmers. The Association achieved greater
ownership of responsibilities and the improvement
of capacities to comply with the statutes as well as
to propose changes and strategies for achieving its
objectives. The participation of members in the bi-
monthly assemblies was also improved, as was the
performance of the members of the Board of Directors
with regard to the corresponding registration and le
of records as well as the exercise of accountability.
On the other hand the AAG was able to share good
practices related to the maintenance of a rice mill,
improve knowledge of seeds and further analysis of
classes of eld and its inuence on the quality of rice,
promote the diversity of food products to increase the
availability of food, as well as the construction andcommissioning of two ponds for sh farming. Produc-
tion and training in sh farming was carried out with
an average of 15 members, some of which will build
their own ponds and design a strategy for sales and
consumption and give continuity to the sh farming.
Arauca Peasant Association - ACA
ACA is a non-prot association of peasants in Arauca,
which looks for peaceful responses to the States
abandonment and repression in the department. It is
driven by the principle of equity in its search to gui-
de the organizational process of the peasants. The
Association also aims at peace with social justice in
Arauca, including the defense of human rights and
the dignity of the life of the peasantry. ACA carries out
social research on the root causes of problems of the
peasantry and proposes possible solutions, as well
as education and training of its members and partici-
patory construction of new social and economic mo-
dels that respond to the interests and needs of the
peasant sector.
In 2011 the ACA strengthened its organization through
the improvement of the participation and leadership tra-
ining of its members, as well as the promotion of human
rights and a productive agro-ecological approach for the
dignied staying of the population in th
the support of the LWF, ACA managed to
ve committees in the Department of A
extended their knowledge about the pe
The afliation of new members continu
305 new associates in 2011.
The agro-ecological schools were streng
plemented with the installation of com
and extensive community participation
to implement the knowledge in their fa
youth leadership was also carried out in
of the ACA in Arauquita, with the partic
interested in working in their communiin the consolidation of a group of multip
ponsibility to disseminate the lessons le
shops. Finally, three training sessions
knowledge were organized for the Boa
the Association.
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Regional Youth and Students Associa-tion - ASOJER
ASOJER is a non-governmental organization of youth
and students with 11 years of experience in commu-
nity participation and facilitation of spaces for youth
convergence and accompanying young people and
students from the region projecting their uninter-
ested contribution on human rights and other rele-
vant themes in the society. ASOJER offers accom-
paniment to social organizations of the Department
of Arauca in the work of enforceability and respect
for their rights. It has four municipal sections, and
in phase of restructuring several committees in dis-
tricts, schools, and communities.
In 2011, with the support of the LWF, the youth partici-
pation was organizationally strengthened through the
development of four municipal and one regional mee-
tings resulting in the visibility of the youth movement
within a society that is overcoming stigmatization and
persecution of social leaders and movements and start
understanding that young people are a fundamental
part of the society. ASOJER established a work plan
for each municipality and a regional team, who will be
responsible for driving the processes in relation to the
plans of life of social organizations of the Centre East of
Colombia as part of a navigation chart for the organized
civil society of Colombia.
The Standing Committee or theDeense o Human Rights - CPDH-Section Arauca
The CPDH was founded in November 2000 by a group
of people and social actors in order to support, accom-
pany and empower the civil society of the Departmentof Arauca, which has been victim of the worsening of
the conict in this region of the country. Its main ofce
is in the Municipality of Arauquita, and it has successfu-
lly become a meeting point for the different social sec-
tors, victims and their relatives.
In 2011, with the support of the LWF, CPDH was able to
carry out legal consultations and subsequent follow-up
and accompaniment to victims of violence and to the
vulnerable population in Arauca. Human rights abuses
were made visible through the dissemination of regular
public reports, urging the need for peace, and without
hiding the everyday reality that civilians are experien-cing as a result of t he armed conict.
The CPDH led the organization of the commemoration
of the rst anniversary of the execution of three children
presumably killed by members of the national army in
the community of Flor Amarillo, municipality of Tame.
It was attended by about 60 CPDH members and over
1000 people of the Department. Other organizations de-
fending human rights also participated, such as Huma-
nidad Vigente, the Lutheran World Federation, Caritas
- Pastoral Social, ACA, the President of the Commission
for Peace of the Departmental Assembly, the Munici-
pal Council of Tame, a delegate of the Mayors Ofce of
Tame, the I.C.B.F. and others.
Human Rights Foundation Joel Sierra
Joel Sierra is a non-governmental organization for the
defense of human rights with thirteen years of expe-
rience in the dissemination, promotion and defense
of rights in Eastern Colombia, with emphasis on the
holistic conception of human rights, and denouncing
violations of human rights and international huma-
nitarian law in Arauca. The organization carries out
advocacy with the national Government, the media
and the international community.
Joel Sierra performs accompaniment and legal advice to
victims of violations of human rights, as well as aware-
ness-raising, training, promotion and dissemination ofthe human rights. The activities aim at the recovery of the
memory, truth, justice, comprehensive reparation and the
full enjoyment of the rights that allow the construction of
a society with social justice and equity.
