Photos: How torn pictures and trusted herbs create healing in Colombia
2025-06-19 16:30 | Source: NPR | Category: News & Current Events
<img alt="Margarita Rojas Mena stitches up a torn photo of the local school, where armed groups had a confrontation — part of a healing ritual for residents. She" src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7394x4932+0+0/resize/7394x4932!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F54%2F4e%2F04430fa541ccbe447e44ecd315a1%2Fstitching-1.jpg" /><p>Conflict has sewn trauma in the western region of Colombia. Doctors Without Borders is working with local healers and health care professionals to come up with ways to help heal the psychic wounds.</p><p>(Image credit: Fernanda Pineda)</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-73120" />
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