Bogotá

I will be traveling in September and October to intern with a Colombian non-profit in Bogotá. This agency, The Foundation for Reconciliation, is working with displaced persons and ex-fighters in Colombia's 50-year civil war. I chose the international certificate option in the Kennesaw State MSCM program and I felt I wanted to do an international internship to round out these credentials. I am not sure if I will follow this as a new career path, but the opportunity to experience this was compelling.

Colombia is hopefully in the final stages of ending this long conflict. In June, the initial peace accord was signed, in July the Colombian Constitutional Court approved moving to a referendum, and hopefully soon the people will vote on its fate. This is evolving rapidly, so it will be an exciting time to be there. Interested readers can follow http://colombiapeace.org/ for useful updates.

I hopefully will be able to assist with courseware and observation of the forgiveness and reconciliation principles in action. I also hope to master my Spanish beyond the functional tourist/intermediate level. All in all, I hope to offer my best efforts to the people of Colombia on their journey.

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Trip Length: 8 weeks
Blog Entries: 2
Photos: 7
Words: 1166

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Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
September 4th 2016	First Weekend	South America » Colombia » Bogota
September 19th 2016	Two weeks in	South America » Colombia » Bogota