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In February 2013 the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission visited the Nonam indigenous community in the Santa Rosa de Guayacán Humanitarian Reserve (Valle del Cauca), in order to talk about their precarious situation and the escalation of the armed conflict in the region. PBI accompanied Maria Eugenia Mosquera and Laura Chaparro on this journey.
Despite the situation, Iría continues to go by boat to her allotment in order to cultivate rice, yucca and taro. The community also cultivates plantain and sugar cane.
Between the uncertainty, the fear and the limitations placed on them by the illegal armed actors, the community has not been able leave much in order to fish, hunt and cultivate. This has a negative impact on their food security.
When you visit Santa Rosa you can’t hep but notice the gratitude the community feels for the work of the Commission, and for PBI’s presence. PBI have been accompanying the Commission for the past 19 years. Your support is very valuable to us in order to enable us to continue our accompaniment of human rights defenders in Colombia. Support us in our accompaniment of human right defenders. Please make a donation: http://www.pbi-colombia.org/los-proyectos/pbi-colombia/haz-tu-aporte/?L=1
The Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission is the agency that petitioned for the security injunction, as well as advising and accompanying the community since their displacement in 2010.
What we come to understand over the course of various talks, is that governmental presence is much needed here so that there may be adequate services such as those of education, health, housing, and new productivity proposals. Due to their vulnerable situation, the Inter-American Human Right Commission granted a security injunction to the 21 families from the Nonam community, and requested that the state adopt the necessary measures needed to protect the lives and physical integrity of the Nonam.
Santa Rosa has a healthcare specialist, but Wilson Garcia tells us that they do not get paid. To get to the nearest hospital it is necessary to travel two hours by motorboat, and then by road to Buenaventura. They have already requested options that will mean medical attention are nearer. The children regularly suffer from diarrhoea, flu, fever etc.
The Guadual Afro-Colombian community lives on the other side of the river. In the afternoons the Guadual children cross the river to play football.
The Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission is the agency that petitioned for the security injunction, as well as advising and accompanying the community since their displacement in 2010.
The Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission is the agency that petitioned for the security injunction, as well as advising and accompanying the community since their displacement in 2010.
The Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission is the agency that petitioned for the security injunction, as well as advising and accompanying the community since their displacement in 2010.
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