San José de Apartadó
Grace Pilgrimage and a Peace Training Course
Grace Foundation — Tue, 09/23/2008 - 17:16For 5 days a group of approximately 400 people from all over the world will Walk for Peace in Colombia led by Sabine Lichtenfels, Padre Javier Giraldo and Benjamin von Mendelssohn.
Passing through villages and hamlets surrounding the area of San Jose, an area unprotected between the fronts of civil war, participants will be confronted with the threatened reality for Colombian peasants and how they can be part of developing global peace strategies for crisis areas around the world.
The violence of the paramilitaries in Colombia does not decrease
Grace Foundation — Tue, 09/23/2008 - 17:13The violence of the paramilitaries in Colombia does not decrease – despite President Uribe having started the alleged disarmament of these illegal units in such a full-bodied manner. The Peace Village San José de Apartadó is particularly affected by the difficult political situation in Colombia. San José is a Peace Village of Colombians, mostly expelled farmers who joined about ten year ago. Despite the extreme persecution the inhabitants decided to live a life of non-violent resistance in truth and solidarity.
