Photo Credit: Refugees International
01/26/2005

This man lives on collectively owned agricultural land in the lower section of the Atrato River, known as Cacarica. He is part of an Afro-Colombian peace community in the Choco region of Colombia. Although the community's land is located in areas accessible to all sides in the conflict, and in some parts occupied by illegal armed actors, including paramilitary and guerilla forces, the community has developed ways to remain neutral and independent of the various armed actors, including the Colombian military.