Diaz has pedaled thousands of miles to carry books that people can barter for bags of a cereal mix aimed at providing relief to families suffering chronic malnutrition. Photos: AP
Bonifaz Díaz biked through the sprawling city of Quetzaltenango, 2,330 meters above sea level among Guatemala’s volcanoes, to deliver a sociology book to the home of a local teacher. He pedaled away with four brightly coloured bags of Incaparina, a popular cereal mix crucial in fighting child hunger.
The coronavirus has worsened child malnutrition in Guatemala, which already suffered from the worst rate of it in the Western Hemisphere. Since the pandemic hit, Díaz has cycled more than 2,000 kilometers with his saddlebags filled with donated books, and lugged back thousands of kilograms of the oatmeal-like food for a local NGO that feeds nearly 400 kids.
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