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Julia from the Luis Carlos Pérez Lawyers’ Collective together with volunteers Barbara Gala from Italy and Amanda Hooker from the United States

Commemoration for the disappeared in Barrancabermeja

Members of the Grassroots Women’s Organisation on the 8 March 2009 march in the town of Barrancabermeja

Swiss volunteer Alex Lötscher accompanies the social movement Women against war and for peace

The “Cristo Petrolero”, well known monument in the town of Barrancabermeja

Grassroots Women’s Organisation on a solidarity meeting in the town of Barrancabermeja

Basque volunteer Maite Elizondo in one of the of the Grassroots Women’s Organisation community kitchens in Barrancabermeja

Women from the Grassroots Women’s Organisation working in one of the community kitchens in Barrancabermeja

Families of victims remember the 16 May 1998 massacre in which seven people died and 25 disappeared

British volunteer, Rob Hawke, during an accompaniment in the Cimitarra River Valley, in the Magdalena Medio region

Sign posted by the Peasant Farmers’ Association of the Cimitarra River Valley

Grassroots Women’s Organisation during a protest march for women’s rights in Barrancabermeja

10th anniversary of the 16 May massacre, Barrancabermeja, 2008

Laura Naegele, volunteer from Liechtenstein, with Marcela Castellanos from the Luis Carlos Pérez Lawyers’ Collective

Azucena Cabezudofrom the Basque Country, together with Melisa Ballesteros from the Luis Carlos Pérez Lawyers’ Collective

Barrancabermeja & Magdalena Medio

Based in Barrancabermeja, on the shores of the Magdalena river, this team works in most of the region’s main towns. It covers areas of Santander, south Bolivar and Antioquia (among others)and also makes regular visits to Bucaramanga and Cucuta.

 

Grassroots Women’s Organization (OFP)
Established 1972, in Barrancabermeja, where it is still based, the OFP works with the displaced: running professional workshops, raising awareness, offering medical and psychological treatment, and also providing legal aid. www.ofp.org.co

Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers Collective (CCALCP)
The 'Luis Carlos Perez' Lawyers Collective was created in 2001 with the objective of contributing to:

  • Social change to bring about justice, equality and social equity.
  • The defense of human rights and protection of local villages.
  • Accompaniment of victims fighting for their basic human rights.

The CCALCP offers legal and educational accompaniment, and strengthens the organisation of displaced communities in Catatumbo and other regions in Northeast Colombia. It works to support local communities seeking vindication. www.colectivodeabogadosluiscarlosperez.org

Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS)
CREDHOS was created in 1987 to raise awareness, create social forums for humanitarian work and defend Barrancabermeja and Magdalena Medio inhabitants’ human rights. www.credhos.net

Peasant Farmers’ Association of the Cimitarra River Valley (ACVC)

The ACVC was founded in 1996 and carries out social, political and community work in nearly 120 small rural communities, located in eight municipalities in the region of the Magdalena Medio. The organisation focuses its work on the Peasant Farmer Reserve Zone and its Sustainable Development Plan, which an emphasis on issues of human rights, education, health, and agriculture.

http://www.prensarural.org

 

PBI is in regular contact with the following NGOs and Organisations from Magdalena Medio:
ADODESAMUBA, ASORVIMM, USO and SINALTRAINAL, the International Board of the Magdalena Medio Fellowship (MIC), the Barrancabermeja Pastoral Social, the Development and Peace Program in Magdalena Medio (PDPMM), the Program for Life and Peace (Diócesis), the Jesuit Service of Refugees. It is also an observing member in the Workers’ Human Rights Forum (ETTTTDDHH).

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