In 2011, with the support of the LWF, Joel Sierra has legally advi-
sed more than 80 cases related to rights abuses suffered by indivi-
duals, social organizations and communities in the region, and by
victims of repression of the State and human rights violations and
infringements of international humanitarian law and to people im-
mersed in the social humanitarian crisis, pushing them to develop
legal actions of enforceability of their fundamental rights. The or-ganization was also able to develop activities towards the creation
and implementation of a database on violations of human rights
and breaches of international humanitarian law occurred in A rauca.
Other LWF Projects in Araucain 2011Project: Humanitarian Assistance toDisplaced Populations and Communities atRisk in Arauca
Funded by the Church of Sweden
The project Humanitarian Assistance to Displaced Po-
pulations and Communities at Risk in Arauca was
implemented between July 2010 and November 2011.
The main objective was to provide protection, relief
and assistance to people and communities affected
by the armed conict. This was done through deli-
very of humanitarian aid to displaced people and
actions aimed at the reduction of their vulnerability.
The project was carried out in four peasant commu-
nities, specically in regard to: risks by natural and
man-made disasters, risk of accidents by anti-per-
sonnel mines and unexploded munitions, the abili-
ty to resolve conicts without reproducing forms of
violence, deciency of horticultural products in their
self-sufciency and self-supporting.
A total of 365 displaced families benetted from the de-livery of food and non-food items in the Municipalities
of Tame, Arauquita, Fortul and Arauca. In addition, 204
people participated in trainings for the improvement
of their food diet and strengthened their food security
through production in 24 family gardens.
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The communities worked on the elaboration of an emergency plan and routes for local at-
tention to the population in situation of displacement, and learned about their rights and
the constitutional guarantees that were not known to them due to the absence of State
in the area. Their leaders participated in the socialization of the Emergency Plan before
the local government bodies and will continue to supervise, taking advantage of the tools
learned. Similarly, the communities participated in trainings related to natural and anthro-
pogenic disasters (especially related to oil exploitation).
A theater play was created with a group of young people who managed to convey a mes-
sage about the possibility of t ransforming conicts without the use of violence, thereby
inviting to the reection of the practices usually employed in daily life situations. The par-
ticipants of the discussions on this subject highlighted the need to promote values, espe-
cially dialogue as an indispensable tool in the construction of agreements, the importance
of putting oneself in the place of the other, and encourage listening besides showing will
to keep these t houghts inside their family groups.Likewise, progress was made in the prevention of accidents by contamination from
weapons, and the communities are aware of the existing risks and are prepared to assume
behaviors that may protect them and others. They have organized preventive campaigns
that reached and educated over 700 people, many of them youth and children that replica-
ted the lessons learned in their own families.
Project: Cultivating peace in the midst o the confict in ArauFunded by the European Union and the Church of Sweden
From March 2010 until March 2013, the LWF supported by Church of Sweden and toget
with Humanidad Vigente and Caritas Pastoral Social as local partners, is implementing t
project with the participation of four peasant communities located in the municipalit
of Tame and Fortul and six indigenous communities affected by the armed conict, f
of them in a situation of displacement and two recipients of IDPs. The project seeks
strengthen the integration of the social actors for the promotion of human dignity in
der to contribute to overcoming situations of socio-political violence, from a participat
approach and through this, to contribute to the reduction of poverty and the building
peace in Arauca.
During 2011, the project concluded a series of training sessions on food autonomy and so
reignty with 62 women and 13 men participants from peasant communities. These trainistrengthened knowledge of agro-ecological production, recognition of food species of region, food processing and solidarity proposals for the implementation of productive tiatives. The process also strengthened productive plots in public schools of Puerto NidMalvinas, and Filipinas. 93 indigenous families strengthened its food production and accto water for human consumption with the support of the project, through the implemention of traditional systems of cultivation of vegetables and access to ground water syste
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48 men and women community leaders participatedin an educational process aimed at the understan-ding of the current economic system and its implica-tions for the lives of farmers in t he region, with a viewto the construction and strengthening of alternativedevelopment plans in the beneciary communitiesof the project. Likewise, a comprehensive trainingprocess was carried out with indigenous communi-ties, with the aim of strengthening their ownershipof their life plans.
37 people (22 men and 15 women) participated in trai-ning processes for strengthening of human relations.40 young people took part in therapeutic groups and289 people in meetings for the recovery of histori-cal memory, of which 161 were women. Another 40people, 20 women and 20 men, strengthened theirknowledge of mechanisms of enforceability of rightsand legal issues related to land and territory. Theproject also includes an Observatory that registerscases of human rights violations and breaches of in-ternational humanitarian law. The Observatory alsoanalyzes, follows up and disseminates informationon the situation of socio-political violence in the De-partment of Arauca.
