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I feel it is in stage 1 or 2. 70% of people in Guatemala live in poverty, and 40% of children can not go to school, so that may mean that it isn't as developed.

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70% of people in Peña Blanca are living in extreme poverty.

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Selina Caiado response:  It only took about 3 days for one of them to faint just because of the change in their diet/lack of nutrition. One of them said they get daily exercise and just a few days out of that routine really showed effects on the body like the red dots. It honestly just surprised me how quickly things can change on someone's mental and physical well-being.

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Selina Caiado response:  It only took about 3 days for one of them to faint just because of the change in their diet/lack of nutrition. One of them said they get daily exercise and just a few days out of that routine really showed effects on the body like the red dots. It honestly just surprised me how quickly things can change on someone's mental and physical well-being.

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Selina Caiado response:   I would say Guatemala is sitting around stage 1-2. One example that brought me to my prediction was the one couple that they met that was only in their early 20s yet they are caring for their family of 8! The second hint that brought me to my prediction is that the country has seen pretty extreme poverty all over, this indicates a less developed region with a high birth rate too.

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Selina Caiado response:   I would say Guatemala is sitting around stage 1-2. One example that brought me to my prediction was the one couple that they met that was only in their early 20s yet they are caring for their family of 8! The second hint that brought me to my prediction is that the country has seen pretty extreme poverty all over, this indicates a less developed region with a high birth rate too.

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How lucky I am to have everything I need. Food, clean water, electricity, people in other places don’t have access to those resources.

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Something that surprised me about the people living in extreme poverty was that it wasn't for sure that they would get their paycheck. Some days they could end up getting no money at all

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The fact that they don't know when there next paycheck will come and how much it will be.

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Selina Caiado response:  There are so many different concepts that were represented and shown in this documentary of things that I maybe have never thought about before watching this film and seeing how truly difficult it is to live in extreme poverty like many of the people in Guatemala do. Some main things that I will never take for granted include access to healthcare, education, food, water, shelter and many of the resources I have access to here in Canada that leads to living a high quality of life.

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Selina Caiado response:  There are so many different concepts that were represented and shown in this documentary of things that I maybe have never thought about before watching this film and seeing how truly difficult it is to live in extreme poverty like many of the people in Guatemala do. Some main things that I will never take for granted include access to healthcare, education, food, water, shelter and many of the resources I have access to here in Canada that leads to living a high quality of life.

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People can get different perspectives on anything by experiencing it themselves as opposed to reading about it, or someone else experiencing it. It makes it feel more real.

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Selina Caiado response:   Like anyone would I think Zach, Chris, Sean and Ryan all gained experience by stepping into the shoes of what it's really like what people go through living in extreme poverty. They went through all of it from sickness, no money one day-1 dollar the next, no clean water, no energy and even no access to food. Chris even said he had lost 20 pounds just in the time that they were there (56 days) and couldn’t imagine what it would be like living there forever. By just studying topics like these you really don’t get the feel of what it’s really like to live like some of the people we saw in the documentary. They were actually taught new methods and strategies of ways of living rather than just getting it from a textbook, learning this way can give you a better perspective and really open your eyes.

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Selina Caiado response:   Like anyone would I think Zach, Chris, Sean and Ryan all gained experience by stepping into the shoes of what it's really like what people go through living in extreme poverty. They went through all of it from sickness, no money one day-1 dollar the next, no clean water, no energy and even no access to food. Chris even said he had lost 20 pounds just in the time that they were there (56 days) and couldn’t imagine what it would be like living there forever. By just studying topics like these you really don’t get the feel of what it’s really like to live like some of the people we saw in the documentary. They were actually taught new methods and strategies of ways of living rather than just getting it from a textbook, learning this way can give you a better perspective and really open your eyes.

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I would say Guatemala is at stage 1. Most of the families are trying to have lots of children so they can help work (at home, on the farm etc.) and earn money. That tells me that the birth rate is high, just like in stage 1 countries (looking at a population pyramid). With some of these living conditions, I’d assume the death rate is pretty high, and life expectancy is quite low. So if this country's population was put into a population pyramid, it would most likely start off with a large population, and it would get slimmer as it goes to the top.

