University of Rosario - University of Ibagué Agreement - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) THE JAPAN PROGRAMSchools That Teach and Heal • July 9th, 2007
Since 1985 the armed conflict in Colombia, among other factors, has resulted in the displacement of between two to three million Colombians. In 2004, the governmental agency responsible for coordinating activities to assist displaced populations, the Social Solidarity Network, has registered 1,512,194 displaced persons in the Unique Registration System. Nonetheless a non-governmental organization, the Consulting Group on Human Rights and Forced Displacement (CODHES), estimates that, since 1985, 3.2 million people have become displaced. Those most affected by this situation are children and women.
