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   Guatemala- Facts and Figures

  • Guatemala ranks 118 of 177 countries on the Human Development Index in 2007/2008.  
  • Twenty-three percent of children under age 5 were under weight between 2000 and 2006.
  • An average of 22 percent of the population was malnourished between 2002 and 2004.      


   CERF in Action - Rapid Response

CERF allocates almost $ 1.5 million for emergency assistance to populations affected by the tropical storm in Guatemala

A woman and her child receive food assistance in Haiti
A family in Guatemala [Photo: UN]

12 November 2008: A tropical depression at the end of October caused widespread flooding across Guatemala, damaging infrastructure and leaving thousands homeless. CERF responded with an immediate grant of nearly $1.5 million for the World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and World Health Organization (WHO) to address the immediate food, health, sanitation and emergency agricultural needs of the affected populations.

 

 [Last Update: 31 December 2008]