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A child looks for scraps of wood after rains brought by Hurricane Iota in Guatemala.

EU humanitarian aid contributes EUR945,000 to support UNICEF’s humanitarian response for children and families affected by Hurricanes Eta and Iota in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala

Children affected by the storms Eta and Iota participate of recreational activities.

Japan contributes US$2.2 million to UNICEF’s emergency response for hurricane-affected children in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala

Regina Díaz, mother of 6 children living in a shelter. “We did not expect the hurricane to be so devastating. We lost everything." Jean Gough, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean visits Baracoa Community, in Honduras.

Back-to-back hurricanes in Central America left at least 1.5 million children at risk of severe diseases due to water contamination

Isabela Castilla, her son Sergio Tzoy, 3, and her daughter Juana Jennifer Tzoy, 9, in Campur, during the aftermath of hurricane Eta, November 5th and Iota struck with devastating consequences November 17, the town of Campur, San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

Normal life washed away in Guatemala

Hurricanes in late 2020 were a double blow to a country already reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dulce Mode Ixmukane Xol Cuc

"I would like to wake up and see that this never happened"

A 13-year old Guatemalan girl tells in her own words how hurricanes Eta and Iota devastated her community.

Manuel Moreno, Regional Communications Specialist UNICEF LACRO, talks with Florinda Yatchub and her family living a temporary shelter in Sacsi Chitaña, in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. On Dec. 2, 2020.

It was like a movie. Nobody could believe what was happening

The arrival of hurricanes in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the vulnerability of this population even more, especially that of children.

Búsqueda de casos de desnutrición infantil

In the search for cases of child malnutrition in Guatemala

In the middle of the health and nutritional emergencies caused by COVID-19

Sonia Magaly Pa, together with her two, Hernan, children13, and Dafne, 7. After the passage of Hurricanes Eta and Iota through Guatemala, the family had to flee and move to a temporary shelter. They lost their home and most of their belongings.

No water, no house, no food

The triple impact of Eta, Iota and COVID-19 on Guatemala most vulnerable’s families

Mother and two children after the devastating path of Hurricane Iota in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua on 18 of November 2020.

UNICEF appeals for US$42.6 million to deliver humanitarian assistance in hurricane-struck Central America

Mother and two children after the devastating path of Hurricane Iota in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua on 18 of November 2020.

Hurricanes Eta and Iota in Central America

Urgent appeal for affected children and families