An Indigenous leader from the Kokonuko people in Colombia was just shot dead while trying to reclaim their lands from a multinational paper giant. Now the local communities are pleading for our help.
They desperately need funds to hire additional security to keep themselves safe while they re-occupy their rightful land.
Our community can wire them the money they need practically overnight – if enough of us give right now:
More information
Smurfit Kappa in Colombia: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
World Rainforest Movement. 5 March 2020.
World Rainforest Movement. 5 March 2020.
Smurfit-Kappa, Colombia
Environmental Justice Atlas. 8 June 2016.
Environmental Justice Atlas. 8 June 2016.
Obstruction of Peace; Militarization and the Final Peace Accords
Witness for Peace. 1 November 2019.
Witness for Peace. 1 November 2019.
[In Spanish] Asesinan indígena, encapuchados al servicio de una multinacional le dispararon
CRIC Colombia. 9 November 2022.
CRIC Colombia. 9 November 2022.