When the Chioxy dam was built, the Guatemalan government moved the families who lived along the river to resettlement villages, where they were provided with houses and land. However, the new land was not nearly as fertile as the families’ old land, and many have struggled to survive ever since. As the families expanded, more houses were built, and the men were forced to look for work as agricultural laborers. The work is not steady or reliable, and even with the extra wages it is still difficult to make ends meet and feed a whole family. Read Heidi’s blog.