In Colombia, an insurgency-counterinsurgency war has left over 200,000 people dead since 1964 and displaced over three million others from their homes. CPT's Colombia delegations will meet with church, human rights and social justice organizers in Bogotá and in Barrancabermeja, the industrial city in the Magdalena Medio region where CPT's full-time team has been based since 2001. In addition, delegates will spend several days in the countryside where communities have been subject to attack and threats by various armed groups. The July delegation will visit Tiquisio.

Training the Peacemaker Corps

Applicants for both the Full-time Corps and the Reserve Corps participate in an intensive, integrated, four-week training course involving action, reflection, and practice of a variety of peacemaking skills in the following areas: