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Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata: “Colombia is a deeply fragile but promising country”

Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata, World Council of Churches (WCC) programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia, led a delegation that visited Colombia on 8-11 August to express solidarity with the Colombian churches, government and people as they collaborate in the design, implementation, and advocacy for the construction of peace in the country. Below, he shares his impressions of the visit.

In Colombia, “what is happening is terribly painful”

Rev. Gloria Ulloa, World Council of Churches president for Latin America and the Caribbean, is in Cali, Colombia, with a delegation of DiPaz, the country’s main ecumenical peacebuilding platform. The group is having direct grassroots contact with the conflicts currently taking place. Ulloa and others hope to bring to light testimonies of peoples and communities usually forgotten by the big media.

Below is Ulloa's latest description on the ground.

Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo son un ejemplo del liderazgo de las mujeres en pro de la justicia y la paz

En situaciones de guerra y opresión, en las que se exacerba la violencia contra las mujeres, son muchas veces las mujeres las que asumen el liderazgo en la lucha contra la injusticia. La valentía demostrada por las madres y abuelas de los desaparecidos durante el período de la guerra sucia de Argentina (1976-1983) ha sido descrito recientemente como un ejemplo y un reto por los representantes del CMI.