Sebastian Ernesto Ruano Rodriguez

Sebastian Ernesto Ruano Rodriguez

Colombia

I have been a victim of the violence of different armed groups in Colombia and I have worked so that no one else becomes a victim of violence, neither in Colombia nor in any other country in the world. I am a young political leader who works for a better future.

1. Ambassador of Colombia in One Young World.
2. Finalist for the Turner Social Change Prize in the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates 2017.
3. Humanitarian volunteer leader.
4. Leader of the Colombian peace marches in 2016.
7.Overseer of the Transitional Local Zones for Normalization of the FARC guerrilla in the peace agreement.
8.Founder of the Rosa Republicana Film Festival (cinema for society), a festival that makes rural communities aware of the importance of peace.
9. Founder of Macarena Coffee a company that hires farmers who used to plant coca and convinces them to plant coffee instead.
10. Fellow of Muhammad Yunus GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMER SCHOOL in SHANGHAI, China, working on developing solutions for challenges about consumption.
11. Stakeholder of Dialogue 2019 in Røros- Norway where besides young people from Serbia, Macedonia, Ukraine, Montenegro, Russia and Colombia get together to teach about conflict resolution, peacemaking, peacebuilding and peacekeeping.
12. Capacity builder in Malawi Africa with Youth in Agriculture for Economic Development, to make a positive action bringing young farmers actions to go from agriculture to sustainable agroindustry.
13. I did my internship at the United Nations Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
14.Lead a campaign to be Mayor of my hometown where i took second place in voting and demonstrated my leadership as fighting against the traditional and corrupt Colombian political forces.
15. Doing Master in public management thanks to a scholarship.
16. Recently I have been selected for the Generation Change Exchange with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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