Some Perspective From Guatemala During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Yesterday was a tough day. I ended up crying in the back of a tuc-tuc on the way home from running errands.

Was it because I was feeling sorry for myself? NO. One hundred freaking percent NO.

It was because there are people in my town who have no food. They go to bed hungry. Their children go to bed hungry.

There was a 60-year-old man who walked 4 kilometers from another town to beg for something to eat.

Every day, I see grandmothers gathering sticks at the side of the river so they can make a fire to cook beans.

People line the roads with white flags to signal that they don't have anything to eat today.

And I come to freaking Facebook & Twitter & the news and stupid first-worlders are rioting cuz they can't get a haircut.

PEOPLE HERE ARE STARVING. Do you understand that?

They can't order pizza to be delivered. There is no stimulus money. They can't work from home...cuz they don't have work at all. Their kids aren't online doing school on their freaking iPads -- they're begging in the street.

"Wah wah wah, I have to wear a mask! Wah wah wah, I can't go to the mall. Wah wah wah, I wanna go to the beach."

Shut the f*ck up.

And send money ⇨ Mil Milagros - A Thousand Miracles

BONUS FACT: Guatemala "only" had 617 homicides in the month of March, down from 800 last year. To put this in perspective, Canada had 651 in a whole YEAR.