Former coca grower families reactivate a biofactory to produce animal concentrates, reducing the cost of productive livestock projects and strengthening sustainable economic alternatives in the region of Catatumbo.

For three consecutive years PASO Colombia has conducted an annual survey among campesino (rural peasants)  and reincorporated communities taking part in Rural Alternative Schools (ERAs) throughout the country.

The students, who come from rural communities, migrant families, and ex-coca grower families, graduated from the courses offered as part of the PASO Inteligente strategy.

In Fonseca, La Guajira, a group of ex-combatants supported by PASO Colombia is scaling up their enterprise of laying hens in a silvopastoral system, generating income and savings opportunities for neighboring communities.

Two reincorporated communities in Mutatá, Antioquia, receive training in the creation of audiovisual pieces for the commercialization of their enterprises. They are now starting their first crowdfunding campaign to build a productive infrastructure that will benefit the region.

The Rural Alternative School (ERA) of Cali launched a community garden project that encourages urban agroecology and supports food security in the neighborhood of Siloé.

The ERA of the brotherhood in Saravena will seek to improve the living conditions of the migrant population, integrating it into the thriving economy of the Araucanian municipality under all the necessary biosecurity measures.

The new Alternative Rural School of Communication in Mutatá, Antioquia, opens a call for people who are currently developing a productive project in the COOFORTUNA, COOEMPRENDER cooperatives, or who belong to the community of San José de León. Registration open until December 31, 2020.