tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214092529257181642024-03-13T03:15:46.781-07:00Help for Progress BelizeHelp for Progress is an NGO
that acts as an agent of change
to support the development
of rural communities in Belize.
We work for the empowerment
and protection of people, for gender equality, and for the
elimination of poverty.
We carry out our work through training, microcredit services, community development and advocacy.Help for Progress Belizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283610022268963561noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621409252925718164.post-25443895688195704212010-11-11T14:38:00.000-08:002010-11-11T14:38:42.674-08:00New Electricity Utility Pole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokWbmHUF0oC4g4XTj4PbPfKxqVugvpX6B-pA_KkAYs3OYzl6JuNZ6MLoorLvrzx8ZlfBIC7OkJZfBhcSxesY-KWx_rvnqbN1rPk0BQd3dkxcXPGIyQeGoDYH_dFsOtABa9oF8WdjjDBId/s1600/post+1s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokWbmHUF0oC4g4XTj4PbPfKxqVugvpX6B-pA_KkAYs3OYzl6JuNZ6MLoorLvrzx8ZlfBIC7OkJZfBhcSxesY-KWx_rvnqbN1rPk0BQd3dkxcXPGIyQeGoDYH_dFsOtABa9oF8WdjjDBId/s320/post+1s.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TVf3RhtjU9MA1vlzLL1B0oQJxhkakd20o8js6eleAQF9Z7YeOL8g7IDPSzFSWXIv-qWfZLjmjZVNkiFGC1NVGVIvG_pB6tZWk32x9b4PLtbcwEzcg1VP_x_iDyHF_Dx8qlGFl7DjBpaj/s1600/post+4s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TVf3RhtjU9MA1vlzLL1B0oQJxhkakd20o8js6eleAQF9Z7YeOL8g7IDPSzFSWXIv-qWfZLjmjZVNkiFGC1NVGVIvG_pB6tZWk32x9b4PLtbcwEzcg1VP_x_iDyHF_Dx8qlGFl7DjBpaj/s320/post+4s.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> On the night of October 24, 2010 hurricane Richard caused damage to the power line leading to the Help for Progress building. The old utility pole needed to be replaced.<br />
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Here are pictures of the new pole being planted.<br />
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The power line was moved over from the old pole to the new pole.<br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A Call for Support of a Bi-National Initiative in the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Belize – Guatemala “Adjacency Zone”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">All negotiations to reach a just, amicable and durable solution to the “Anglo-Guatemalan” dispute, now the “<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Belize</st1:country-region></st1:place> – Guatemala Territorial Differendum”, have proven unsuccessful. The latter was a set of Proposals from Facilitators presented to the OAS on 30<sup>th</sup> August 2002 which were subsequently rejected by Guatemala. This action then prompted the implementation of “confidence building” measures shortly thereafter. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In answering the call for “confidence building measures” announced by the Governments of Belize and Guatemala, Help for Progress then embarked on a series of activities. One such activity involved the creation of the “Friends of the Cooperation Zone Network: <st1:country-region w:st="on">Belize</st1:country-region> & <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Guatemala</st1:country-region></st1:place>” or “Red de Amigos de la Zona de Cooperación (REDAZCO).” REDAZCO is comprised of communities from Belize and from Guatemala, namely: </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES-GT">BELIZE: Dolores, Otoxha, San Benito Poite, Pueblo Viejo, Jalacte and San Vicente. Population: 3,114 (1604 Males & 1506 Females) with a number of 517 house holds (2006). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES-GT">GUATEMALA: Santa Marta, Jalacte Esperanza, Nueva Cadenita, San Francisco Mollejon, Santa Cruz, Poite Centro, Nacimiento Poite, La Compuerta, Esquipulas Mollejon, Semuy and Timax. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-BZ">These communities all lie within the “adjacency zone”. (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Please note that commu</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nity members from both Belize & Guatemala opted to call the area “Cooperation” rather than “Adjacency” zone.)<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The objective of REDAZCO or the network is to “develop a forum within a democratic framework, for discussion, analysis and evaluation of issues related to:</div><h1 style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: list 39.0pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> Productive sector (cacao, beekeeping)<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: list 39.0pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> Culture (Retrieval of customs and traditions & Maya Spirituality)<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: list 39.0pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> Human development<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: list 39.0pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> Gender <o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: list 39.0pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> Conflict resolution<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: list 39.0pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> Environment and natural resources<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 39.0pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span> Sports</div><h1><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">for the Cooperation Zone: <st1:country-region w:st="on">Belize</st1:country-region> & <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Guatemala</st1:country-region></st1:place>. REDAZCO also seeks to foster peace, friendship, understanding and cooperation in the zone.”<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">On 9<sup>th</sup> December 2003, Help for Progress signed a bi-national project titled: “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peace, development and cooperation with equity in the adjacency zone: Belize & Guatemala” </i>funded by Oxfam GB<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>and has since been promoting cross-border activities through the production of cacao in conjunction with the Toledo Cacao Growers Association and Irish Aid. In addition, Help for Progress has been supporting beekeeping activities, cattle and rice production in the area. The organization is also involved in the retrieval of Maya Spirituality, culture and traditions, with the support of the Association of Spiritual Guides from Guatemala AGERS; and promoting gender equality among the various groups from both countries. Since the creation of the project there have been 133 farmers benefiting from cacao production, 12 beekeepers and 18 cattle farmers from Belize, and 14 beekeepers and 30 cacao farmers from Guatemala also benefiting from this initiative. The Network has been meeting overtime to discuss issues affecting the area and have been involved in several cultural and agricultural exchange visits. After working in the area for five years, we are convinced that this process has strengthened friendship, collaboration and peace in the “adjacency zone.” Needless to say, prior to the introduction of this initiative there were no formal contacts between the peoples of the “adjacency zone”. Project impact analyses have been conducted for REDAZCO - the network; cacao and honey in the zone. Help for Progress would like to continue these efforts between Belize and Guatemala but is in need of support from concerned donors. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Help for Progress Belizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283610022268963561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621409252925718164.post-77217420269087122872010-07-07T09:42:00.001-07:002010-07-07T09:44:40.308-07:00Welcome to our first BlogWe are practicing our first Blog today.Help for Progress Belizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283610022268963561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621409252925718164.post-4893959672992851812010-06-08T15:08:00.000-07:002010-06-08T15:08:29.216-07:00Help for Progress is now blogging!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzcJsqbxRRcFoqZQHYlpvuT0-rpgfWTPM4_12yXb8tVKFwS8u6NwnhUxSYM91F0jsPTFxu9zDzZ3pMffuEEqo8Y2DaGJPCQyqcPKEq17CeQyOzDFLx9BCXkgPPw1OsN5gw35NNlQe816T/s1600/contactpic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzcJsqbxRRcFoqZQHYlpvuT0-rpgfWTPM4_12yXb8tVKFwS8u6NwnhUxSYM91F0jsPTFxu9zDzZ3pMffuEEqo8Y2DaGJPCQyqcPKEq17CeQyOzDFLx9BCXkgPPw1OsN5gw35NNlQe816T/s200/contactpic.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Welcome to the new Help for Progress Blog.Help for Progress Belizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283610022268963561noreply@blogger.com0