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Promoting Peaceful Solutions ›

Topics: Peaceful Change, Agriculture

Decades of civil war, an inequitable colonial legacy and economic downturns have driven rural Guatemalan families further into poverty.

Defusing Crisis ›

Topics: Peaceful Change, Emergencies, Economic Development, Children, Agriculture

Guatemala's long-running civil war, ethnic divides and economic woes are sparking fierce conflicts over land. Mercy Corps is working with farm families, landowners and officials to defuse the crisis.

Help 300 Women Stay Cancer-Free ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment, Health

Today you could help save the life of a young mother in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

Rebuilding Lives While Respecting Cultures ›

Topics: Health, Emergencies

In the aftermath of Hurricane Stan, Mercy Corps is committed to respecting local cultures while rebuilding homes and lives.

Flooding in Central America Threatens Families ›

Topics: Emergencies

Areas of Guatemala hit by Hurricane Stan continue struggling to dig out and begin the long process of rebuilding villages and lives.

Q&A: Graham Craft on the Central American Flooding ›

Topics: Emergencies

Mercy Corps Guatemala relief worker Graham Craft talks about Guatamala's progress - and how Tropical Storm Stan puts much of it at risk.

Mapping Out a Healthier Future ›

Topics: Health, Children, Women's Empowerment

Rosmina is keeping tabs on the women of Cucanha, Guatemala. She knows who's pregnant, how far along they are and many other details about their lives. Are these things really her business?

A Volunteering Spirit ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment, Health, Children

During the year she's spent as a doctor in the Tucuru health clinic, Dr. Mercedes Sanchez has seen it all.

Reaching Out to Mothers in Guatemala ›

Topics: Children, Health, Women's Empowerment

The Health Citizenship Project has dramatically improved maternal and child health in Guatemala's Polochic Valley since 2001.

Three Months in Tucurú ›

Topics: Children, Women's Empowerment, Health

Sarah Dobra kept a journal of her thoughts and experiences while working at a Mercy Corps health center in rural Guatemala.

Guatemala Facts

  • Population: 13.3 million
  • Land area: About the size of Tennessee
  • Human Development Index rank: 121 (of 179)
  • Mercy Corps has worked here since 2001
  • Primary work: Resolving land conflict, helping farmers enter lucrative markets, extending healthcare to rural areas, lending to women entrepreneurs
  • Rural population below the poverty line: 60 percent
  • Percentage of rural poor dependent on agriculture: 87 percent (World Bank)
  • Ethnic groups: More than half of Guatemalans are descendants of indigenous Mayan peoples.
  • Civil war: December 1996 peace accords ended a 36-year conflict.

Program Details

Mercy Corps' goal in Guatemala is to encourage civic, government and business cooperation at local and national levels to raise the accessibility and quality of public services, according to the 1996 Peace Accord commitments.

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