Guatemala

Changing climates are destroying field crops, threatening a serious food crisis in Guatemala. An estimated 327,000 people risk hunger and malnutrition. ACT members have provided food for families to partially address this crisis. ACT’s work in Guatemala includes addressing the food crisis, supporting households to live within their means and create income, and running disaster risk reduction programmes and community resilience programmes. Other ACT programmes work to conserve soil and to prevent erosion. ACT’s advocacy work fights racism and improves human rights.

Latest from Guatemala

Central America: Agatha's destruction

Central America: Agatha's destruction

Jun 07, 2010

ACT Alliance emergency workers in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are struggling to get aid to communities cut off by Tropical Storm Agatha

Guatemala: greenhouses mean more varied diet

Guatemala: greenhouses mean more varied diet

Mar 10, 2010

In the highlands of Guatemala, sweet peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes can now be grown

More from Guatemala

ACT in Guatemala

ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.

Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups

Organisations with HQ in Guatemala
International organisations in Guatemala
Organisations funding work in Guatemala
About Guatemala
  • Population: 14 million (UN, 2009)
  • Capital: Guatemala City
  • Major languages: Spanish, more than 20 indigenous languages
  • Major religion: Christianity, indigenous Mayan beliefs
  • Life expectancy: 67 years (men), 74 years (women) (UN)
  • Monetary unit: 1 quetzal = 100 centavos
  • Main exports: Coffee, sugar, bananas, fruits and vegetables, meat, petroleum, cardamon
  • GNI per capita: US $2,680 (World Bank, 2008)
  • Population: 10 million (UN, 2009)