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HI – Federal Information – Colombia Country Card – 2017 09 - EN

Elise Cartuyvels – [email protected] 1

MANDATE In Colombia, HI promotes the active participation of people with disabilities, including victims of internal armed conflict and their families in Colombian society. Since 2016, HI has extended its field of interventions to include the prevention of accidents caused by landmines, and the clearance, through demining of affected areas. With the humanitarian demining operations, HI is now implementing a comprehensive approach to mine action. The organisation also works to ensure disability issues are taken into account in public policies. It aims, in addition, to raise the awareness of the community at large. HI also provides a support work for organizations of persons with disabilities. SITUATION Colombia is seriously affected by armed violence - the result of a conflict that has lasted for over 50 years. A peace brokered with one of the armed groups, the FARC-EP, came into effect in 2016, and negotiations have begun with the remaining insurgent group, the ELN1. However, violence is likely to remain a problem in the country due to drug trafficking, gold mining and armed crime, combined with acute inequalities which have widened the social divide in Colombia. Anti-personnel mines are also found across the conflict and post-conflict zones. According to official figures2, there were 11,472 casualties of anti-personnel mines and explosive remnants of war between 1990 and May 2017 - the second highest rate in the world. According to a HI study, 80% of survivors of armed violence have a disability3, including a large number of civilians from the poorest social classes living in isolated areas without health centres or hospitals. The poorest have difficulty accessing medical services and people with disabilities are marginalised. With the signing of the peace agreement with FARC-EP, it has now become possible to conduct mine clearance operations, and HI was awarded official accreditation as a civil society organisation for humanitarian demining in Colombia in May 2016, and has begun technical surveys and clearance in June 2017. The organisation is therefore conducting mine clearance, mine risk education, victim assistance and advocacy actions.

INITIAL ACTIONS HI initially intervened in the country in 1998 especially with the support of the Fundación para la Rehabilitación Integral, an organisation specialising in the rehabilitation of people with disabilities in Cartagena. This project was completed in 2002 and laid the foundations for the launch of other actions, including a community-based rehabilitation project4 (2000), a mine action project (2005), a project to support disabled people’s organisations (running since 2007), a livelihood project (since 2014), a physical and functional rehabilitation project (since 2014) and lastly, a humanitarian demining project (launched in 2015), and aims to demine the polluted areas, sensitize the population and helps the mines victims in the country. KEY FACTS

*Human Development Report 2015

** UNSD 2015 STAFF

• National staff members: 104 • Expatriate staff members: 4

1 See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberation_Army_%28Colombia%29 2 Programme for Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines, Presidency of the Republic of Colombia, consulted in June 2017. 3 The impact of armed violence on civilian population, HI, February 2013. 4 Community based rehabilitation encompasses 5 domains: health promotion, prevention, care, rehabilitation and support.

Human development index (HDI)* 97th/188 classified countries

Life expectancy* 74 years Gross National Income per capita * 12,040 PPA$ per annum

Population** 48,93 million inhabitants Surface area** 1,141,750 sq. km

Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (CRPD)

Ratified: 10 May 2011

Convention on cluster munitions (Oslo)

Signed: 03 December 2008

Mine ban treaty (Ottawa)

Ratified: 06 September 2000

Colombia 2017



Mine risk education (MRE)

GOAL HI aims to: • Reduce the impact of armed violence on people living in conflict zones • Prevent risks from anti-personnel mines for people living in these zones

METHOD

• Train teachers and children living in conflict-affected areas on mine risks • Produce accessible awareness-raising teaching aids adapted to the culture of the people benefiting from this support • Deliver MRE sessions in affected communities, emergency MRE, and MRE in support of demining activities

TYPE OF INTERVENTION

Direct aid to populations Through partners

Service or care: no Distribution: no Technical support: yes Donation of equipment:

yes Financial support: yes

BENEFICIARIES

• Mine casualties and their families

• Mine action coordination network • People living in municipalities affected by mines and explosive remnants of war

PARTNERS

• Pastoral Social de Pasto, Pastoral Social Sur Oriente • Tierra de Paz, Cauca • Compromiso Humano, Cauca • Dirección para la Acción contra Minas (DAICMA)

LOCATION Three Colombian departments: • Meta: Vista Hermosa, La Macarena • Nariño: Pasto, Tumaco y Policarpa • Cauca: Caloto, Corinto, Cajibío.

