PBI-Colombia accompanies the Peasant Association of the Cimitarra River Valley (ACVC) at Ecological Camp in Antioquia

Photo by the Asociación Campesina del Valle del Río Cimitarra (ACVC).

On August 30, Semanario Voz reported: “In Yondó, Antioquia, the V Ecological Camp of the Peasant Association of the Cimitarra River Valley was closed with a political declaration that seeks to promote the protection of the territory, especially biodiversity in the San Lucas mountain range, defend the communities of Ampesins in resistance and promote the effective implementation of the Peace Agreement.”

That article also notes that Peace Brigades International (PBI) attended the Camp.

On August 13, ACVC tweeted: “#CampamentoEcológico ll Route of the Yellow Line – San Pablo Bolívar. This is how the first day of the 5th Ecological Camp progresses, in the village “For life, Peace and the Territory”

PBI-Colombia has accompanied ACVC-RAN, a social organization operating in 120 villages in the Magdalena Medio region, since 2007.

It has previously explained: “For more than twenty years the ACVC has been striving for a dignified life for peasant families affected by Colombia’s internal conflict. It promotes the implementation of the Peace Agreement as a strategy to achieve structural changes in the Colombian countryside. One of its prime initiatives is helping small farmers substitute coca leaf plantations with environmentally sustainable agricultural projects.”

You can find ACVC-RAN on Facebook and Twitter.

Photo by ACVC.

Photo by ACVC.

Photo by ACVC.