Many children in Guatemala have been orphaned by civil war and violence.
Children are also abandoned by parents too poor to cope.
On the streets...Children soon fall prey to violence, exploitation and disease.
They are rejected by society and known as 'disposable'.

In September 1996, sixteen-year-old Ronald Raúl Ramos was shot and killed by a drunken Treasury Police Officer. More than ten other street children in Guatemala were murdered that year under suspicious circumstances, yet in April the following year all the perpetrators were still at large.

Population: approx. 12,599,000 (UNICEF 2005)
Population living below the poverty line: 56%
Official language: Spanish
Other languages: over 20 Mayan languages
Main exports: coffee, bananas, sugar, other tropical crops
External debt: $3.908 (CIA 2006 estimate)
Environmental issues: volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, torrential rain, hurricanes.
Hurricane Stan in 2005 brought rains, floods and mudslides that affected around 1.5 million people.
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