Hope in Guatemala City Slums

His world is so different from mine. True, I grew up "poor," too -- in American terms. But poverty here, in Guatemala City's Zone 18 slums, is another thing entirely. Since Guatemala's civil war ended in 1996 (fighting was in mostly rural areas), the urban slums have swelled. Of 7.5 million in greater Guatemala City, nearly half live in abject poverty. Listen to what that means: The average family here consists of 6 children, one mother in a 10x10' shack, living on less than $2 per day. Father figures almost do not exist here (only occasional boyfriends, with sexual abuse against children commonplace). Angel is 17 years o... Read more