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Colombia: Children in Conflict

October 29, 2007

Massacres, executions, intimidation, and sexual violence are things that people in Colombia's conflict zones live with every day. Many families flee their villages for what they hope will be relative safety in urban areas. But there, too, the fear continues, and the psychological scars endure.

Judith Rosales is a Colombian psychologist at an MSF health center outside the city of Soacha, near Bogotá. She works with children who have suffered as a result of the ongoing violence fuelled by the country's narcotics trade.

 

Tags: Colombia, Child, Armed Conflict, Mental Health, Mental Health Worker

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