Mercy Corps - Latin America: Guatemala City, Guatemala

Alejandra (green shirt, 5) and her sister Sofia (pink shirt, 2) play in a park Mercy Corps built in their community. These infrastructure projects — playgrounds, exercise areas, community centers — are part of Mercy Corps’ CONVIVIMOS program, which is working in Guatemala City’s most violent areas to promote cohesion and help people reclaim their communities. The spaces offer families important neutral territory in places otherwise driven by territory-based gang violence, and offer them the opportunity to experience and feel rooted in their communities in a more positive way.
Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 2019

Alejandra (green shirt, 5) and her sister Sofia (pink shirt, 2) play in a park Mercy Corps built in their community. These infrastructure projects — playgrounds, exercise areas, community centers — are part of Mercy Corps’ CONVIVIMOS program, which is working in Guatemala City’s most violent areas to promote cohesion and help people reclaim their communities. The spaces offer families important neutral territory in places otherwise driven by territory-based gang violence, and offer them the opportunity to experience and feel rooted in their communities in a more positive way.