Undermining
Photos by Larisa Zehr, Macayepo , Colombia
By Larisa Zehr, MCC Colombia
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One Sunday morning in Bogota, we headed for one of the city’s best markets, Paloquemao. We sipped hot café ...
Colombia: Days of Prayer and Action 2013
By Rebekah Sears, MCC Colombia
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After fifty years of internal armed conflict which has displaced over five million people and shattered countless lives, we join with our Colombian sisters ...
Being Human, Living Culture: Reflections from Colombia
Montes de Maria, near Macayepo, in northern Colombia
By Anna Vogt, MCC Colombia
I have been delighted to discover the writing of Wade Davis this year. An ethno-botanist and anthropologist, his writing serves a...
Interested in Working and Learning in Colombia? Tienes interés en trabajar y aprender en Colombia?
Seed group 2011-2013
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We are very pleased to announce that Seed-Colombia has begun accepting
applications for a new group of participants.
Seed is a 2-year program for young adults betw...
Living in Amazement: One Year in Colombia
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In their latest bulletin, the 10 young people in the MCC Seed Program in Colombia examine their relationships, learning, reflection and action as they complete their first year in this c...
Concern, Doubt and Hope: Opportunities for Peace in Colombia
Peace March September 21, 2012, Bogota, with Mennonite Church participants, including Rebekah Sears in the front. Photo by Nathan Toews.
By Rebekah Sears, MCC Colombia
Peace is a hot topic in Colombia these ...
Free Trade and Human Rights in Colombia – One Year Later
Rice threshed by hand in rural Colombia. Photo by Rebekah Sears.
Do free trade agreements have an impact on human rights? Canadian and Colombian NGOs are challenging their governments to examine the reality b...
Mampuján: Forging a path to peace in Colombia
Community members of Mampuján meet with government representatives to discuss reparations for the massacre and displacement that occurred in their community in 2000.
By Anna Vogt, a Seed program worker with M...
A Thread of Peace in Medellín
This post is from Jessica Sarriot, a two-year Seed worker, with MCC in Medellín Colombia.
A City Known for Food, Flowers, and Drug Cartels
Medellín, a bowl-shaped city known for its overabundant “Bandeja Pai...
Colombia: Human Rights and a Car Bomb
By Adrienne Wiebe
On Tuesday this week (May 15) a car bomb exploded in Bogota and the Canadian government released its first report on the Human Rights impact of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA)....