Furthermore, the project is carrying out a secondtraining cycle, this time in a holistic manner that in-cludes food security, mental health and legal toolsfor the protection of human rights. 190 people par-ticipate in the communities of Malvinas, San Jos
Obrero (Caranal) and Filipinas. Finally, the projectis constructing and implementing an agenda for ad-vocacy involving the project beneciaries and socialorganizations of the Department. Research has alsobeen carried out on violations of the right to land andterritory of indigenous communities.
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At that moment Rigoberto joins in the conversation. He is another
leader of the community, older than Juan and was Governor of
the community some years ago. We continue talking and we ask
them about the food situation in the community.
Please tell us how the families are eating these days?
Rigoberto: Well, we rarely get to eat three times a day
How many times do you eat each day?
Rigoberto: We eat breakfast and then we eat something in the
evening.
And what do you normally eat?
Rigoberto: For breakfast we eat rice, water with brown sugar
and some bread, and in the evening rice, beans and something
to drink. But we dont have meat, here we cant hunt alligators
and armadillos like we used to.
Juan: Since we were displaced we have received humanitarian
aid from all kinds of institutions. Living here, without land and
eating canned food we are contaminating our bodies. The food
we receive has a lot of chemicals and it is affecting our health.
The difcult food situation in the community became obvious
to us while we were talking to Juan and Rigoberto. The children
were playing their traditional games but many of them had respi-
ratory diseases and problems with parasites.
We asked Juan to present us to some of the women of the com-
munity and he took us to his mother, Magola, a very quiet but
active woman.
We asked Magola to say something in their ancestral language,
but she says that she does not know how as her parents died
before being able to teach her. This made us aware of how the
indigenous groups of Arauca are losing their cultures.
We decided to ask Magola about the food situation in her fa-
mily and she answered almost the same as Rigoberto, that they
usually eat only twice a day and that their diet is not balanced
with few proteins, minerals and sometimes carbohydrates.
What did you eat when you were living in your reserve in La Es-
peranza?
Magola: In La Esperanza we were eating well, we ate chcharo,
chigiro, babilla, lapa, cachicamo and iguanas (all local ani-
mals).
Rigoberto: There we were able to nd sh, ba
chcharo, picure, araguato, well a bit of every
Juan: In our land we were also able to grow and plantain.
These answers show how important their ter
communities who traditionally are collectors, h
men, and who live in harmony with their enviro
What does your land mean to you?
Juan: Without our territory we are nothing, w
territory we are able to keep our culture, tradi
and traditional medicine. We can live from t
and wild animals, and our culture as our main
In Arauca there are 6 indigenous groups: In
Sikuani, Betoy and Makaguan. According t
Constitutional Court they are in danger of cult
extinction. With regard to the food situation t
Court says for example that 71% of Hitnu chi
malnutrition. The response from the Colombiabeen inadequate and insufcient.
It is now 11 oclock and the sun has forced us
We are with Juan and his wife, who together
land next to their hut where they are planting
Juan says that their only option is to cultivat
they are, so we decide to ask one last questio
Will you return completely to your land?
Juan: We are waiting until the end of this ye
sults from the Constitutional Courts decision
be implemented by the national authorities,
administration and the administration of th
Tame. We are waiting for them to tell us the
they will and will not do. Until now we have not
They told us that we would be given some lan
happened and if there is no political will we
the decision as a community. We will have to rtory even if it is dangerous, that is our only ho
3. The ConstitutionalCourts decisions 004rom 2009and 382 romgovernmenta mandate to urgently take acti on to protect 35i ndigthatare threatened by culturaland physicalextinction because oindigenousgroups inArauca are all included.
Our land, our only HopeBy Leonardo Sarmient o M. LWF/DWS/CO
We are driving along the road from Arauca to Tame. After two
and a half hours of driving through the plains we have passed
150 kms of land for cattle, rice plantations, some remnants of
forest, small farms, areas for oil exploitation and many army
checkpoints. When we almost arrive at the farm known as Be-
toyes the road becomes winding and a change of scenery lets
us know that we are arriving at the reserves of the indigenous
groups Betoy and Makaguan1. It is easy to recognize the area
as there are lots of people from these ethnic groups: children
sitting on the side of the road, women carrying heavy packs of
wood, men with their bows and arrows. The indigenous people
of Arauca walk a lot, often hundreds of kilometers. One of the
reasons for this is that historically they are semi nomadic cul-
tures, hunters and gatherers; although it is difcult to imagine
that they still are as so much has changed in Arauca. It is n ow along time since the indigenous groups were the only inhabitants
of these lands.
1. Two o the sixindigenousgroupsoArauca
It is seven in the morning and we are in the rural part of Betoyes
when we arrive at the entrance of the temporary reserve of the
community La Esperanza (the Hope). Three women in a hut with
palm roof are moving the hot coals; it seems like it is time for
breakfast. We walk another 150 meters until we get to another
gate which leads to the place where the community settled 4
years ago. We see a small school which was recently built and
some huts built of wood and guadua and with palm roofs. Smoke
comes out of each of the huts which show that it is denitely time
for breakfast.
