The Power of Cocoa: Preserving Peace - and an Indigenous Tribe - in Colombia

Jan 17, 2017 | Lutheran World Relief
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Now that an agreement has been reached between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the current generation of Colombian youth will have a chance to see something they’ve never fully experienced before - peace.

The end to the conflict presents an opportunity to make an investment in rural areas and to build a viable peace dividend for those who suffered most in the war: the third of Colombia’s population who live in the countryside, 90 percent of whom are mired in poverty. Many have been forced from their ancestral land.