Colombia
The In Solidarity with Colombia program began in June 2000 and marks a milestone in the transformation of the CRS' response to the increasing humanitarian crisis in Colombia. In October 2003, the Catholic National Secretariat for Social Ministry (SNPS)/Caritas Colombia and CRS committed to a second phase of In Solidarity with Colombia. The Joint Program represents strengthening in the coordination between SNPS and CRS to respond to Colombia's needs.
Coordinated from the CRS Ecuador office, the program expands and strengthens our focus on projects in the areas of humanitarian response, justice, peace education and peacebuilding, and ventures into new programming activities in the United States that emphasize education and awareness-raising of the American public on issues of importance to Colombia.
