By Andrea Atehortua | Administrative Leader
Dear all,
Tourism is where this pandemic hit first and hit the hardest, and it is the last activity that will recover from it. Therefore the best way to support the participants of the Route to Hope is to start a COVID relief fund, we will channel the funds collected during the lockdown to them for living expenses.
Mobility in Colombia has been halted since March 16, and even though during the last couple of weeks the central government has been issuing guidelines to safely reopen the economy, the tourism activity has not been included in the list of the activities allow to reopen, and will most likely stay out of the list for a long time. Additionally, all the participants in the Route to Hope are either independent or informal workers, meaning that neither of them hold a job contract. We need to make sure the suppliers in the Route to Hope understand that we continue to think about them, and let them know how important they are to us. The current government hasn't held the peace agreement signed by the preceeding president, and so the country has seen how small insurgent groups are born or revived. Ensuring some financial stability for these excombatants is today more relevant than ever!
We hope you enjoy the pictures of some of the spots and activities done during the tour. Keep supporting this beautiful dream. We will be waiting for you in Colombia, to travel the Route to Hope with us and meet the wonderful beings that are part of it!
By Andrea Atehortua | Insider Tours Manager
By Ana Maria Gonzalez | Project Coordinator
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