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The Guatemalan government, working with international donors, runs a program to distribute a vitamin rich cereal blend to supplement malnourished children. But convincing villagers to use it the right way continues to be struggle.
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Domitila is nine years old.
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The U.S. government contributes about $15 million a year in aid to Guatemala, but many question its efficiency and whether it is having the right kind of impact.
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Many malnourished children in Guatemala are given flavored sugar water to fill their stomachs.
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Israel is about three years old. He is so malnourished he cannot support his own body weight.
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Israel is about three years old. He is so malnourished he cannot support his own body weight.
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Dr. Evelin Nufio at the Bethania rehabilitation clinic for severely malnourished children in Jocotan, Guatemala.
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Children come to this rehabilitation clinic in the Chiquimula region who are in danger of starvation.
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Some parents are reluctant to send their malnourished children to a rehabilitation clinic (they mother has to go along) because they say they cannot afford the time away from taking care of their families.
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The grain bins in this hut in the Chiquimula region are empty.
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Published April 28, 2009

Photos and text by Samuel Loewenberg

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Guatemala: Forgotten Trauma

Samuel Loewenberg ventures to Guatemala to survey the underlying issues of the Central American country's extreme poverty. There, income inequality equals the worst in Africa - particularly among indigenous communities. In some regions, an estimated 75 percent of the children from infants to the ages of 6 and 7 are chronically malnourished.
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