Hope and Development to Ex-combatants in Colombia

This has been a work season in which we have been looking for opportunities to take this project to a broader scope with different private companies and independent collaborators who want to contribute their time and knowledge training the actors or any other resource that may be favorable in the development of this project. All these opportunities will further support the reconciliation and reintegration of people who have suffered during the war.

We continue to believe that working together to create tourism products in demobilized areas will serve as a tool for the economic development of actors emerging from conflict, including ex-combatants, victims and forgotten indigenous communities, and for that reason, with contributions received, we have the following work actions:

• Validation of all the actors that will be involved in the 100% route
• Identification of destinations, the specific needs of operators, basic and specialized services to offer travelers, logistics, schedules, travel and all the experiences and activities that will enrich the route.
• Creation of a base itinerary for review and advice of government entities
• Definition of the final tourism product with a view to negotiating with the international market
• Definition of the main target audience according to market studies
• Creation of scripts managed by local actors
• Complete the adaptation to the actors according to the needs previously encountered.

We hope to achieve each of the proposed goals above all to continue maintaining the commitment of the stakeholders involved who believe in the project and each time they take more steps to achieve the proposed objectives.

Colombia is now better ranked on the international scene and this, has increased the arrival of travelers looking for enriching experiences based on community development projects in the territories :)

This is a very important factor that motivated us to start with the donations a complete exploration of territories with very satisfactory results: we have found greater tourist attractions, explored biodiversity, and we have also found a greater number of productive projects that we can include within tourism products that are they are being developed with the objective of involving more people and having a greater impact.

In addition to this, there have been important achievements such as signing agreements for the management of destinations in 2 cities: Carmen de Bolívar and Arjona, in order to make two community stops on the route and formulate projects to request international funding in alliance with cameras of commerce and government.

The dream of having an integral tourist route that generates local development and a real transformation in the traveler, is getting closer and closer!

The help of more funding of all donors who believe in the possibility of generating a change from what is within our reach is vital now more than never.