I.N. Network Colombia

Some History

A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government.

Families fled from the dangerous guerrilla-infested areas and came to a rural area outside of Barranquilla. These displaced families have squatted in the La Playa area. Unemployment is at 80% in this community. The families live in poverty and 75% are led by single mothers.


I.N. Network's Ministry

"La Rosa de Saron" (The Rose of Sharon) is a school where poor children from the Barranquilla "La Playa" community receive a Christian education.

I.N. Network USA (the organization I work for) provides a child sponsorship program. Through child sponsorship, these children receive a Christ-centered education, school uniform, shoes, one hot meal per day, and basic medical care.

I am so looking forward to meeting the I.N. Network Colombia Executive Director, Martha Villamizar. She started the La Rosa de Saron school. She and her husband, Jose, along with pastor Aida Avila, also lead a church, which is located on the school property. This church reaches out to the La Playa community and now has 80 regular worshipers.