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Looking for Paradise

Felipe Solares, Nora Cuezzi, MarocsZedan, Melissa Morales, NassinMishaan, Edmond Kong, Annette Jimenez

+Poverty in Guatemala

5 out of 10 Guatemalans are poor.

51% of Guatemalans are poor.(6.6 million)

15.2% of Guatemalans live in extreme poverty.(1.9 million) or with less than a dollar a day to live.

28% of the poverty is in the city.

72% is in rural areas.

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Is this what we want?

Corruption, violence, all are responsible for this inhumanity…

+Causes Unemployment

Lack of Education

Government corruption

Parental Responsibility/lack of sexual education

Discrimination

Indigenous groups are excluded from the social, economic and political mainstream due to Guatemala's complex topography they are isolated.

Many indigenous people speak many languages and dialects, but most do not speak Spanish, and this has kept them even more excluded.

+Effects

Poor health care.

Poor living conditions.

Violence.

Corruption

Economy

Child labor/trafficking

Prostitution

Drug Trafficking and consumption

Lack of resources

Isolation

+How you can help… Donating money/materials to educational institutions

Keep company to children who lack of family structure

Informing communities

Going away on health care expeditions.

Fund raising

Raise awareness

Get help form foreign and local companies

Raising money by selling goods in school, neighborhood, or at social events.

Give a smile to the children in the gas stops.

+This is what some of the best public schools in Guatemala look like.

+In what conditions is the worst public school you might wonder…

+Is this what kids should be doing?

+Where you can help…

Public Schools ex/ Escuela Maria Montesori, Escuelita Ramirez, Escuelita Rafael Alvares, etc.

Foundationsex/ Funjesus, Ayudame a Vivir, Camino Seguro.

House: Help your maid to learn to read and write.

Streets give a smile to every kid you see in the street.

+Any thing small or big can help! The change begins with YOU!

+Citations

http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/country/home/tags/guatemala

http://imagenes.tupatrocinio.com/imagenes/4/0/3/8/64038020082167666869676654534566/ACF49BF.jpg

http://www.inforpressca.com/unioncantinil/galeria.php

http://www.muladarnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ninos_trabajando_oit.jpg

http://imagenes.viajeros.com/fotos/t/tk/tkzwut-bg.jpg

http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/blogfiles/antonio-pampliega/nino-trabajando.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LFrXxWx32D4/Sf8WVMUVxWI/AAAAAAAADMc/PxptHQKiaJA/s320/insur_ninos_trabajando2.jpg

http://www.volunteertravel.com/images/GVI-Guatemala.jpg