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Transforming Lives

Juan Avendao is now growing lucrative organic coffee for export on land that was once used to grow coca.

Juan Avendaño is a small coffee producer on northern Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the world’s largest seaside mountain, and a pilot area for the Government of Colombia’s Family Forest Wardens program, which aids small farmers previously involved in illicit crop production to gain access to wider markets at home and abroad for legal p

During the past six years, Justice Houses have received more than six million requests for services.

Bello, Chaparral, El Bagre, Remedios, Segovia, and other similar Colombian towns located in rural conflict areas share problems such as poverty, unemployment and serious issues related to domestic violence, gangs, neighborhood conflicts and displaced rural populations.

The theater has proven to be an innovative way to educate new generations and increase confidence in the justice system.

USAID/Colombia is partnering with the Carrera Theater Foundation to educate Colombia’s children about justice and human rights and build their trust in the country’s justice institutions.

The new virtual courtrooms allow justice to be imparted in the country’s most remote areas.

Challenging logistics, high cost of travel and armed conflict in Colombia’s judicial district of Villavicencio made holding court hearings very difficult until a USAID program installed virtual court rooms in the region.

The average time between reporting an offense and its adjudication has been reduced from seven to two months.

USAID is increasing access to justice for Colombian children who are victims of sexual and other abuse through its support to Creemos en Ti or the “We Believe in You” Foundation and Bienestar Familiar, the Colombian Government’s Family Protection Agency.

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