We walk among the huts greeting women and children who
gather around the res where the rst meal of the day is being
prepared. Some of the children play next to their mothers; others
help to clean the pots and plates while they curiously observe
us. The Governor of the reserve comes out of one of the huts to
greet us. His name is Juan and he looks young, serious but nice.
We start to talk to him about the recent history of the community.
Juan please tell us a bit about your community
Juan: My people is the Makaguan, we are Guajibo Makaguan, living in the area of Betoyes, Municipality of Tame, Arauca.
How did you arrive here?
Juan: We arrived here 5 years ago. We lived in our ancient lands called La Esperanza but were displaced by the violence, because of
the assassinations and massacres.
How many families belong to the community La Esperanza?
Juan: We are about 35 families. Here we are currently 13 families; the others have gone back to our reserve. We are trying to return,
but also to get more land for the community.
The indigenous community of La Esperanza, together with another two communities (Iguanitos and Cao Claro) left their lands in
January 2007. They feared for their lives as they had been caught in the middle of the conict between the two guerilla groups FARC
and ELN2, Following the displacement they looked for places to stay close to their lands as they did not want to move to the cities as
they feared the complete loss of their culture. Finally a sister community called Parreros agreed to let them stay on a small part of their
territory, where is where they live today.
2. Thisconictbeganin2005apparently orcontrololand and accessto economic resources. Theconrontationended in2010whena ceasefre was agreed.
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Why we work in
Choc
The exceptionally rich biodiversity of Choc is also the main threat to its popula-
tion, given that for centuries it has been exploited without benetting the right-
ful ancestral owners of these lands. The most common examples at the moment
are the protable contracts signed by the State - owner of the subsoil - with
multinational mining companies without the prior consent of the populations.
This persistent exclusion and marginalization means that companies workingin Choc are able to take advantage of the basic needs of people in order to
achieve their economic and corporate goals.
In this context the inhabitants of Choc view with mistrust and pessimism the
possible consequences of mining activities given their limited economic, ecolo-
gical and social results.. This in contrast to the fact that Choc is the Colombian
Department with the most hectares of collective ownership, including territo-
ries collectively owned by indigenous and afro-descendents communities.
After the rainy seasons of 2010 and 2011, the response by the State and huma-
nitarian organizations has been broad and effective regarding the acute crisis.
However, the States efforts to address structural causes of poverty and vulne-
rability have fallen short, including in the areas of infrastructure and fulllment
of unfullled basic needs. This has resulted in the grade of vulnerability of the
Chocoan populations continue to be as high as it was before the heavy rains.
All the above weakens the capacity and independence of civil society organi-
zations and the enforceability of rights. The (national) Governments economic
interests are prioritized over the economic, social, cultural and environmental
rights of the Chocoans. The interests of the illegal armed actors present in the
Department also weaken social organizations. The Departments population is
hardworking and optimistic, warranting and legitimizing the presence and work
of international humanitarian organizations such as the LWF in its territory.
Brasil
Choc
Venezuela
Per
Ecuador
Panam
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General Community Council o the San Juan River - ACADESAN
The activities of our localpartners in Choc 2011
ACADESAN is a territorial ethnic organization that governs and manages
700,000 hectares in four collective titles in the municipalities of Istmina, Me-
dio San Juan, Novita, Sip, and Litoral de San Juan in the Choc Department
and a small strip in the Department of Valle. There are 70 communities in
this territory given that two communities have previously been abandoned
by its inhabitants in the Riviera del San Juan (Chavica and Cacahual) due to
the armed conict.
The LWF continued to support the institutional strengthening and increasing
the capacity for local response. During 2011 the LWF supported 9 workshops
for monitoring and socialization of manuals, internal regulations and statutes
in the Cajn zone, one of the 9 areas that comprise the General Council. In
addition, 2 regional assemblies of the ACADESAN Board of Directors were held.
These activities correspond to the strategy of institutional strengthening of the
Community Council of the San Juan River, with the aim of regulating the use of
natural resources of the collective territories, its relations with other actors and
internal relations between members of t he organization.
Association o Indigenous Governors o the Embera, Wounaan, KatCham and Tule peoples o the Department o Choc, ASOREWA
The Association of Indigenous Governors of the Embera, Wounaan, Kato,
Cham and Tule peoples of the Department of Choc-OREWA-, has its ori-
gins in 1979 when indigenous students of the Embera and Wounaan peo-
ples, motivated by the rise of the regional indigenous movements such as
the CRIC, agreed to establish the Embera-Wounaan student organization
of the Choc. The aim of the organization was to do advocacy work based
on the Law 89 of 1990, for the defense and protection of the rights of in-
digenous peoples in the region. Special emphasis was given to territorial
rights and denouncing the abandonment, m isery and prostration in which
they found themselves.