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Selina Caiado response:  This has definitely changed my perception on poverty especially when one of these boys said this is how these people have adapted to living in poverty with as little as $1.00 per day. They said this is not ok and it was truly upsetting that these people have learned to live like this (cleaning, finding food, water sources or even as hard as making the decision if you want to use your little money to keep your child in school or feed them).

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Selina Caiado response:  This has definitely changed my perception on poverty especially when one of these boys said this is how these people have adapted to living in poverty with as little as $1.00 per day. They said this is not ok and it was truly upsetting that these people have learned to live like this (cleaning, finding food, water sources or even as hard as making the decision if you want to use your little money to keep your child in school or feed them).

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Selina Caiado response:    Something I can do to better understand some of these issues is maybe not just researching and studying poverty from a textbook but maybe watching more videos and documentaries like this one to visually get a better idea of what living in extreme poverty is really like. I can also follow certain accounts on social media that help people living like this and see some of the improvements they make on the lives of some of the people. I can creatively share what I'm learning about poverty by posting on social media, making a blog or even posting support signs across town to open up the eyes of many people that may take some of their everyday necessities for granted. Posting on social media about issues like poverty would be the best way for most people to help with this issue because millions of people now have social media so the word would spread around quickly. 

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Selina Caiado response:    Something I can do to better understand some of these issues is maybe not just researching and studying poverty from a textbook but maybe watching more videos and documentaries like this one to visually get a better idea of what living in extreme poverty is really like. I can also follow certain accounts on social media that help people living like this and see some of the improvements they make on the lives of some of the people. I can creatively share what I'm learning about poverty by posting on social media, making a blog or even posting support signs across town to open up the eyes of many people that may take some of their everyday necessities for granted. Posting on social media about issues like poverty would be the best way for most people to help with this issue because millions of people now have social media so the word would spread around quickly. 

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I never realized that in other countries, poverty was so bad, that people couldn't go to school, they were forced to become farmers, and had to live on $1 per person, each day.

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A majority of families have to live off of less than 1000 calories per day, while still doing heavy amounts of manual labour

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I would say Guatemala is in about a stage 1 or 2 development. In the documentary, the people they interviewed, most families were pretty big. They had about 8 children in one family. There are many children, assuming the birth rate is high.

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Honestly it was shocking to see how hard it was for people living in poverty in Guatemala, and it was kind of painful since we have a lot that we didn't need to work hard for. I didn't know it was so hard for people just to get loans from banks and to take care of their own family

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I would say that guatemala is in stage 1 or 2 because there is a very high birth rate (families often have multiple children) as well as a high death rate (because the cost to get medical care is too high).

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Something I won't take for granted after watching this film is that I'm grateful for all the things that I have. I'm really lucky to be living in a nice house, clean water, good food, education and access to healthcare. This film taught me that I'm really lucky for the things I have and I shouldn't take them for granted

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I think Guatemala is around a stage 1-2 to, because Guatemala is a very underdeveloped country. I believe it has an increasing birth rate and life expectancy is not very long. Mainly because there having more children to work and support the family but the health conditions are terrible so the overall life expectancy isn't high

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What surprised me the most was that they didn't know when they would make money, I was under the impression that if they were to make any money, they would at least know when.

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I will never take the food and water I have at home and the stores in my neighborhood for granted. We are all very lucky to have grocery stores so close to us with such a large variety of foods. I will also look at the electricity and just simple things we use around the house like our stove differently. Some of the families in the documentary were barely able to afford a stove to cook their foods on.

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I can research more about it and get other people's opinions on it. I can understand this topic better by watching more videos and documentaries on it, just to further solidify my knowledge about this topic.

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What really surprised me about the persons living in poverty, is how much they are willing to sacrifice for their families… to keep the fed, clothed, bathed. Yes, they might not make a lot of money in a day, but they do look out for each other as much as one can.

