Guatemalan Indian Boys Gather Firewood Editorial Image

Guatemala, Department of Chiquimula, Village, Municipality of Jocotan: In the mountains, the poverty of Chorti Indians is enormous, so people need to gather wood to cook in the forest. These Chorti Indian children tie a stack of branches together with a rope that are suitable for creating a fire. This is hard work for kids in a tropical climate and mountainous area. In the mountains around Jocotan is finding firewood difficult. Hence, even Indian children gather twigs to take home, this is their daily life, work.