During 2011, the Asorewa held its ninth Regional Congress of indigenous peo-
ples of the Choc Department, and with the support of the LWF carried out
preparatory zonal assemblies aiming at expanding the participation of indi-
genous women of Eastern Choc in the Congress. In addition, they continued
the process of strengthening the information system of t he Asorewa through
training for the implementation of the human rights violations database.
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Mayor Community Council o thePeasant Organization o the AtratoRiver - COCOMOPOCA
The Mayor Community Council of the Peasant Organi-
zation of the Atrato River - COCOMOPOCA is a terri-torial ethnic organization comprised of 43 commu-
nity councils covering four municipalities of Atrato,
Bagad, Crtegui and Llor in the Department of
Choc, inhabited by afro-descendants who live on
the banks of the Atrato River and its tributaries.
Through accompaniment for political empowerment,
territorial management and institutional strengthening,
the Cocomopoca held three training workshops of the
44 boards of local community councils on mining legis-
lation and previous consultation. The LWF supported
the elaboration of a general proposal to deal with mi-
ning in the territory and continued with the adminis-
trative strengthening of the Organization through the
nancing of a full-time Secretary who is in charge of the
administration of the Organization and of the physical
and electronic ling system that supported the nancial
and administrative activities in 2011.
After more than 11 years of incessant hard work of theCOCOMOPOCA, during which they persistently claimed
rights over their ancestral territory, on September 17,
2011 a ceremony was held to award the collective title
of 77 thousand hectares. This was the culmination of a
period of more than one decade, and at the same time
the starting point of a new phase for the Organization.
Cocomopoca now faces the challenge of organizing its
territory, and creating tools for managing it now not as a
claimer but as an owner.
The LWF provided logistical support to carry out the
Assembly for the reception of the collective title, faci-
litating the participation of communities in the awards
ceremony, and guaranteeing food, mobilization and vi-
sibility of their presence at the memorable 17 Septem-
ber, 2011.
Association o Women or a Lie
with Dignity and Solidarity -AMVDS
The Association of Women for a Life with Dignity
and Solidarity was legally established in 2008
and is comprised of a group of Chocoan women
heads of household, who carry out activities for
the well-being of the communities of Quibd. The
Association is managing 5 productive projects
which include 57 women, who are committed to
the search for the well-being and development
of the region and the construction of a new para-
digm that values the role of women as leaders of
economically sustainable projects.
In 2011, the LWF supported the Association in stren-gthening processes of social and political participa-
tion, aiming at reaching organizational maturity. The
support was summarized in the support to 2 gene-
ral assemblies, 4 regional assemblies and 1 meeting
with another women group (exchange of experien-
ces) and follow up on administrative issues with the
treasurer, the secretary and the legal representative
of the Association.
Furthermore, the LWF continued supporting establis-
hed productive initiatives through improving their
administrative skills and the search for certifying
some products and services. For this reason one of
the productive initiatives (Cambios y Cambias) was
strengthened in order to broaden its coverage andallow for the participation of new women interested
in becoming members of the AMVDS
The Lie, Justice and Peace Co
o the Social Ministry o tho Quibd - COVIJUPA
The objective of the Life, Justice and P
sion is the defense and promotion
expressions, as a rst condition for th
of a peace with social justice, the def
rights and the international humanit
the rights of the afro-descendant, i
mestizo communities. The COVIJUPA
port and assistance to those affected
violence and the armed conict, by f
ment, killings and disappearances.
The LWF remains committed to suppo
mentally friendly productive alternativ
cognition of the just work of craftsmen areas with greater social problems and
conict in the country. To do so, in 2011
nued to support t he promotion of produ
ft at the Alternative Just and Solidarity
by COVIJUPA in order to share with the p
another world is possible when using na
hand-made, with original designs, and m
processes in which the people are part
ternatives of peace against the war.
With the support of the LWF it was poss
the Fair through communication (yers
spots) and make visible the products a
from the participating groups, and con
creation of an adequate and secure spac
groups of products of the Fair, and the rkitchen where women could offer typic
meals with products of the region and t
experiences to schools and school cante
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Other LWF projectsin Choc in 2011
on internal regulations, identication of risks of natural
or human origin, and strengthening organizational mo-
tivation, vulnerabilities and risks of emergencies, pro-
tection plans, and psychosocial support. During these
activities 16 contingency plans for community emer-
gencies were elaborated and socialized.
The project sought to improve the food security of the
communities, by delivering kits of seeds, tools and te-
chnical assistance to families, in order to cultivate 200
hectares of crops of vegetables and establish 200 home
gardens. These activities were accompanied by 2 work-
shops per community, on techniques of cultivation, pro-
duction of fertilizers and organic plague control.
As a further result, the representative community orga-
nizations ACIVA and ACADESAN were able to participa-
te directly in the implementation of the project, and to
test their response and management capacity because
they should be at the forefront of the implementation of
the planned activities, of the procureme
and to buy the necessary items, and all
nistrative requirements and report on th
activities in order to ensure the outcom
port to both organizations.
