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| During a community evaluation of the humanitarian assistance project of the Lutheran world Federation. The women of the community were discussing what worked well and what could be improved (the men held their own discussion). 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 18, 2017
Community
I was recently invited to assist in an evaluation of a humanitarian mission of the Lutheran World Federation in the department of Chocó. Chocó has been heavily hit by the armed conflict, and has very little government presence or infrastructure. The Lutheran World Federation's World Service Program has been assisting communities of the Indigenous Embera-Katio People after heavy floods washed away their crops, destroyed their houses and polluted their rivers. I will share many photos from this trip in the coming days.