FUNDING

Funding secured until: 31/12/2017

Extension for at least one additional year (subject to funding): Yes

Humanitarian demining

GOAL HI works to promote the safety of people living in post-conflict zones, as well as their social and economic development, free from the threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war. METHOD

• Support the national mine action authority (DAICMA) with the elaboration of national mine action standards and exchange of best practices among operators

• Implement non-technical survey, mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal activities in areas allocated to HI, in coordination with DAICMA


Direct aid to population Through partners

Service or care: yes Distribution: no Technical support: yes Donation of equipment: no Financial support: no

BENEFICIARIES

• Population living in areas affected by mines and explosive remnants of war • Members of indigenous and rural communities, who are employed locally as deminers

• Municipalities affected by mines and explosive remnants of war

PARTNERS

• Dirección de la Acción contra Minas (DAICMA) LOCATION



Three Colombian departments: • Cauca: Cajibio, Caloto and Corinto • Caquetá: San Vicente del Caguán • Meta: Vistahermosa

FINANCING

Financing secured until: 14/05/2018


Functional rehabilitation

GOAL Improving the quality and accessibility (at different levels) of functional rehabilitation and meeting the rehabilitation needs of people with disabilities and their families, and mostly of children and teenagers. METHOD HI works at:

• Local level, in building capacities of rehabilitation staff and in conducting personalised support • National level, in promoting and contributing to national policies in rehabilitation, based on HI field experience



Service: yes Distribution: no Technical support: yes Donation of equipment: yes Financial support: yes

BENEFICIARIES

• People with disabilities and their families • Public workers • Students in the health sector • The first, second and third level rehabilitation system

PARTNERS Universidad del Valle, Cali, Fondation FEDAR5, Fondation Ideal. LOCATION • Department of Nariño • Department of Cauca

FUNDING



Socio-economic inclusion

GOAL Preparing and promoting the inclusive employment of people with disabilities in three municipalities of Colombia (department of Meta). To achieve this, the organisation aims to support independent entrepreneurs, whenever necessary and possible. METHOD • Creation of occupational training facilities and the improvement of existing facilities • Capacity-building for institutions and disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) to promote inclusive employment. • Training and supporting DPOs to promote self-employment



Service: yes Distribution: no Technical support: yes Donation of equipment:

yes Financial support: yes

BENEFICIARIES

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Direct: • Disabled people • Training Centres • Employment agencies

Indirect: • Disabled people organization

PARTNERS Fundación Ángeles del Ariari (FADA), Pastoral Social.

LOCATION Meta: Vista Hermosa, San Juan de Arama and Lejanías. FUNDING



Assistance to civilian victims of anti-personnel mines

GOAL HI aims to: • Improve the living conditions of civilian victims of anti-personnel mines • Promote their right to assistance and reparation, including medical and psychological care and treatment • Ensure victims are autonomous at each stage of their treatment and care • Ensure that victims with disabilities benefit from government economic support

METHOD

• Building the capacities of public institutions to improve service provision • Helping mine victims access aid, as provided for under the law, through training and counselling workshops


Directly with populations Through partners

Service or care :yes Distribution : yes Technical support : yes Donation of equipment : yes Financial support : yes

BENEFICIARIES

• Civilian victims of mine accidents

• The anti-mine action coordination network

• Communities of municipalities affected by mines and unexploded munitions

• Civil servants and government entities in charge of victim care.

PARTNERS

• Pastoral Social de Pasto, Pastoral Social Sur Oriente • Tierra de Paz, Cauca • Compromiso Humano, Cauca • Coorporación Compormiso Humano • Dirección de la acción integral contra minas (DAICMA)

LOCATION Four departments: • Meta: Vista Hermosa, La Macarena • Nariño: Pasto, Tumaco y Policarpa • Cauca: Caloto, Corinto, Cajibío.

FUNDING

Financing secured until : 31/12/2017

Extension (subject to funding) for another year at least : Yes



MAIN FUNDING BODIES

Swiss Development

Cooperation – COSUDE

Belgian Development

Cooperation

U.S. Department of State

French Ministry of Foreign

Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of

Luxembourg


Belgium


Japan


Norway

United Nations (PNUD)

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