Project: Assistance or Fooin Communities aected by Confict in the Middle San JChoc
Funded by ECHO and Church of Sw
This project began in June 2011 in or
communities affected by oods as well a
conict in the area. The implementation
in May 2012, and the overall objective is
manitarian assistance and improving foo
Afro-Colombian and 5 indigenous comm
Middle San Juan, Department of Choc.
Project: Complex Emergencies inColombia: Floods in Confict Zones -COL111
Diakonie Katastrophenhile Germany- Christian Aid - ICCO/PCS - LWF/DWSCO
Funded by ACT Alliance
The overall objective of this project was to assist the
population affected by oods in the last two months
of 2010 and early 2011 in 24 rural communities at
risk and in situations of displacement, and 3 urban
displaced communities in the Departments of Cundi-namarca, Valle del Cauca, Crdoba and Choc, whe-
re members of the Alliance ACT work permanently.
The LWF accompanied 16 rural communities of Choc in
the framework of this project, of which 10 communities
are of afro descendants and 6 are of indigenous popula-
tion. For the implementation of this project coordination
was carried out with ACADESAN and ACIVA as represen-
tative organizations of the beneciary communities.
Emergency food kits were delivered to 200 beneciary
families twice, and also 32 workshops of good eating
habits for the population of the 16 priority communities
were carried out.
The LWF supported adaptation and renovation of a hos-
tel for the use of the 6 beneciary indigenous commu-
nities for present or future emergencies. This hostel, as
well as being repaired, was equipped with cabins, mats,
roofs, linens, chairs, utensils, kitchen, electric energy
and separate toilets for men and women.
Regarding the strengthening of family capacities to res-
pond to emergencies through community building and
psycho-social tools, the LWF carried out 32 workshops
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The project is being implemented with the par-
ticipation and consultation of organizations re-
presenting the beneciary communities, namely
ACADESAN and JOON KIIRJUG - the Association
of Governors of the Wounaan Community of the
Middle San Juan.
In order to address the immediate nutritional
deciencies emergency food assistance was de-
livered to 350 rural families. Consultations werecarried out with communities and beneciary
families on food items that were not currently
available in the area, and the rst kits delivered
were designed to last for 2 months. The second
delivery was made at the end of the year, before
the eventual emergency due to a new rainy sea-
son in the rst weeks of 2012.
With respect to food security in the medium
term, it was improved in 15 rural communities
through technical assistance for the cultivation
of 350 hectares of land for basic subsistence
crops. Technical assistance was begun with the
600 beneciary families, and 40 families parti-
cipated in processes of poultry breeding in or-der to contribute to food and nutrition security
(FNS).
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Why we work in
Cundinamarca
The department of Cundinamarca has a strategic lo-
cation in the Centre of the country, and all varieties
of climate, areas of cultivation, animal husbandry,
with access in all directions of the country, the in-
dustry and agricultural sectors are highly technica-lly developed. Cundinamarca is offering important
contributions to the national economy.
Despite this, Cundinamarca currently presents sig-
nicant decits, particularly with regard to road
infrastructure, water and employment. The rst as-
pect is very much related to non-compliances of the
enforcement to law run works with public resour-
ces. The second, 70% of the municipalities do not
have access to safe drinking water and in cases in
which the service is provided it is supplied without
continuity. And thirdly, the high variety of economic
activity, in part due to the entry of transnational in-
vestments and the intention of large companies to
position themselves in the international markets,
all together have produced a signicant social andeconomic balance.
However, there is also the lack of institutional ca-
pacity to respond to the needs of the population
affected by the armed conict, in par
in situation of displacement. Accord
an independent NGO, in 2011, 82.112
sons from other parts of the country
in Cundinamarca.
Soacha continues to be the municip
reception of IDPs in Cundinamarca. T
increase of population and urbaniza
with a low rate of development, o
blems of insecurity, poverty, unemp
and sexual violence, and poor acces
vices. The situation is aggravated w
phical location of Soacha as the set
of illegal armed groups that exercis
social control.
Furthermore, the municipality of So
high risk for emergencies caused by
ters, such as landslides, mudslides,
caused by deciencies in the sewers
truction of homes, many of them lo
land, and thus increasing the difcu
mic situation of many families.
Brasil
Cundinamarca
Venezuela
Per
Ecuador
Panam
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The actions of our local partnersin Cundinamarca 2011
Foundation or Education andDevelopment (FEDES)
FEDES was created in 1994 by a group of professionals with
experience in research, community work, and in the pro-
motion of human rights. FEDES is a non-governmental,
independent, pluralistic and non-prot organization that
promotes educational and social processes on integral
and sustainable development of the communities, espe-
cially those marginalized and excluded. FEDES is part of
a network of collective bodies for coordination and work
on issues of human rights and social development.
