Victoria Tut Sam, an indigenous Mayan woman, arrives with her 18-month-old son, Juan Manuel, for a routine check-up at a health centre in the community of Sacanillón Cobán municipality, in Guatemalas Alta Verapaz municipality.
An indigenous Mayan woman holding an umbrella walks along a rural road in the community of Sacanillá, in Cobán Municipality in Alta Verapaz Department.
1993. After market day in the village of Santa Clara La Laguna, girls and women of the Quiche indigenous group walk up a dirt road to their mountain homes.
1993. Young women of the Quiche indigenous group, cultivate vegetable fields near the village of Concepcion.
1993. Children, part of the Cakchiquel indigenous group, play basketball in the central plaza of the village of Santa Clara La Laguna.
1993. Three farmers from the Zutuhil indigenous group, cross Lake Atitlan in a wooden boat, near the village of Santiago Atitlan.
A woman carrying her toddler passes children playing in a boulder-filled ravine left in the wake of a mudslide caused by Hurricane Stan in the remote village of Piedra Grande in the western department of San Marcos.
Indigenous women and others work in a field near the village of Solola, overlooking Lake Atitlan.
Atitlan lake
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Mappers Biography
Association Paz Joven Guatemala is the youth-led organization, founded in 2005. It has over 400 adolescent and youth volunteers through 25 branches at municipal level all over the country.
The mission of Paz Joven Guatemala is to create the space for youth participation in Guatemala, where adolescent and youth can promote and generate opportunities for training, education and political participation, as well as inclusion in decision-making spaces locally and nationally.
Mappers are from five (5) branches:
1. Champerico municipality in Department of Retalhuleu
2. San Andres Semetabja municipality in Department of Solola
3. Cantel municipality in Department of Quetzaltenango
4. San Marcos municipality in Department of San Marcos
5. Jerez municipality in Department of Jutiapa.
Climatic conditions of the country
Guatemala’s climate is divided in two seasons throughout the year: the dry season (summer) and the rainy season (winter). The dry season is from November to April, and the rainy season is from mid-May through October (or November). The mean temperature varies in geographical regions, which are 1) the Peten tropical region, 2) the Pacific Coast Region and 3) the Highlands (mountain areas). The Peten region is located in northern part of the country and has humid tropical climate, with the usual temperature above 30°C. The Pacific Coast region has also the tropical climate. In this region, the temperature arise up to 40°C during daytime. In the Highlands region, the climate is principally moderate and temperate, such as temperature in daytime does not exceed 30°C.
