50 years of armed conflict left Colombia with one of the highest internal-displaced populations in the world. CNN Hero Jenifer Culpas is delivering light, water, and sanitation to the people who need it the most.
Growing up in Barranquilla, Colombia, Jenifer Colpas was mostly shielded from the poverty outside her door.
It wasn't until after college, when she moved to India for a job in information technology, that she appreciated the vast social inequalities people endure."Something inside me saying, 'You need to do something about it,'" Colpas said, which is why she changed her career path. She returned to Colombia, settled in Cartagena and volunteered with community organizations that helped people living in poverty.
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