NOMADESC was awarded a third year of funding this year. NOMADESC works with the Afro-Colombian community in the region of El Valle de Cauca, Colombia. This area was the target of paramilitary massacres in 2000. For the past ten years, NOMADESC has accompanied the women survivors of the attacks as they have been reconstructing their lives.

In the coming year, they will continue to conduct workshops on human rights, psychosocial accompaniment, recovery of ancestral practices, and building a Memory House. They will also hold workshops to plan for their annual event “For the Life, Memory and Dignity of the Victims of La Vía Cabal Pombo” massacres. This year, they have also been organizing as part of the civil society movement to participate in public actions related to the peace talks between the government and the FARC rebels. They are pressing for the dialogs to extend to other insurgent groups, as well as to make sure the outcome responds to the historical demands of the population in the search for a lasting peace and true social transformation in Colombia.