Operation Dove nonviolent support to the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado

Start Year:
2011
End Year:
2015
Country:
Colombia
Region:
America
Budget (€):
60,000
Budget range (€):
5.000 - 100.000
Sector:
Health and Social Services
Type of Activity:
Social Integration
CEDP Organisation:
Coopermondo - Confcooperative
Lead Organisation(s):
Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII
Confcooperative Emilia Romagna
Partners:
Asociación de Ciudadanos Voluntarios de Colombia (Asocicol)

Project Objectives

Contributing to the improvement of the living conditions of the population belonging to the Peace Community of San José de Apartado; fight the forced displacement and encourage the return in their areas of origin of families forced to went away because of the violence, and to promote the peace and awareness process of Colombian, Italian and international public opinion on the situation experienced by the Community

Summary

In a country where various armed groups want to control the land and its riches, the volunteers of Operation Dove, the Nonviolent Peace Corps Association, supported the Peace Community of San José de Apartado which is made up of 1,000 people who chose to defend their lives and territory not with weapons but with neutrality and nonviolence

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