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STORY: COLOMBIA / FAO TRAINING
TRT: 1:54
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTION: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: RECENT – JULY 2017, COLOMBIA
1. Various aerial shots, farms in Pertenencia, Colombia
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ismael Perez, Farmer:
“Once they came to threaten me and told me, ‘So we have heard you are the brave guy.’ I told them I was not brave, and that I just needed to feed my family.”
3. Various shots, Perez working with his son
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ismael Perez, Farmer:
“I only know how to work the land and grow my crops and take care of my animals to support my children, and I could not leave the land.”
5. Med shot, FAO consultant assisting association meeting
6. Close up, farmer listening
7. SOUNDBITE(Spanis h) Laureano Hernandez, FAO Technical Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organisation:
“Together they have rebuilt that community that was broken due to the violence, and they are working together. That has generated a scenario for peace and reconciliation, in order to help rural development for this region.”
8. Various shots, meeting of Apacambi women’s group
9. Various shots, Apacambi women’s group planting and feeding chickens
10. SOUNDBITE(Spanish) Sirle Ruiz, Apacambi Women’s Group member:
“The project has helped us because we did not have any projects in the past. Each one of us was at home without anything to do. However we have benefitted a lot from these projects because they have motivated us to push ahead.”
11. Various shots, women’s group member selling produce at market.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with support from the government of Sweden, is working with Colombia to help devastated communities rebuild their livelihoods and get back on their feet.
During five decades of war, millions of Colombians left their homes to escape executions, kidnappings and land seizures by armed groups.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ismael Perez, Farmer:
“Once they came to threaten me and told me, ‘So we have heard you are the brave guy.’ I told them I was not brave, and that I just needed to feed my family.”
Perez’s Villages was once thriving livestock and agricultural centre fell silent. Farms vanished under bush, and markets collapsed into ruin.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ismael Perez, Farmer:
“I only know how to work the land and grow my crops and take care of my animals to support my children, and I could not leave the land.”
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is working with Colombia to help devastated communities rebuild their livelihoods and get back on their feet. The project has also provided training and equipment for milk production, raising chickens and planting orchards.
SOUNDBITE(Spanish) Laureano Hernandez, FAO Technical Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organisation:
“Together they have rebuilt that community that was broken due to the violence, and they are working together. That has generated a scenario for peace and reconciliation, in order to help rural development for this region.”
With support from FAO, they established an association of local farmers, who plant together and share profits. The enterprise, named APACAMBI, is repairing much more than a shattered economy.
It is also offering women new opportunities. Women members of the association grow vegetables and raise hens to get an extra income — and new confidence. Motivation and means that are helping broken communities heal and rebound after half a century of conflict.
SOUNDBITE(Spanish) Sirle Ruiz, Apacambi Women’s Group member:
“The project has helped us because we did not have any projects in the past. Each one of us was at home without anything to do. However we have benefitted a lot from these projects because they have motivated us to push ahead.”
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