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| Andres, who helped me facilitate the workshop with the children, listening to Sofia talk about her heroes. Photo by Curtis. |
This blog is our stories while living in Colombia and working with the ELCA to promote and protect human rights and build peace. As well as the day to day adventures of living abroad. '8000 Feet and Counting' refers to the elevation of Bogota: 8,612
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Listen
Today we held a workshop in the congregation Castillo Fuerte (Mighty Fortress) in far north-east Bogota. The community is made up of many people that have been displaced from rural areas during the armed conflict of Colombia. The workshop was with children and was about the rights of the child. It was humbling to listen to the children making connections between the vague rights written down on paper in international agreements and the reality of their country.