DISPARANDO CĀMARAS PARA LA PAZ
(Shooting Cameras for Peace)
Colombia
Colombia’s expanding civil war and deepening economic crisis has forced over 2 million Colombians to flee their homes, only to find more poverty and violence in the communities where they settle.
Disparando Cámaras para la Paz (DCP) – Shooting Cameras for Peace – is a participatory photography program for internally displaced youth at the communally-administered elementary school, Corporación Fe y Esperanza in El Progreso, Colombia. DCP instructors provide young people the opportunity to build self-confidence and self-awareness by looking critically at the social issues affecting their lives and their communities. The young documentarians are guided by a staff of Colombian photographers and educators through a series of intensive seminars incorporating photography, spoken narratives, and writing. The resulting collection of photographs and stories form a compelling testimonial of Colombia’s ongoing civil war and its effect on the country’s young people. At the same time it encourages the young participants to be protagonists rather than victims in their own lives.
DCP is now an independent Colombian nonprofit, and provides educational programs in partnership with The AjA Project’s international network. It is part of AjA’s philosophy that our international programs be locally staffed and operated.
(Shooting Cameras for Peace)
Colombia
Colombia’s expanding civil war and deepening economic crisis has forced over 2 million Colombians to flee their homes, only to find more poverty and violence in the communities where they settle.
Disparando Cámaras para la Paz (DCP) – Shooting Cameras for Peace – is a participatory photography program for internally displaced youth at the communally-administered elementary school, Corporación Fe y Esperanza in El Progreso, Colombia. DCP instructors provide young people the opportunity to build self-confidence and self-awareness by looking critically at the social issues affecting their lives and their communities. The young documentarians are guided by a staff of Colombian photographers and educators through a series of intensive seminars incorporating photography, spoken narratives, and writing. The resulting collection of photographs and stories form a compelling testimonial of Colombia’s ongoing civil war and its effect on the country’s young people. At the same time it encourages the young participants to be protagonists rather than victims in their own lives.
DCP is now an independent Colombian nonprofit, and provides educational programs in partnership with The AjA Project’s international network. It is part of AjA’s philosophy that our international programs be locally staffed and operated.
