Costume or barbershop: learning a trade to stop migration in Guatemala

Joyabaj, Guatemala. Overwhelmed by poverty, Francisca Lares thought she would emigrate from Guatemala. But she learned sewing and dismissed it. Now she is happy that she did not go to the United States, as she believes she would have been deported by Donald Trump’s government. This 30-year-old single mother learned her trade at the “Stay” training center, which is betting on young Guatemalans finding employment or starting business to stop them …