Video: What Youth Can Do

In the remote Guatemalan countryside, Mercy Corps is working with an impressive group of young people to educate their peers and their community about HIV/AIDS.

Jovenes 4 Peace is part of our efforts to increase health services in Tucurú — efforts that are financed largely by a Portland family foundation that also supports similar Mercy Corps programs in Honduras.

The HIV rate in this part of Guatemala is tiny, but the risks of infection are sure to climb as a new road is built connecting Tucurú to the coast. But in addition to raising awareness about an important issue, these youth — remarkable in both the challenges they face and the promise they show — are discovering things about themselves and their potential to effect change.