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Campo Bijao

Published in October 2015
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Campo Bijao is situated in the municipality of Yondó (Magdalena Medio), an area we travel to regularly from the field team in Barrancabermeja. Travelling through the beautiful countryside of the region, it is difficult to imagine the pain that the communities have suffered in this hugely militarised área of the country.<br /> (Photo by Valentina Soto Águila)
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Campo Bijao is situated in the municipality of Yondó (Magdalena Medio), an area we travel to regularly from the field team in Barrancabermeja. Travelling through the beautiful countryside of the region, it is difficult to imagine the pain that the communities have suffered in this hugely militarised área of the country.
(Photo by Valentina Soto Águila)

  • Campo Bijao is situated in the municipality of Yondó (Magdalena Medio), an area we travel to regularly from the field team in Barrancabermeja. Travelling through the beautiful countryside of the region, it is difficult to imagine the pain that the communities have suffered in this hugely militarised área of the country.<br /> (Photo by Valentina Soto Águila)
  • The village of Campo Bijao is divided in two by a river. The people in the village told us of the feuds that exist between families on both sides of the river and that historically the bridge itself has witnessed many fights. Today donkeys, motorbikes and people use the bridge to cross the river, carrying with them wood and other produce from the region.
  • We accompanied Wilson Vega from the Campesino Association from the River of Cimitarra Valley (Acvc), in a meeting with the Neighbourhood Joint Action Committees (Juntas de Acción Comunal) from the various municipalities in the department. Throughout the meeting the community representatives expressed their concerns and together they developed ideas and proposals to improve the quality of life in the countryside.
  • Before meetings like this start, we present ourselves to explain our role as an accompanying organisation and our principal of non-interferance, which means that we don´t involve ourselves in the activities of the organisations we accompany. It is important to explain this so that the people understand that we are not outside because we´re not interested in their work, but because we are there to protect the human rights defenders´ spaces of work , not to involve ourselves in their work directly.
  • Throughout the accompaniment we had the pleasure of getting to know not only the people of the community but their pets as well!
  • Spending time in the village with the community.
  • Motorbikes in the rural parts of Colombia are family vehicles, there seems to be no limit to the number of people that can ride on them!
  • Children and donkeys of Campo Bijao.
  • We spent the night in the village. We have to adapt ourselves to the campesino ways of life with hammocks or tents, depending on where we travel to. We slept well in the fresh countryside air with the sound of tropical insects and the river beside us.
  • The land in Campo Bijao is so fertile that any fruit or vegetable can be grown there. The bright green colour of the nature is impressive and it´s great to be able to escape the pollution in Barrancabermeja and spend time in the Colombian countryside.
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