The following piece and pictures were originally published in Spanish by our Accompanier Dianna E Almanza. When I see the sunrise, I see how mother nature awakens around me, As if time stood still, As if this very precise moment that I am living, were to last for a...
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Real Lives Behind the Increasing Numbers of Killings of Human Rights Defenders
During the last months we have been repeatedly alarmed about the dramatically increasing rates of threats and attacks against human rights defenders in Colombia. Since the start of 2018, over 100 Human Rights defenders have been killed. Seemingly, the situation has...
Ongoing Crisis in the Naya River
On May 11th and 12th, FORPP participated in a humanitarian mission to the Naya River, along with our partners the Intereclesial Commission of Peace and Justice and CONPAZ, as well as the other accompaniment organizations PBI and Witness for Peace. We went to observe...
The Humanitarian Space of Puente Nayero Celebrates Four Years!
Anlly Paola
We were saddened to hear that Anlly Paola Guzman passed away April 12th in Medellin in the early hours of the morning due to complications after surgery. The death of Paola, only 17 years old, was very sudden and unexpected. Her funeral was held in La Unión and...
2017 Annual Report
FOR Peace Presence turned 15 years old in 2017. Throughout these past years, we have learned valuable lessons, made lasting relationships with incredibly brave human rights defenders and grown as an organization. We are proud to remain committed to protecting land,...
Women We Admire
Maria Eugenia, or Maru as she is known to those close to her, has been working for peace in Colombia since she was a young teenager. In 1991, after her uncle was killed, she felt angry and hateful about the conflict in Colombia. A friend encouraged her to not let her...
A Letter from Kati Hinman
It’s been over a year since I first hopped off the plane and arrived in Colombia, and although I’m writing now from Bogota, it’s the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó that was my base for almost that entire time. I can’t speak for everyone, but my time in the...