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Documenting malnutrition in underdeveloped Guatemala.

In February of 2014 I went to Guatemala with Youthfront's Something To Eat program to document the developing country and what is being done to remedy malnutrition in the children there. | Use arrow keys to navigate images.

Mother leaders prepare for a class to teach others how to cook and implement the Something to Eat meals into their daily meals for the children.
A Feed the Hungry worker leads and a class on child nutrition and fields questions from community mothers.
A man describes the hard times folks are having financially in rural Guatemala.
The older kids play a game of soccer after school.
The school gathered to welcome us and show us a bit of their culture. Pictured is a member of group joining in the dance with one of the students.
Enjoying some warm cinnamon rice milk.
A mother leader weigh a child at a rural school during one of the regions growth check in.
Many of the children's growth is stunted because of malnutrition. These growth check ups are to ensure each child is healthy and well fed.
A mother signing off after her child's growth check in.
A mother with her meal packets.
Mothers serving a meal made from the Something to Eat meal packets. Rice, veggies and flavored vitamin powder serve to supplement their diet and fight the growing malnutrition problem in the Guatemalan youth.
Something to Eat meals are prepared in bulk for the kids before they head home from school.
Coffee beans drying in the sun.
The Mayor of the small rural town's backyard.
Sheep herders watch over their sheep as they feed between the satellite dishes.
A female farmer brings the sheep to a new feeding spot.
High up in Guatemala sheep herding country.
Making our way up a volcano.
Natural hot springs serve as a nice respite and mountainside attraction.
Some Guatemalan kids take a break from their long trek hauling wood up the mountain.
Our driver from Feed the Hungry shows how they haul firewood up the mountain.
A woman selling veggies in a local market.
Cleaning off some beets.
Guatemalan kids rinsing a harvest of carrots.
Mountain farmland in rural Guatemala
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