Education in Guatemala: The Malnutrition Crisis Holding Children Back
Education in Guatemala’s rural indigenous communities begins with a problem most people don’t see. In Guatemala, roughly one in two children under five suffers from chronic malnutrition. Guatemala ranks first in Latin America and sixth in the world for child malnutrition (ReliefWeb), and the burden is not evenly distributed. Among indigenous children, the rate of […]
Built to Last: How Casa Guatemala Has Educated Children for Nearly 50 Years
There is a stretch of Guatemala that most people never see. Rio Dulce, in the humid lowlands of eastern Guatemala, far from the volcanoes and colonial cobblestones that draw most visitors, is a region that is often overlooked by government services and international attention and thus an ideal spot for service learning in Guatemala. The […]