Guatamala

Guatemala

Basic Information

Name of the country:GuatemalaCapital: Guatemala CityPopulation: 15.47 MillionLanguage: SpanishCurrency: Guatemalan Quetzal

Roman Catholicism is the princaple religion in Guatemala. The spanish missionaries intorduced it in the 1500's. Other people in Guatemala practice a unique mix of Catholicism and Maya traditions and rituals.

Religion

In Colibrí, young Tzunún Chumil had no education and could not read nor write. All around Guatemala, children are not educated and will have a challenging adulthood because of it. They will not go to college and get a good job or earn money. Education is the pathway to success and and many children are being deprived of following it

Education

Guatemala is a small country in Central America

Project by: Mya, Kyra & William

Colibri By: Ann Cameron

"There no use in being afraidof whatevers hidden around thecorner... I decided I wouldn't meetDeath hiddin in my house like a nothing.If I meet him, I'd meet him on my sacred road, doing the work God gave me."