Guatemala

International Activity Report, 2009 According to the World Bank, about 51 per cent of Guatemalans live on less than $2 a day and 15 per cent on less than $1. Social development indicators such as infant mortality, chronic child malnutrition and illiteracy are among the worst in the hemisphere.   Violent crime, including murder, rape and armed assaults, presents further serious challenges with an average of 20 people being killed every day. In 2009 10,000 acts of rape were reported to the ministry of justice.   Such a climate left national authorities with few resources to devote to survivors of sexual violence. To address this, MSF set up a programme providing urgently needed treatment in the capital Guatemala City ...