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In 2024, we witnessed firsthand the transformative power of nonviolent resistance carried out throughout Colombia. We were inspired, uplifted, and profoundly moved by our partners' relentless commitment to peace. Click on the image below to see 12 moments of...

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Field Diaries from the Peace Community Day 1 Hi, I’m Luna, a 22-year-old political science student from Austria. My passion for Latin America began during several trips and deepened through my studies of the region’s history of oppression. Now, I’m excited to spend...

SAME, BUT DIFFERENT: Accompanying in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó Fourteen Years Later By Marion Hiptmair Marion Hiptmair worked with FORPP as an international accompanier from 2009 to 2010. During this time, she spent considerable time in Mulatos, a...

En Español From August 30th to September 3rd, accompanied by FORPP, Witness for Peace and CONPAZCOL, the biodiverse and multicultural territory of Palestina, Huila held a 5-day ceremony as part of the International Day of Disappeared People. The ceremony commemorated...

In English Acompañados por Fellowship Of Reconciliation Peace Presence y el Colectivo Solidario Witnnes for Peace y con el apoyo de la Unidad de Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas UBPD, durante 5 días ( agosto 30 al 3 de septiembre de 2024) el territorio biodiverso y...

Marion Hiptmair accompanied the Peace Community in 2009 and 2010, during which she and her team frequently traveled to Mulatos, a remote settlement deep in the jungle. After a brutal massacre in February 2005 that led to widespread displacement, residents were only...

Last July 8, we accompanied the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in the village of La Unión at their annual commemoration of the massacre of 6 young leaders of the Peace Community 24 years ago.  The young men were mainly involved in organizing the return of...