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Shoes campaign promotes understanding and tolerance in Colombia
13 Jan 2011 Francesca represents the victims of the conflict in Granada municipality. The 11-year-old is supporting a major new UNHCR awareness campaign. -
UNHCR joins aid effort for victims of devastating floods in Colombia
30 Dec 2010 With some two million people in Colombia affected by severe flooding, the UN refugee agency is working to assist the displaced. -
UNHCR chief returns to spotlight the displaced in Colombia and Ecuador
22 Dec 2010 UN High Commissioner for refugees António Guterres visits Colombia and Ecuador to assess the situation of millions of uprooted Colombians and to back efforts to help them. -
16 Days of Activism: Speaking out against sexual violence in Colombia
6 Dec 2010 Some of UNHCR's partners in the struggle against sexual violence in Colombia comment on an intolerable problem that affects many displaced women. -
Refugees open up to Goodwill Ambassador Laport in Ecuador
26 Nov 2010 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Osvaldo Laport meets Colombian refugees in urban and rural areas of Ecuador and is struck by how traumatized many of them remain. -
UNHCR and partners tackle sexual violence in southern Colombia
8 Nov 2010 Sexual violence has become almost routine in Mocoa in Colombia's Putumayo department. UNHCR has been working to change perceptions about the issue. -
FC Barcelona scores goals with indigenous tribe in Colombia
13 Oct 2010 In the heart of the forest, FC Barcelona is using football to teach life skills to Colombia's Hitnü tribe and building bridges with neighbouring communities. -
Colombia's indigenous Tule people struggle with the threat of extinction
22 Sep 2010 The return of illegal armed groups to their resource-rich territory in north-west Colombia has made the endangered Tule people fearful about the future. -
Community farming helps tribe without frontiers survive in Ecuador
15 Sep 2010 In the past two years, UNHCR has been assisting displaced members of the Epera tribe. Farming support is helping them integrate and become independent.