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ECUADOR: Youth Hope to “Bet on the Future” Through Education in Ecuador

May 18, 2012

(MissionNewswire) Community members in Esmeraldas, Ecuador are waging that a quality educational alternative will help improve primary school graduation rates. Currently, only half of the population of 400,000 has graduated from primary school, and 76 percent are unable to meet their basic needs. The “Bet on

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UNHCR: Violence in Colombia Displacing More People into Ecuador

April 12, 2012

(UNHCR) – Senor Padilla, his wife and two of their children escaped to San Lorenzo, Ecuador in late February, joining the growing number of people fleeing fresh violence in nearby Colombia. "We came because two paramilitary factions and one guerrilla group were wreaking havoc

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Central America Colombia Ecuador Esmeraldas Refugee Camps & Internally Displaced Populations San Lorenzo Sánchez Piñeiro UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees