My Story

Chixocol, where your child lives, is a very small village nestled in a mountain valley in the state of Quiche, Guatemala. Life in this state is very difficult and somewhat isolated from the outside world. Most families live in one-room adobe houses with dirt floors and a small attached kitchen. The extremely poor live in houses made of corn stalks. In the past few years electricity and water have become available to most people in the area - however, indoor plumbing is very rare. Most of the families are farmers or shepherds and live off the fruits of their labors. Public education is available for those who can afford it and consider it of value.  Life in Quiche is always a challenge.

I am happy to share my history with you. My name is Yoshua Davidson Gonzalez Cuin. I am seven years old, and I was born on August 3, 2017. At school I am in kindergarten. My hobby is playing with cars in my free time. I love the color yellow and dogs. My favorite food is beans with eggs. I want to introduce my parents. My father´s name is Jose Manuel Gonzalez Chitic and my mother´s name is Maria Cuin Us. Both make their best effort to give us the necessities. My father´s sells vegetables in Zacualpa on Sundays in the market. My mother is a housewife, and she helps my father sell too. Sadly, my parents are not in good health. My father is diabetic, and sometimes he has relapses. My mother suffers from bronchopneumonia and often she suffers from fever and cough.  Thanks to God both have their treatments. My father takes natural medicine, and my mother takes chemical medicine.  I have five brothers and two sisters. Some of them are already married. We live in own our house. It has four rooms, but we use three and a separate kitchen. The house is made of block walls, tin sheet roof with concrete floor. We have running water and electricity. We have some hens, pigs, cows and sheep. We are a family that lacks the resources to cover all our meals and one of our big needs is groceries. We travel 20 minutes by bus to get to the feeding program. Thank you for reading my information, and I hope you find it interesting.

Greetings and blessings,

Yoshua Davidson Gonzalez Cuin

Translated by: Magnolia De Torres / A-A-C Secretary-Antigua Guatemala