Guatemala is in fourth place for chronic malnutrition, affecting: 47 % of children under 5 years old, 58% indigenous children and 66% for children who are under the line of poverty. 

 

(Source: Banco Mundial De Guatemala)

For 36 years Guatemala experienced a violent civil war in which over 200 000 civilians were killed, 440 villages destroyed, and more than 1 million Guatemalans displaced, both internally and into southern Mexico.

 

(Source: Research "Previous Violent Event and Mental Health Outcomes in Guatemala" by Victor D. Puac-Polanco, MD, MSCE, Victor A. Lopez-Soto, MD, Robert Kohn, MD, Dawei Xie, PhD, Therese S. Richmond, PhD, and Charles C. Branas, PhD)

75 % of its entire population suffers from some mental health-related problem. There are not enough professionals to attend the population.

 

 

(Source: Research "Previous Violent Event and Mental Health Outcomes in Guatemala" by Victor D. Puac-Polanco, MD, MSCE, Victor A. Lopez-Soto, MD, Robert Kohn, MD, Dawei Xie, PhD, Therese S. Richmond, PhD, and Charles C. Branas, PhD)