{"id":25489,"date":"2025-02-14T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/projects-in-colombia\/a-future-for-young-people-in-the-countryside\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:38:29","slug":"a-future-for-young-people-in-the-countryside","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/projects-in-colombia\/a-future-for-young-people-in-the-countryside\/","title":{"rendered":"A future for young people in the countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A future for young people in rural areas <\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Violence, displacement and land theft are widespread in Colombia. Many farming families in Antioquia have been threatened and displaced by armed groups. Together with our local partner organisation ACA, we support young smallholders to unite and defend their rights. We strengthen their cultural identity and promote income-generating initiatives in organic farming. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Hear from the people on the ground<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"I come from a landless farming family. I was ashamed of that for a long time. Today I know my worth, earn an income and am a proud campesino.\"<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Orlando Restrepo from Argelia<\/span>
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The department of Antioquia in north-western Colombia is rich in natural resources and water sources, and produces over a quarter of the nation\u2019s electricity. The construction of dams and the cultivation of coca and agrofuels are increasing the land value, resulting in land grabbing by large landowners, drug lords and speculators. Despite the 2016 Victims and Land Restitution Law, armed groups continue to force smallholder families to flee. Many young people are ashamed of their smallholder roots and fall into crime or migrate to the big cities. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The aim is to help smallholders to strengthen their identity and create sustainable income-generating initiatives in rural areas. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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  • Stronger together. <\/strong>We encourage young people from smallholder families to form groups and work together to find solutions to the challenges they face<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • Workshops. <\/strong>We train young people on topics such as sustainable agriculture, human rights, political influence, violence prevention and the importance of smallholder identity. <\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      • Support. <\/strong>We encourage young people to develop feasible and realistic life plans that offer them prospects for a better future. <\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        • Income initiatives. We promote sustainable income projects such as fish ponds, jam production and tree nurseries to enable young people to achieve economic independence. <\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          • Community cohesion. <\/strong>We support local activities such as farmers\u2019 markets, cinema events and festivals to strengthen social cohesion and a sense of community. <\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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            Beneficiaries<\/h3>

            In the the last project phase 220 young smallholders, their families and also their communities benefitted from our work. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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            Our partner organization<\/h3>

            ACA (Asociaci\u00f3n Campesina de Antioquia) setzt sich seit den 1980er-Jahren f\u00fcr die Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen von Kleinb\u00e4uer*innen ein. terre des hommes schweiz unterst\u00fctzt ACA seit dem Jahr 2000. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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            Project location and phase<\/h3>

            The project is being carried out in the communities of San Francisco, Argelia and Betulia, south of Medell\u00edn . The current project phase covers the years 2021\u20132024 with an annual budget of CHF 88,000. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Colombia A future for young people in rural areas Violence, displacement and land theft are widespread in Colombia. Many farming families in Antioquia have been threatened and displaced by armed groups. Together with our local partner organisation ACA, we support young smallholders to unite and defend their rights. We strengthen their cultural identity and promote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":25356,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25489","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32558,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25489\/revisions\/32558"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}