In META, a total of 8,526 survivors of armed conflict have received emotional attention from the Victims Unit since 2012, as a step towards reconciliation, forgiveness and peace building, from the individual to the collective.

Villavicencio concentrates 122,702 survivors of armed conflict according to the Single Registry of Victims, who reside in vulnerable neighborhoods located in peripheral areas of the city. Up to these sectors, the Victims Unit has arrived with the group emotional recovery strategy with the aim of advancing in the process of integral reparation of these communities.

This is the case of a group of 20 women residents of 13 DE MAYO neighborhood. United by the aftermath of violence, they meet to participate in the session guided by the entity, in the art workshop "Llan13" owned by Rosa Montoya, an entrepreneur who is committed to the recycling of tires as a source of their own work and for other women in the sector.

"We see each other every 8 days, this space has been the opportunity to know the stories of these women who are my brave neighbors, with whom I did not know I shared the pain of war. We spent a moment of joy, affection, in which we talked about what happened to us and we are healing little by little, leaving the hatred, "said Montoya.

The sessions last for two hours, in which attendees participate in the methodologies designed by the strategy at the national level, among which the elaboration of the traveling logbook stands out. A newspaper that collects in each session what they experienced, as an exercise in memory that will later be exchanged with other groups in another part of the country.

On this occasion, Sandra Rodríguez, a psychosocial professional, gives them some guidelines: "we will see our partner in her eyes and we will tell her that she is a special woman, who deserves all the love of the world and who is not alone". The 20 women start wide open to distribute fraternity, amid laughter, tears and kindness.

"Each meeting gives us new teachings, at the beginning many of us had fears that people would find out what we lived, but then we realized that the important thing here is to look for peace in our hearts, that with help and strength of other women, let's be an example of perseverance and hope. Every day we fight to move our families forward despite displacement, war, daily life, that strength is what allows us to continue with our heads held high, "says Nury Castañeda, participant in the strategy.

The Meta strategy exceeds 8,000 beneficiaries in seven years of Victims Law. A bet of the national Government that seeks to heal lives from inside the survivors of armed conflict.