RN Documentary: Colombia - A Traumatised Nation
Series: RN Documentaries
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Length: 00:29:30
Colombia's 40-year-old civil war has affected just about everyone. Massacres happen on a regular basis. There are bombings, kidnappings, and clashes between the various rebel groups and the military.
The victims and their family members often suffer from depression, alcoholism, drug abuse and violence within the family.
In recent years, charities and the government have begun making the link between the ongoing violence and the need to treat trauma victims. But so many people are in need of help and the country is so big that up until now only small initiatives have been undertaken.
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Colombia's 40-year-old civil war has affected just about everyone. Massacres happen on a regular basis. There are bombings, kidnappings, and clashes between the various rebel groups and the military. The victims and their family members often suffer from depression, alcoholism, drug abuse and violence within the family. In recent years, charities and the government have begun making the link between the ongoing violence and the need to treat trauma victims. But so many people are in need of help and the country is so big that up until now only small initiatives have been undertaken.
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AMBIANCE – BOJAYÁ COMMEMORATION
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Radio Netherlands, the Dutch International Service, presents “Colombia: a Traumatised Nation”. The programme is produced by Eric Beauchemin.
AMBIANCE BACK UP, THEN FADE
In May 2002, a mortar shell hit a small Catholic church in the village of Bojayá in north-western Colombia. 117 civilians were killed in one of the worst massacres in Colombia’s 40-year-old civil war. Every year, the massacre is commemorated by the villagers of Bojayá, religious leaders, as well as international, national and provincial representatives.
BOJAYÁ-2
For days, people in Bojayá had been fearing an outbreak of fighting between two rival rebel groups. On May the 1st 2002, both groups occupied the village and everyone ran to the church to take refuge. 150 people managed to squeeze into the tiny building. The next day, the rebels fired a...
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