Setting up community businesses

A CAFOD EU-funded project helping families rebuild their lives by setting up community businesses such as coffee growing [CAFOD/Paul Smith]

British Ambassador visits CAFOD-funded project

John Dew, British Ambassador to Colombia, meets with the manager of the new restaurant - one of the 25 small businesses supported by AIPODE programme [SNPS]

Mario Calderón and Elsa Alvarado

Mario Calderón and Elsa Alvarado

Father Mauricio Garcia

Father Mauricio Garcia is director of CAFOD partner CINEP [CAFOD]

Fabio Benavides

Fabio Benavides, Caritas Colombia's advocacy officer [CAFOD]

Children in Arauca walk behind soldiers

Children in Arauca walk behind soldiers as part of the Stations of the Cross ceremony for Holy Week [Annie Bungeroth]

Electoral Monitoring Mission (MOE) 1

CAFOD partner Caritas Colombia joined other NGOs to create the Electoral Monitoring Mission (MOE), which sent 10,000 independent observers to monitor October 2007 elections [CAFOD]

Electoral Monitoring Mission (MOE) 2

CAFOD partner Caritas Colombia joined other NGOs to create the Electoral Monitoring Mission (MOE), which sent 10,000 independent observers to monitor October 2007 elections [CAFOD]

Colombian schoolchild

This girl attends La Floresta School, in Colombia. [Annie Bungeroth]

ACIN

The indigenous communities of the Northern Cauca (ACIN) are a united, organised group who believe in collective property rights and equal opportunities for all [ACIN]

Forced to flee their homes

More than three million people in Colombia have been forced to flee their homes during decades of fighting between guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and the army - the highest number of displaced people in the world after Sudan [CARITAS Colombia/CAFOD]

Training for trauma

SNPS provides training for women and ethnic groups to rediscover their cultural identities in order to cope better with the pressures of Colombia's ongoing conflict [SNPS/CAFOD]

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Maria from Colombia with an arazá fruit. Her family are members of the Amazon Family Farms group. [Annie Bungeroth]

Colombian schoolgirls

Colombian schoolgirls [Annie Bungeroth]

Pupils at La Foresta School, Colombia

Pupils in La Foresta School in Colombia. The school has one room for 20 students aged between 7 and 14. [Annie Bungeroth]

Woman building

Women are learning new building techniques to build a community centre, with CAFOD-funded CEUDES [Francis McDonagh]

Child with paper dove

Children in Arauca, Colombia welcome the arrival of the cross from Casanare with a paper dove. This is the final stage of the Stations of the Cross [Annie Bungeroth]

Bishop Francisco Javier Múnera

Bishop Francisco Javier Múnera [CAFOD]

Women holding fruit

Members of the cooperative Golosinas Amazonicas produce jam, sweets and juices from local Amazon fruits [Annie Bungeroth]

Mgr Hector Fabio Henao

Mgr. Hector Fabio Henao (left) director of the Social Department of the Bishop's Conference in Colombia, at the launch of the national Stations of the Cross [Annie Bungeroth]

Mark Henderson

Mark Henderson thanks CAFOD and its Colombian partners for their help in securing his release. [CAFOD]

Mgr. Hector Fabio Henao

Mgr. Hector Fabio Henao, Director of Caritas Colombia, who played a leading role in securing release of Mark Henderson and four Israeli hostages. [Annie Bungeroth]

Peace Week poster

A poster for Colombia's Week for Peace 2005 [CAFOD]

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Children in Arauca, Colombia welcome the arrival of the cross from Casanare. This is the last stage of the Stations of the Cross [Annie Bungeroth]

Father René Rey, project co-ordinator at Fundación EUDES

Father René Rey, project co-ordinator of the mobile health unit at Fundación EUDES [CAFOD]

The mobile health unit run by CAFOD partner Fundación EUDES

The mobile health unit run by CAFOD partner Fundación EUDES. Three times a week it visits four different areas of Bogotá, providing free health checks and information about HIV and AIDS [CAFOD]