Dear friends and supporters, Thank you to everyone from the global network that supported our efforts in Cameroon. As you may have seen on the news, the COVID-19 cases are rising in in Cameroon and our communities are doing our best to gear up to stay safe. Unfortunately, Cameroon is second only to South Africa in… Continue reading Thank You and Update from Cameroon
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Schools as Centers for Reconciliation in Colombia
For over forty years, a civil war has raged in Colombia between the central government, leftist opposition groups and more recently armed paramilitary groups. While accurate counts of the number of children involved in combat are not available, many experts believe that approximately 10,000 child soldiers are still active in Colombia today despite the demobilization… Continue reading Schools as Centers for Reconciliation in Colombia
Conflict Minerals: Impact and Hope
This week we turn our attention to stories that our project work has us personally vested in: the human rights toll of ‘conflict minerals’ in the DRCongo and how best to reintegrate child soldiers into civil society after they have paid the price in the name of these minerals. Here in Chicago, not far from… Continue reading Conflict Minerals: Impact and Hope