"Action is happening more than ever before to reduce levels of armed violence, and to enable the link to sustainable development."

 - Jordan Ryan, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery.

Guatemala: With a mostly-absent mother and no father, Anastacia, 12, has to take care of her younger siblings. The Chocruz Clinic Building Project has assisted by offering them a community.

Photo: John Lindner/Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Dessau) and Mirador e.V. (Leipzig), Germany