Women and Children in War Torn Village

In an article, written by Rachel Brown from National Geographic Channel , covering the Columbia's civil war after-effect of a war-torn village, only the women there are strong enough to survive with their children. In this village, La Puria, the young women are now taking the leads, the photographs taken by Iva Valencia shows how they are living their lives. The photographer recalls a part of her journey, "After walking for so long in the jungle, I remember reaching a place where there’s so much color—many of the indigenous people wore bright colors—color in the middle of such grey and such sadness.” The photographer was able to wholly capture the struggles, the fighting spirit, and the sadness of all the women and children in all her photos. War can never bring peace, it only brings forth despair and misfortune for the poor. [1 quote, 1 link, 150 words]