Reality of young people in Guatemala

Now on days Guatemala, which is one of the most poor countries in the world, is suffering from all the corruption, poverty, malnutrition, insecurity, violence, and one of the most important aspects lack of education. We don´t choose in which type of family we will be born because is something more like heads or tails, it will depend on the circumstances we are gonna be and the skills we will adapt. Here in Guatemala 1 of 2 children is poor and have malnutrition, instead of having the right amount of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Other factor might be drugs, or a chemical substance, that is causing changes in behavior and often addiction to the youth Guatemalans and this affects their education and development.

This take us to a bigger problem....The 70% of the Guatemalans have less than 30 years old, so this tell us that we are a young generation. As a matter of fact, from 309,000 students only the 6% of them enter to collage, the other ones work in informal jobs or migrate to E.E.U.U because they don´t want to afront their reality in which they are living because the 59% of the victims of violence such as abuse, kidnapping, crimes, and murders are between the ages of 13 and 30 years old.
But I believe that we are more the ones that act for a change than the "lips that pray".

Corruption is the lack of integrity and honesty, something that we see a lot in our government without mention violence that is always creating internal fear in all the Guatemalans but at the same time this give us a reason to start making actions for the future. The ones that are not well prepare themselves in a 100% can´t link, or associate to the ways of development but then again, this is why the State has to give us education, health, security to generate, or produce possibilities to have a better human developoment, such as good standards of living and education. We are the Engine of Guatemala to start making changes but we can´t demand without giving!.



In conclusion we are the most young generation of all Central America and that is why we have to prepare ourselves to innovate, introduce something new, to the outside world creating opportunities for change but it all depends on us, making our best, doing everything we can because at least we will be satisfied knowing that we did everything we could for our country. :)

START WITH YOURSELF ;)