Guatemala: More than 865,000 children work in homes and streets

Guatemala: More than 865,000 children work in homes and streets

In Alta and Baja Verapaz, Chiquimula and Petén there are more cases of minors helping to load firewood or performing other activities considered dangerous, the newspaper Publinews detailed after a document prepared with data from the National Survey of Living Conditions (Encovi) 2023. This situation (with 12.3 percent of the total involved) leads to exposure to extreme temperatures, smoke, dust and noise, for which they spend from 11 hours to 42…