In the work with youth and initiatives for peace, FEDES
continued accompanying the process of consolidation and
strengthening of the Platform Youth of Soacha and develo-
ped the III Forum on Youth and human rights for buildingawareness on public issues. The platform has been inserted
in scenarios of participation for building municipal public
policies such as the Round Table for Childhood, the Com-
mittee for Social Policies, and the Committee for Fostering
Policies on Childhood and Youth.
Foundation Education, Researchand Development - FIDHAP
FIDHAP is a non-governmental organization that
addresses social issues from a perspective of
comprehensive, interdisciplinary and collective
intervention in development, acting in different
areas at local, regional and national levels with
interrelated programs. FIDHAP implements three
programs: Regional Program on Environmen-
tal Urban Management, Urban Habitat Agenda
for Development and Housing, and the Human
Rights and Political Participation Program.
In the framework of the accompaniment to the Wo-
men Group of the Round Table of Dialogue and Ma-nagement on Development of Cundinamarca and
Soacha, two workshops were developed to reinfor-
ce issues of legislation and laws favoring women,
such as the Law 1253/2008 and the Declaration
092.
In 2011 FIDHAP was able to consolidate the pilot projects aimed at ensuring the food sec
of households headed by women in urban and rural contexts, started two years ago. Wo
of the municipalities of Soacha and Silvania worked throughout the year in activities relat
the breeding of chickens and maintenance of home gardens, with an impact not only on
food security but also on income generation, as women are marketing their products. T
have participated in farmers markets and are preparing food for different events.
Actions of our local partners withnational impact in 2011Fund or Emergency Aid and Organizational Strengthening inProtection and Sel-protection - FFP
The Fund is an initiative of civil society organizations, which seeks to strengthen the sec
conditions and the individual and collective protection capacity of organizations worki
the defense of human rights, peace and social interests in a context of systematic viola
of human rights and of international humanitarian law. The Fund is administered by a S
ring Committee consisting of four organizations, and gives six aid modalities for diffe
people and human rights organizations and social activists that could have more dif
accessing other protection possibilities.
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With the support of the LWF in 2011, 27 people,
with their respective family groups, received
protection through the Fund of Emergency Aid,
in a context in which the risk situation remained
severe for rights defenders and social activists.
The Colombian Platorm onHuman Rights, Democracy andDevelopment.
The Colombian Platform on Human rights,
Democracy and Development is a network
consisting of more than 100 social organi-
zations at national, regional and local le-
vels. It is dedicated to the work of advocacy,
education, enforceability and research in
economic, social and cultural rights in the
country. The platform has 12 regional chap-
ters, a national coordination (integrated by
5 organizations), and a technical secretariat
performed by one organization. Both the
technical secretariat and the national coor-dination are chosen at the instance of deci-
sion of the platform, its National Assembly,
which meets every two years. The Colom-
bian Platform is part of the Inter-American
Platform of Human Rights, Democracy and
Development, a continental network with 16
national chapters in Latin America .
With the support of the LWF, the Platform was
able to perform training processes and held the
national training school on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights and on the impacts of lar-
ge-scale mining in Colombia. From an alliance
with local academics and social organizations,
the national school and their local expressions
helped to prepare and present the Campaignon Land and Territory, to be developed in 2012.
This same alliance is currently working on the
publication of the book The devil of mining in
Colombia
LWF DWS Latin Americanand Caribbean RegionalConsultation
The Colombia program was the hostof the Regional Consultation orga-
nized by the Department for World
Service of the Lutheran World Fe-
deration in the month of May. Un-
der the theme Risk reduction and
Advocacy, representatives of the
programs in the region, related
agencies and local partners sha-
red reections on the global vul-
nerability determined by factors
such as poverty, social inequality,
environmental degradation and
population growth, and the res-
ponse capacity and disaster pre-
paredness actions that should
be based on risk managementapproach. The consultation made
recommendations that to be in-
corporated into the programs in
the region.
ACT Alliance ForumColombia
The LWF exercised the coordination
of the ACT Forum Colombia in
2011, along with Lutheran World
Relief - LWR and IELCO. The Forum
focused on the formulation of an
appeal with the participation of
four of its members (Christian Aid,
ICCO/PCS, Diakonie and LWF) as a
joint response to the humanitarian
crisis generated by the armed con-
ict and oods. It also provided
training to its members on the vic-
tims and restitution of land Law.
Platorm o European DevelopmentOrganizations in Colombia - PODEC
PODEC is a space of conuence of European non-governmental
organizations, which seeks to inuence international poli-
cies of cooperation towards Colombia in order to support the
comprehensive development of the people, the political ne-gotiation of the armed conict and the humanitarian emer-
gency assistance from a rights perspective. The added value
of PODEC consists in linking European NGOs of different ori-
gins and proles in order to have com mon goals in Colombia.
On the one hand the heterogeneity, but on the other side the
interest in Colombia and especially on the issues of develo-
pment and human rights as the potential of this platform.
