Giving Compass' Take:

• BBC reports on former fighters of the Farc guerilla faction in Colombia who now find themselves without a formal education after the conflict has ended. One social enterprise is trying to train them in workplace skills.

• How can this particular story serve as an example of what to do in regions ravaged by conflict when the fighting stops? Which groups are finding successful collaborations in such areas?

• To many in Colombia, peace still feels like war, as this article explains.

When Sebastian Cadavid was recruited to join the Farc guerilla group in Colombia he had little idea of how it would shape his future. Lured with promises of cars and money the 12-year-old didn't hesitate to sign up.

Sebastian spent four years fighting with the guerillas, receiving intensive ammunition training — but no schooling. When he was captured by the army at 16, Sebastian was faced with a world he was unskilled and unprepared to join.

"I was sent to Bogota," said Sebastian. "To a reform house where street criminals were sent. And I had to find a job, in a busy city where I knew no-one and had no skills. I was scared and nervous — it was the first encounter I'd had with society since I was 12."

The majority — 70% — of Farc members were illiterate, giving the recently demobilized guerrillas little chance of finding work, let alone sustainable, full-time employment.

Many of the fighters missed out on school and have returned as illiterate adults. Although the government is offering the 7,000 recently-demobilized Farc members two years of education, it is insufficient to allow them to compete against other Colombians, particularly in the current economic landscape.

Unemployment in Colombia rose to 9.4% in 2017, making it the country with the highest rate in Latin America after Venezuela.

But it's not just ex-guerrillas who are struggling to find work as a result of poor education caused by the conflict.

Karen Carvajalino started Biz Nation, a social enterprise, in 2016 with her two sisters in a bid to train victims of the conflict and former guerillas in vocational skills, and support them to set up their own businesses.

She emphasized the importance of education in healing her country's wounds and providing a stable, peaceful future.

Read the full article about the former guerilla fighters reintegrating into Colombian society by Lucy Sherriff at BBC.