A penetrating ringing interrupts the tropical heat in Northern Colombia as an ice cream vendor slowly approaches. He moves through the city with his vendor’s tray and puts a smile on many faces, others are annoyed by the ringing. Last week was different. At least the...
Manuel Müller
Humanitarian Crisis in the Pacific Region
For the last six months, the humanitarian crisis has been worsening in the native and ancestral collective territories of the lower San Juan basin, as a result of the incursion, control and permanence of the neo-paramilitary group Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces (AGC)...
Join us for an Update on the Humanitarian Crisis in Buenaventura
FOR Peace Presence and the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective invite you to attend a virtual conversation to hear directly from grassroots leaders and organizations from the territories about the humanitarian crisis situation experienced by Black and Indigenous...
Join our Anniversary Webinar #3!
Don't miss our last anniversary webinar #3 about peace efforts in Colombia! Leaders from different communities and organizations will talk about challenges and opportunities they experience. We will have a founder of the first urban humanitarian space in Colombia, a...
Join our Anniversary Webinar #1!
This Year FOR Peace Presence celebrates its 20th anniversary! In 2002 we began to accompany the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó. We start off the celebration with a conjoined series of webinars alongside our long time partner, the Peace Community of San José...
The Peace Community of San José de Apartadó Demands Respect for Life on Christmas and New Year
"Many of us dream of being able to celebrate Christmas with our families. Huber was not granted this wish and we stand in solidarity with his family despite tempts to silence us". (Peace Community of San José de Apartadó community member, reflecting upon the ‘March...
We are Getting Reinforcement!
Dear friends, We have good news from our team! We are happy to introduce Manuel as our new Program and Communications Coordinator. Manuel joined the team on November 1 and we are very excited for him to support us and to contribute his experience to FOR Peace...