Mercy Corps - Latin America: Acul, Guatemala

A church in the center of Acul. Much of Guatemala’s migration occurs out the Western Highlands, an agricultural region characterized by underdevelopment, malnutrition, poverty and a lack of opportunity, and where generations-long conflicts, largely over land and other resources, are holding back development. Mercy Corps' CLD program works to build community cohesion and empower people to work together to advocate for their own development projects, according to their needs.
Acul, Guatemala, May 2019

A church in the center of Acul. Much of Guatemala’s migration occurs out the Western Highlands, an agricultural region characterized by underdevelopment, malnutrition, poverty and a lack of opportunity, and where generations-long conflicts, largely over land and other resources, are holding back development. Mercy Corps' CLD program works to build community cohesion and empower people to work together to advocate for their own development projects, according to their needs.