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Working with Colombia’s indigenous Kankuamo people to support post-conflict wellbeing
A University of Liverpool project will seek to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the indigenous Kankuamo people of northern Colombia, after securing funding through The Newton Fund, ESRC and Minciencias.
The University’s Dr Ross White and Dr Anna Chiumento will work in partnership with the in-country Externado University of Colombia team, led by Prof Diego Mauricio Aponte, on the 30 month programme, which is due to commence next month.
The Kankuamo people are an indigenous community of approximately 17,000 people living in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta region of northern Colombia. Historically, the Kankuamo people had little contact with outsiders after adopting a survival strategy of isolating themselves from the rest of the world.