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Displaced Photos


Displaced indigenous Awa in the town of Ricaurte
in Narino, southern Colombia.
Photo: Garry Leech

Displaced indigenous Awa children in the village
of Ataquer in Narino, southern Colombia.
Photo: Garry Leech

A displaced indigenous Awa girl in Ricaurte
with food provided by aid organizations.
Photo: Garry Leech

A displaced indigenous Awa woman cooking
dinner in a makeshift camp in Ataquer.
Photo: Garry Leech


More than three million Colombians have been
displaced by the armed conflict.
Photo: Garry Leech


The majority of displaced Colombians
are women and children.
Photo: Garry Leech

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A land invasion by 560 displaced families in
San Vicente del Caguan, Caqueta.
Photo: Garry Leech
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Two displaced children in their family's one room
wooden hut in San Vicente del Caguan.
Photo: Garry Leech
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Many displaced communities lack schools
for the children and basic utilities like
electricity, water and sewers.
Photo: Garry Leech


This displaced family's entire village fled to
Barrancabermeja, Colombia's most violent city,
following a paramilitary massacre.
Photo: Garry Leech


The cramped living conditions for the displaced
in the Red Cross building in Bogota.
Photo: Garry Leech

An elderly displaced woman preparing food in
the Red Cross building in Bogota.
Photo: Garry Leech

The food supply for 255 displaced people living
in the Red Cross building in Bogota.
Photo: Garry Leech

A camp for the displaced near Turbo in the
Uraba region of northern Colombia.
Photo: Liam Craig-Best

 

 

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