Oct
02
2018

"With the compensation I want to start a surprise breakfast business"

30 victims who live in Cali today received the letters to claim the money that correspond to them for this measure of reparation. Among them was Stefany, a young woman who traveled with her family from Toribío, Cauca, after the terror that the guerrillas sowed with a bus-bomb in 2011.

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Stefany, 25 years old, could not hold back the tears when she was announced today that would receive the compensation she deserves as a victim of armed conflict. She silently wiped her face as she filled out the attendance list and received the "Financial Guidance" talk provided by Victims Unit officials before each person went through the letter with which they can claim their money.

"It is that the memory came to my heart suddenly. My family and I are displaced from Toribío, Cauca, by that famous and sad fact of the bus-bomb. That was back in 2011 when the guerrillas put explosives very close to the Police Post. They almost finished everything, the houses were left on the floor, there were dead, wounded, a lot of pain ... a lot of pain, "she says putting her hand on her chest.

Stefany lives today in Cali and says she has managed to overcome the difficulties thanks to the faith and love of her mother and brothers. He studied in SENA as a builder technique. Her dream, she says, is to be able to achieve economic stability for her family and that is why she says she already knows what is going to with the compensation money.

"When I arrived at the meeting this morning, I came up with the idea that if the money came to me I would look for a house of social interest. But listening to the testimonies of some of entrepreneurial victims takes shape in my mind a desire that I have had for years with my sister: to set up a business of gift packaging, surprise breakfasts and sale of gifts, "says the moved woman.

Along with her, another 29 people received today the news that the money of their compensation was ready to be claimed in the Agrarian Bank. In total, they add resources for $ 127,305,000. The beneficiaries received today at the Regional Victim Assistance Center in Cali the document that allows them to access their money.

In the city of Cali there are 166,086 victims who are subjects of attention and / or reparation, being the municipality of Valle with greater population in these conditions. In total, in the department of Valle, 456,714 victims are subject to care and / or reparation.