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Los Desplazados
Generations of Displacement
Fighting in Colombia among left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug traffickers and the army has helped to create the largest population of internally displaced people outside Sudan - at least 3.8 million, and growing.
Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps

 Los Desplazados

Country: Colombia

Threatened off their lands, los desplazados leave their simple life of subsistence farming for the harsh, bewildering realities of urban slums. Most don't want to or can't return home, where fear and uncertainty await. What they want is to seguir adelante — to move forward — with dignity and opportunity. In three of Colombia's largest cities, Mercy Corps is lending a hand.

Ciro: Finishing Time ›

A diploma never meant much to rural ranchers like Ciro. But it's critical to his future in the city.

Gloria and Don Guillermo: A Way Forward ›

Gloria's family fled for the relative safety of Bogota — and a chance to reestablish their lives.

Photo Essay: Starting Over ›

Uprooted from their lands, displaced families are trying to reestablish their lives in Colombia's cities.

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