Where do the disappeared go? Search for them in the water and the wastelands.Why are they disappeared? Because we are not all equal.When do the disappeared return? Each time our thoughts bring them back, with the pain that grips inside. Rueben Blades, Los Desaparecidos Bertha Oliva Nativí is a prominent …
PaxWorks has been asked by SembrandoPax to fund the expansion of a powerful healing program in Colombia for women victims of sexual violence by armed actors. One community that is frequently occupied by paramilitaries raped women whenever they wanted. The second group of women are ex-combatants of the FARC. So many …
In 2016 and 2017 we continued to deliver Her Turn workshop in Sindhupalchok and Gorkha districts and for the 1st time delivered in the remote Jumla district. The overall average workshops attendance rate was 95%. Jumla was heavily affected by Nepal’s civil war that ended in 2006 and suffers from …
Women Accompaniment Sembrandopaz supports four communities in the Montes de María area that have been affected by the armed conflict and that are working creatively to overcome the challenges that derive from the violence they have lived. One aspect of the accompaniment is coming alongside the women of the communities …
PaxWorks supports women’s empowerment in northern Colombia through Sembrando Paz, a non-profit that sees itself “as a sustainable community that serves as an inspiration, an example and a support network for other communities, helping them build sustainability through new forms of integration and collective efforts to overcome ignorance, inequality, poverty, …
Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan. In search of adventure, 29-year-old Conor Grennan traded his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, a journey that began with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princes Children’s Home, an …
