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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.
A diploma never meant much to rural ranchers like Ciro. But it's critical to his future in the city.
Gloria's family fled for the relative safety of Bogota — and a chance to reestablish their lives.
Uprooted from their lands, displaced families are trying to reestablish their lives in Colombia's cities.
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