In Colombia, job opportunities for ex-combatants

Eduardo Sierra started-up a small general shop in 2008. He is one of the 280 ex-combatants in northern Colombia that now run and own a business thanks to USAID/Colombia’s Demobilization and Reintegration program.  USAID supports the Colombian Office of the High Commissioner for Reintegration to create legitimate socio-economic opportunities for adult ex-combatants through education, vocational training, job creation, and local and departmental community development projects. To date, more than 31,000 ex-combatants have been benefited through reintegration into civilian life processes.