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Belmopan International Women's Group

Belize, Central America

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Outreach Program

Potential Outreach Projects:

Do you know of a family or individuals in the Cayo District in need of assistance from the BIWG Outreach Team?
Please contact our volunteers at:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS WANTED:

BIWG desperately need donations of English language children’s books to equip local schools and libraries. Local children have very limited access to good quality reading books to the detriment of their progress, particularly so for those who get little opportunity to use spoken and written English in the family home. ANY reading books you have that you no longer use for your own children – any age group from basic beginner to older teens, please contact to arrange collection.

Outreach Update - August 2008

  • The group has approved to contribute to a 15 year old boy from Las Flores School. These funds will provide much needed uniforms and a pair of shoes. It will also pay for his school fees.
  • Funds will be used to pay for 60 plates, bowls, and cups for the King's Children's Home, where over 60 children reside.
  • Additionl funds will go to pay for school fees and uniforms.

Outreach Achievements

  1. Purchase of a microwave for the Baptist Church Programme.
  2. Roaring Creek Pre-school; purchase of microwave oven and filing cabinet.
  3. January 2007: Sylvia identified a boy - Ernesto - who needed our help with school fees for himself and $40 groceries per month for his family.
  4. Dec 2006: Commenced Dora's initiative of the feeding programme for the 4 families living with AIDS in San Ignacio; this is ongoing, with the monthly food parcels to the value of $40 being raised to $50 in July 2007. Thanks go to Miriam Player and her team in San Ignacio for the purchase and assembly of the parcels, and to Dr Goncalves who distributes the parcels to the appropriate families.
  5. February 2007: $500 donation was given to Belize Christian Academy for their Easter feeding programme.
  6. February 2007: An appeal from Rock Farm, Camelote, to help with donations of clothing and house-ware for a family who's possessions (and home) were totally destroyed by fire resulted in more than enough items necessary - the remainder were put into the next sale or given to the aids families.
  7. April 2007: we awarded a station prize for the cycle race of $200.
  8. April 2007: we gave $200 to Belmopan Pre-School summer fete toward the cost of the bouncy slide - we understand they raised several hundred dollars as a result.
  9. April 2007: After an appeal from Cathy Stevulak and the ladies of the US Embassy, we gave $700 to purchase sets of books for the summer reading programme at the George Price Centre - this initiative was a tremendous success and will be running next summer.
  10. July 2007: It was agreed to provide monthly food parcels to a value of $50 per month for an elderly blind lady and also to a family in Belmopan living with AIDS; the group would like volunteers in Belmopan to join the 'shopping roster'.

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