During 2011, PODEC distributed to embassies and other interna-
tional organizations the Publication on Research Nr. 6: Analysis
of the Plan of Consolidation of Montes de Maria: A look from
the perspective of development, democracy, human rights and
international cooperation; and nr. 7: Act 1448 2011 on victims
and restitution of land, with an analysis and recommendations
for the international cooperation.
PODEC also published 10 virtual newsletters with informationon issues of cooperation, conict and peace, and development
in Colombia.
Other activities of LWFDWS Colombia in 2011
75th Anniversary o IELCO
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia - IELCO celebra-
ted its 75th anniversary in October, 2011, and the LWF could
express its commitment to continue supporting IELCO in the
process of institutional strengthening based on the objecti-
ves of their participatory strategic plan 2010-2019. With the
support of LWF the Ministry of Diaconia trained 43 local and
regional referents in order to ensure the continuity of the
processes initiated in 2010. This support involves training
and education of local and regional referents on facilitation
and PME tools to act as multipliers in the congregations and
regions.
PEAC Ecumenical Accompaniment ProColombia
This is an international ecumenical initiative involving t
can Council of churches, ACT Alliance, the World Coun
the Lutheran World Federation and other organizat
ches in supporting local initiatives seeking for intern
rity in situations of threat and persecution of leaders
ties affected by more than 4 decades of violence and
in Colombia. LWF participated in the meetings of th
reference group upon the request of the Secretary-
FLM, Rev. Martin Junge, and sought to contribute wi
ce and presence in eld so that the PEAC be enable
protection concept and a methodology that can ens
of this initiative. The program should start its implem
Onofre, by September 2012.
Humanitarian Country Team
The LWF participated actively in the Humanitarian Cou
in the local humanitarian teams of Arauca and Choc,
OCHA/United Nations. The most important result of the H
the formulation of the humanitarian common framewo
which recognizes the existence of an armed conict ge
humanitarian crisis in Colombia. In the same vein, 16 inmanitarian organizations active in Colombia (including
Council for refugees, Oxfam, Caritas Germany, Civis, PCS
many, and others) developed a common positioning in
the title THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COLOMBIA CAUS
MED CONFLICT. The document serves as a basis for adv
nal and international level.
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Financial Summary 2011
Execution per project (in euros) 2011
Breakdown o unds through Geneva and per donnors
2011
Women
Men
Breakdown o unds raised locally and by donnors 2011
Breakdown o unds by project 2011
Women and men in LWF Sta2011, 2010 y 2009
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LWF/DWS Colombian Staff 2011
Annual Report 2011Photos
LWF/DWS Partners
LWF/WS Staff ColombiaChurch of Sweden
Graphic Design and Printing
Gineth Andrea Jimnez
Jaime Lpez Rodrguez
Lutherischer Weltbund
Deutsches Nationalkomitee
AGENCIA SUECA
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AcknowledgementsWith the support of Church of Sweden (CoS), The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mis-
sion (FELM), Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), German National Com-mittee, the European Union, ECHO and the Swedish Agency for international coope-
ration for development (SIDA), during the year 2011 it was possible to accompany
and reach out to communities and civil society organizations who still have the hope
of living one day in a better and peaceful country. Thanks to the national and local
organizations and communities of Choc, Arauca and Cundinamarca, for allowing us
to be with them, to accompany them and to learn from their strength. Thanks to the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Colombia (IELCO), to the LWF/DWS headquarter in
Geneva for their support and friendship and to our friends on the following platforms
where we participate: ACT Alliance Colombia Forum, Platform of European Develo-
pment Organizations in Colombia (PODEC), UN Humanitarian Country Team, Round
Table of Swedish Organizations working in Colombia, and the Space for dialogue
among cooperation organizations in Choco. And nally, we thank our staff colleagues
in Choc, Arauca and Bogota for the great efforts, commitment, professionalism and
dedication in serving the communities we work with.
Bogot
Silvio SchneiderCountry Representative
Rosario Adriana JimnezFinancial Manager
Constanza ClavijoProgram Coordinator
Martin SjgrenProgram Ofcer
Judith CastilloAccountant
Mnica Daz
Administrative Assistant
Mariela MenesesOfce Assistant
ChocChristian DegasperiOfce Director (until July)
Wilson SalazarOfce Director (since August)
Jos Manuel OrtizProject Coordinator
Laura BermdezAdministrative and AccountingAssistant (since September)
Arauca
Leonardo SarmientoOfce Director
Andrea VillarrealProject Director (until November)
Roco GarcaAdministrative and FinancialCoordinator (until February)
Sorangela Tobn
Administrative and FinancialCoordinator (since March)
Claudia RodrguezAdministrative and AccountingAssistant
Diana BetancourtProgram Ofcer
Guillermo MurciaAssistant / Projects Logistics(until Nevember)
Neomice PrietoAgricultural Professional
Ana Lorena GonzlezPsychosocial Area
David Peroza
Legal AreaGerson CortsLegal Area (until November)
Jessika JimnezOfce Assistant
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