http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/23267 The population of Colombia is still feeling the impact of the internal armed conflict that began in the 1960s. Increasing numbers are fleeing their homes at the rate of more than 200,000 a year and continue to face serious vulnerability. Displaced people have taken refuge in makeshift shelters and communities with limited resources (no water, no electricity, hygiene articles, etc) in Ecuador. Most of the refugees have lost family to the conflict. There are many women that loose their husbands and they have to bring up their children on her own, alone, in a different country In Pampanal, a Colombian refugee community in Ecuador, near the border with Colombia, the living conditions are very poor, but at least they live in peace. When the tide comes in, the community's streets are flooded with water full of waste and the kids usually play with that water. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/38248/Monica_sepia_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Monica Rico <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/961866/colombian_refugees_in_ecuador__57__small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/961866'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/961866 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:21:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/961866 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/961866/colombian_refugees_in_ecuador__57__small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/961866'>view full-size image</a> Monica Rico <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/961869/colombian_refugees_in_ecuador__56__small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/961869'>view full-size 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