The clouds literally rest on the huts of these 25 plus villages that dot the Chicaman region. Up until last year, most of these villages had no electricity. In November 2014 poles were installed and all worked together to install the wires. Now, lights sparkle on the hillside at night. Unfortunately, the people here still must live off of the rain water collected during the rainy season. When the water runs out during the dry season, villagers must walk 2 hours to obtain water. The villagers proudly boast of large families; the mother typically stays home and cares for the children. Financial provision for their families comes through seasonal migrant work; growing crops and selling them in local markets; small entreprenuerial endeavors, including small stores or tiendas and cutting downs trees and making planks with a chain saw for housing. Some the men of this region leave for 3 months each year to help with the harvesting of cardamom spice (Guatemala is the world’s largest producer of cardamom). After 3 months of working 12 hour days with no days off, the men come home with about $300 for their family. The family is expected to live off of this small amount of money and any side income they can bring in throughout the year. Lack of financial resources has contributed to the struggle of malnutrition as they have limited livestock, and many families do not have the resources for a daily diet including beans, eggs or vegetables. Intestinal parasites, amoebas, tend to be the biggest enemy in their struggle for survival, as they don’t have potable water, and many times don’t have the medicine to treat the amoebas. Worms can also be a problem for the children who don’t have shoes and preventable deaths happen consistently in children because of the lack of access to basic medicines like fever reducer.