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10 April 2010
“Guatemala has the highest rate of child malnutrition in the whole of the Americas, ahead of Haiti. Nearly 50% of children under five suffer from chronic malnutrition.” -Rafael Señán, Representative for European Union in Guatemala, April 2011
“Half of Guatemala's 14 million people live in extreme poverty, on less than $2 a day” -‘Guatemala pays high price for global food system failings’, May 31st 2011, The Guardian
Guatemala has the lowest literacy rate in Latin America. -Child Aid, Registered Charity/CFC Number 11089
In 2007, only 63% of boys and 64% of girls enrolled in Primary school reached the final grade of Primary education. -United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