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Honestly speaking, I'm going to take school and the food and electricity and water I have more seriously. Seeing all of the kids there without the basic things we have here made me think that I never really saw these things from their perspective, as a luxury. Even a stove is pretty special for them since they're quite expensive and they have so little money to live off of.

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I think Guatemala is in that stage 2-3 area. If you go ahead and look at the website that shows demographic pyramids, search Guatemala and click 2020… then it really is at the stage 2-3 position because it is shaped like a rocket shaped graph but also (1/2) shaped like a traditional pyramid. I also think it is stage 2-3 because of its birth rate and life expectancy. The birth rate is decreasing, as it’s life expectancy is increasing.

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I think Zach, Chris, Sean and Ryan were able to gain a lot by seeing what it's like to live on $1 a day. Going through that experience, they were able to learn more about how other people live in extreme poverty and what it's like for them. They probably learned that it can be a lot harder for some people and we're all really lucky for the things we have.

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Something that I will no longer take for granted is my family.  In Guatemala, everybody cherishes their family but don't have enough money to express that feeling through gifts.  After seeing Anthony and his family giving a meal that is only eaten 2 twice a year to foreigners that he barely knew, calling them brothers, I realized how much my personal family means to me.

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What I have been given, such as food, water, clothing, an education, free healthcare, and, most importantly, family, is something I will not take for granted. All of these goods and people are things that I am extremely fortunate to have, as many others do not.

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After watching this film and seeing how harsh it is for some people to gain access to food each and everyday. I will no longer take food for granted. I'm lucky to have a source of food each and everyday. Seeing how difficult it is for people in Guatemala to get food each and everyday really changed my perspective on food. Now I realize how important being grateful for the access to food we have.

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By spending their 8 weeks in Guatemala, they have earned a lesson. Nessiserly, a lesson about friendship and sustainability. With friendship, they have met new people who all shared their tough, yet inspiring journey with the things that they were given. They have also been very generous to the 4 by providing them with dinner and shelter. With sustainability, in order to survive in the conditions that they live in, you need to be wise and think well on what to do next. Many families that live in poverty, sacrifice their lives for example, a glass of water.

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This documentary has taught me that I am a very lucky individual. I am a person who has access to food, water, clothes, a working stove, education and a healthcare, while they have to worry about not having enough food to last them a full day. This documentary has really shown me the impacts that a family could face in extreme poverty.

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To teach others about poverty around the world, showing this documentary will change their entire perspective on how poverty impacts peoples lives. Spreading awareness, donating to charity, and just educating yourself about the issue, can make a huge difference.

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It surprised me how hard all these people work everyday in their lives for such a small amount of money! Some of them don’t even know when their next paycheck is going to come in. I find that very scary. I also noticed that lots of the foods that they were eating did not give them the proper nutrients that we need in a day, but they have no other choices to eat!

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I'd say stage 1 because the death rate is high because they don't have access to enough money for good healthcare, as well as the birth rate being high as well as some families probably would want more children because the children can help out and work as well.

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They gained a sense of the actual daily struggles we do not read in books. E.g. In books, they describe that they have a lack of food, but they don't describe to you how it affects your body.

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I've learned about poverty before and situations in lesser developed countries like these, but seeing it clearly in a documentary like this made it feel a lot different. There was a girl who wanted to become a nurse but couldn't because her family couldn't afford it, and that must have happened to a lot of other kids too which is honestly really sad.

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That lots of people in poverty were so kind to Chris, Ryan, Zach, and Sean, and we’re willing to give them shelter and food when at times they couldn’t access them due to the fact that they are in extreme poverty.

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I think the four of them gained a different perspective on things. They gained a sense of knowledge of how lucky we are, and how we should appreciate what's accessible to us in our everyday life.

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To be honest, school. It kind of makes me think about how some people would do anything to get some sort of education and maybe achieve their dream job or even just an average job that has a good income.

