Fundraising by Alessia Galbiati

Since 2009, volunteers from Operation Dove (Nonviolent Peace Corps of the Pope John XXIII Community) have been accompanying the Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó with nonviolent civil escort activities.

For twenty-eight years the Peace Community has denounced the systematic violations of Human Rights by the Colombian state and all actors involved in the armed conflict.

For twenty-four years the Peace Community has been the victim of killings, threats, and massacres.

In 2015 I had the honor of accompanying them and sharing a piece of their journey.

I met people, stories, faces, smiles, the most beautiful resistance I have ever known.

In Colombia there is a saying,"quien looks like mango, not like mango," but as Brigida taught me, "shouldn't we sow mango plants just because we know we can never eat the fruit?"

To continue to support, even from a distance.

Vamos todos adelante con cariño y mucho amor.

Thank you.