Limping Toward Justice

An international accompanier's account of her time in a Colombian community engaged in non-violent resistance to the decades old armed conflict.

"Justice...limps along, but it gets there all the same." -Colombian Nobel Prize winning author, Gabriel García Márquez

Monday, November 13, 2006

Donation Nation

What Your Support Can Do: a friendly guide to making your dollar count
  • $7: cost of one FOR T-Shirt, which volunteers wear in the field in order to be easily identified as international accompaniers, keeping them safe and visible
  • $20: A nicely sized contribution that definitely pays for something that isn’t obvious to me from a quick look at our budget.
  • $50: cost for two team members to travel for a day to communities in eastern Antioquiali>
  • $65: cost of one month’s health insurance for one volunteer
  • $70: monthly fee for the satellite phone in remote San José de Apartadó, allowing FOR team to communicate when accompanying community members in remote areas or when power is out
  • $100: cost of food for one month for FOR team in San José de Apartadó
  • $165: cost of transportation from Bogotá to Medellín in order to accompany Colombian Partner Organizations
  • $200: monthly stipend for FOR volunteer in Colombia
  • $250: cost of Visa for one FOR Volunteer for 1 Year
  • $300: monthly rent and utilities for the FOR apartment/office in Bogotá
  • $550: cost for one way international ticket for volunteer to return to the United States
  • $600: annual cost to train new volunteers
  • $850: cost to bring Colombian peace leader to the US for speaking tour

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