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Coffee to Combat Conflict: Launching Costal Campesino de Colombia in Europe

An emblematic brand for peace borns in Colombia: the first specialty coffee processed by ex-combatants and farmers victims of the armed conflict to be exported to Europe.

April 21,2023

University of Notre Dame Students and Colombian ex-combatants share lessons for business and peace-building

Faculty and students from the Meyer Business on the Frontlines program at the University of Notre Dame recently visited COOMPAZCOL, a cooperative working with PASO Colombia in the ERA of Fonseca. During their visit they exchanged valuable lessons on the power of cooperation to create sustainable economic development in areas affected by armed conflict.

May 05,2023

The ERA model continues to demonstrate its strength with record sales in 2022

During 2022, the Rural Alternative Schools achieved the highest sales in their 6 years of life, thanks to the commitment to peace of the peasant and reincorporated communities with which we work, as well as the effective collaborative work model that we have developed with them.

February 20,2023

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May 05, 2022

Cultivating Trust in Local Government: PASO Colombia Records Significant Increase

This “Empirically Speaking” column explores the ways that collaboration and coordination can act as drivers of trust in local government and data from OEF's PASO Colombia program that shows a meaningful correlation.

April 08, 2022

Catatumbo Peace Network: Labor Link Impacting The Social Fabric

Campesino and excombatant cooperatives join the Catatumbo Peace Network to promote collaborative work and commercial networks of their productive projects from different municipalities in the region.

April 05, 2022

A New Partner for the Voices from the Territory

PASO Colombia joins Voices from the Territory, a project in which we will work alongside communities in 40 PDET municipalities to collaboratively formulate communication projects on their peace-building experiences, using diverse expressions of art, media, and culture.

March 24, 2022

Collaborative Living: Peace as a Horizon

In the event "Peace in Theory and Practice: A Discussion on Peace Systems", the researcher Douglas Fry and the director of PASO Colombia, Juan Fernando Lucio, joined in a conversation about their theories of peacebuilding and the practical experience in the Colombian context.

March 09, 2022

Seeds of Peace from the ERA of Anorí

Meet the rural women that produce medicinal and self-care products, combining science and traditional knowledge in the mountains of Anori.

November 30, 2021

Virtual event brought together voices of encouragement 5 years after the Peace Agreement

5 years after the Peace Agreement, the virtual event "Learning about territorial peace in Colombia" left a message of hope for those who work for peace in the areas most affected by the conflict.

November 23, 2021

Ex-combatants and Campesinos Lead a Fair Trade Initiative in Miranda

The Alternative Peace Market (MERCAPAZ) is an initiative led by ex-combatants and campesinos who participate in the Rural Alternative School of Miranda, to create a fair trade venue for selling local agricultural products in the municipality of Miranda.

November 07, 2021

#FeedPeace in Rural Colombia

Join the campaign #FeedPeace to support a community of ex-combatants and campesinos with their dream of peace in Rural Colombia.

October 14, 2021

Participants of the ERA of Communication Celebrate Their Graduation and Release Their Videos

Participants of the Rural Alternative School (ERA) of Communication celebrated their graduation ceremony after six months of training in topics such as marketing, audiovisual production, and digital strategies.