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I think they gained a real understanding of it since they actually experienced it, whereas if they just read about it they wouldn't really register and be able to fully comprehend what those people are going through and how it impacts their life compared to the person reading it.

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It's changed my perception of poverty because it gives you an actual visual and experience of how living in poverty affects the way you have to live your life and how different their lives are to people who live in first world countries where they don't have to live in extreme poverty.

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A better way to understand would be do to more research and read more about poverty, which you can also share with others and even if you can, share that with people in higher positions like the government or even a principal. A way to help would be to donate to charity as well.

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Something I could do to better understand these issues are by doing some research and watching similar documentaries like this one. By doing this I can learn more about it and understand the issues more. I can share my learnings with my friends, family and community to spread the word about these issues. For example, going on social media and spreading the word and important information about these issues.

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This documentary has definitely changed my perception of poverty! One thing that stood out to me was the fact that a 12 year old boy has already accepted the fact that he will be a farmer when he is an adult because he and his family cannot afford anything else, despite his dreams of being a professional soccer player. I will also look at my education a lot differently. Lots of the families in the documentary couldn’t afford education, or the materials needed, and the schools were so small for the amount of students they had! I never thought about how some people could only spend $1 a day, and that got me thinking about how I spend my money.

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To get a better perspective and understanding about poverty, especially in other countries, we could do more research, and look for possible ways to help. Whether you act on it or not, just looking into that could be educating to many people. A productive way to share the information we learned could be by sharing the documentary with others, or possibly watching it with them so you can talk about what you think about it! Another way could be possibly speaking about your own experiences. For example, when my mom was in grade 12, she lived in Haiti for a couple months to help out and basically do the same thing, experience it!

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I believe that Guatemala is around stage 1-2 because of the shape of the population pyramid, while also considering the living conditions of the residents there. The population somewhat resembles a rocket shape, but as other people have said much of the families in Guatemala live in poverty with big families - all indicators of a less developed country.

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Experiencing the situation in Guatemala themselves helped them to better understand what was going on and how the people lived and felt. Living through something like this sends a bigger impact than just reading about it.

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This has changed my perception of poverty in other countries because those who live in it are able to cope with it well, when it has a extremely detrimental effect to your mind and body. In this film, they show the effect of poverty on people who are fortunate enough, who take weeks to be able to cope with the effects of it. In addition, I saw that not everyone got access to education, when it only costs $25.

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To better understand these issues and address them, I would first research more to extend my knowledge about these issues, then addressing them through social media and posters.

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I think it's really important for us to educate ourselves about these types of situations. Some people don't have access to proper food, clean water, education and healthcare. It would be really hard for them because maybe one day you would be at school, but then suddenly you wouldn't be able to continue because you can't afford it anymore.

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i think that guatemala is in either stage 1 or 2. i think that because lots of people have many children (contribute to the high birth rate) so they can get a job and help a family a little bit with their finances and to attempt to get out of poverty since 70% of families live in poverty in guatemala.

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i will no longer take money, school, food, or medicine for granted since as we saw in the documentary, many of the families could not afford any of those things since they were expensive and they were in poverty (poverty means they were extremely poor).

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they gained experience from living on one dollar a day and by doing that they put themselves in the shoes of someone in guatemala living in poverty. they gained experience because one of them got e coli. and parasites and they couldn't afford the medicine, and they couldn't afford food on some days and they also nearly fainted from lack of calories caused by not eating enough food since they couldn't afford it.

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they has changed my perspective about poverty by a lot since in the documentary the people living in poverty couldn't afford things that they needed to survive and things that people who weren't in poverty took for granted like school. This has also changed my perspective on poverty sice i did not know that some people in poverty were not paid some days, but i already knew that some people werent paid a decent amount to live in some plaes of the world

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i think something i could do to better understand this issue would be to share this documentary to my friends and family so they can learn about this and they share this to documentary to others so that a lot of people could learn about poverty in less developed countries so that we all could try to do something about it. a way i could creatively shae my learning could be by drawing a poster since posters draw peoples attention.