We received a short update from Lina, our Youth and Young Adult Board Member in Cali, Colombia. Please pray for peace. Pray for no more deaths. Pray for justice for the people of Colombia.
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Since April 28, thousands of people in Colombia have taken to the streets to protest against the tax reform of President Iván Duque. In response, the government decreed a curfew and sent military force to arrest the protesters.
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The board and staff of BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz are deeply disturbed by the violence against protesters and denounce the bloodshed happening by the Colombian State against its people.
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BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz celebrates the support given to 15 projects for peace and justice during this year’s Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz grant cycle. The Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz was established in 2018 and empowers small, grassroots groups around the world doing the work of peacemaking on a local or regional level.
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The COVID-19 virus has presented us with a challenge and awakened us to our purpose as Christians in becoming uncomfortable in our security and passivity and turning our beliefs into concrete actions. Therefore, as Fundación SEPAZ, we wanted to take on the challenge of being part of the solution to inaction displayed by some social and ecclesial sectors; assuming that the response to the pandemic will only be successful if we face it in a cooperative, supportive and empathetic way with the populations most affected. This includes the Venezuelan migrant population, who are stigmatized for being considered possible "carriers of the virus", which has led to unnecessary complications in their lives.
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The arrival of COVID-19 in La Guajira was a matter of time. It did so on March 25, the date on which the National Institute of Health made the first report of a positive case. In addition to the alarm generated by the spread of the disease in the Colombian territory, there was the fear of its arrival in one of the least prepared areas to face it and where one of the most vulnerable populations in the country lives: the Wayuú.
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The spread of COVID-19 has exposed and exacerbated an already critical reality for many Indigenous peoples: a situation of deep inequalities and discrimination, a condition of systemic vulnerability aggravated not only by the presence of the virus, but also by conflicts and associated violence to scarcity and extreme need for resources, especially drinking water and food.
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Spanish Resource Editor Hortensia Picos Lee looks at the wave of protests happening in Latin America, particularly examining the situations in Chile and Colombia.
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My attendance at the Global Baptist Peace Conference in Cali was prepared with enthusiasm. My 16-year-old son, Carlos David, whom I had promised to take with me, was very excited. How could he not be?! For him it would be his first plane trip and the first time he would leave Mexico.
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The newly created Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz will support six projects in 2019. This fund gives grants to empower small, grassroots groups doing the work of peacemaking on a local or regional level.
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Luz Amparo works in Cali, Colombia with Red de Mujeres Comisión de Paz / The Network of Women Peace Commission (CEDECOL), an organization working to end violence against women. CEDECOL contributes to the elimination of violence against women through Church Ministries to: 1. Promote prevention and protection strategies for women survivors of violence. 2. Encourage initiatives of social research that make visible the reality of violence against women. 3. Insert in political and ecclesial decision-making spaces to recognize women's leadership and the fulfillment of their rights.
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