Meet Astrid and Ilsa, two Indigenous leaders fighting for women’s rights in Chocó

Human rights campaigner says: 'We want to live free from violence in our territory'   Astrid Milena González is an Indigenous leader...

A Q&A with Adam Armfield, founder of e-NABLE Medellin: Reducing the stigma of prosthetics

A young boy holds up a water bottle with his new prosthetic arm (Photo courtesy of e-NABLE Medellin) The following interview has been lightly...

Charity Soy Doy keen to get kids eating right with help from Bogotá Half Marathon

[caption id="attachment_30288" align="aligncenter" width="530"] Image courtesy of @mediamaratonbog: Twitter.[/caption] Alejandro González worked at...

Rebuilding a community bio-construction workshops

Constructing peace through community development in bio-construction workshops. One of the challenges facing Colombia, and indeed any country...

30 International NGOs band together to condemn murder of slain activist

30 NGOs from around the world have strongly condemned the slaying of human-rights activist Hernán Bedoya. In a letter, the organizations expressed...

Indigenous Communities At Risk

[caption id="attachment_1100" align="alignright" width="300"] Niñas wayuu. Photo: Mario Carvajal CC BY 2.0[/caption] Colombia’s indigenous people...

Banking On It

[caption id="attachment_748" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo: Michiel Wolvers[/caption] An innovative mobile application could give a financial...