The #COVID19 crisis is gravely affecting families in the rural areas of Guatemala. It is a desperate situation, families are pleading for food. Hanging #WhiteFlags outside their homes has become a distress signal to make it known that families no longer have food.
Rejection of fruits and vegetables for fear of catching #COVID19 is an unbearable situation for the farmers in Guatemala. Farmers have been forced to bury their product because they did not harvest on time and the products rotten. Crops of broccoli, onion, lettuce, carrots, beets, cabbage, peas, tomatoes, squash and strawberries are the most affected by the #COVID19 crisis.
Due to the mobility restrictions implemented to stop the spread of #COVID19, the economic income of Guatemalan households dedicated to informal work has decreased severely. The lack of food, work and money is desperate.
#MHI is trying to help the communities of the “Altiplano”, by bringing food to those affected in the western highlands. The situation is so critical that #MHI is distributing some of the ready-to-use therapeutic food supply to save families from starvation. ~
