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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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September 13, 2021

Overcoming War to Build Communities of Mutual Support

Farmers, ex-combatants, indigenous communities and representatives of non-governmental organizations met to share experiences about these four years of work in PASO Colombia's Rural Alternative School (ERA) of Miranda, during the visit of Jon Bellish, Executive Director and COO of One Earth Future -...

September 06, 2021

Scaling Aquaculture in the Rural Alternative School (ERA) of Miranda

The ERA of Miranda has a new Australian tank to support the scaling up of the fish farming production unit, which is connected to new markets in the region and has received the support of diverse national and international allies.

June 15, 2021

Former Coca Grower Families Reactivate a Biofactory in the Municipality of Tibú to Strengthen Their Productive Projects

Former coca grower families reactivate a biofactory to produce animal concentrates, reducing the cost of productive livestock projects and strengthening sustainable economic alternatives in the region of Catatumbo.

May 19, 2021

Three Years of Data in the Rural Alternative Schools (ERAs)

For three consecutive years PASO Colombia has conducted an annual survey among campesino (rural peasants) and reincorporated communities taking part in Rural Alternative Schools (ERAs) throughout the country.

May 13, 2021

96 Students Graduate from PASO Colombia's Virtual Courses

The students, who come from rural communities, migrant families, and ex-coca grower families, graduated from the courses offered as part of the PASO Inteligente strategy.

April 23, 2021

Egg production for economic sustainability in the ERA de Fonseca

In Fonseca, La Guajira, a group of ex-combatants supported by PASO Colombia is scaling up their enterprise of laying hens in a silvopastoral system, generating income and savings opportunities for neighboring communities.

April 09, 2021

Communication and crowdfunding for Peace

Two reincorporated communities in Mutatá, Antioquia, receive training in the creation of audiovisual pieces for the commercialization of their enterprises. They are now starting their first crowdfunding campaign to build a productive infrastructure that will benefit the region.

February 12, 2021

Urban Agroecology for Food Security in Cali

The Rural Alternative School (ERA) of Cali launched a community garden project that encourages urban agroecology and supports food security in the neighborhood of Siloé.