As we walked into the grounds of British High Commissioner's residence I felt as though I had said good bye to Belize and stepped into British Honduras. There was nothing notable about the night other than they make you leave $20 (Belizean Dollars) at the bar and then they … [Read more...]
Week 1 – Day 2: Banana Bank
The Chairman of the Belmopan branch of HelpAge, Mr John Carr owns a lodge about 5 miles away from the capital called Banana Bank and today he played host to Belmopan's older members. We left Belmopan at about 10.30 am and after a 5 minutes drive along the main highway we … [Read more...]
Week 1: Day 1
Background I am working for the National Council on Ageing (NCA) a quasi government body set up by the Ministry of Human Development (MHD). They should be launchung a websit soon and I shall post the link once that happens. My main role is to draft an Act for Older People … [Read more...]
Prayer Requests
I need people to pray for me as I walk to and from work every day. There are about 100 stray dogs in Belize and if you know me well you will know how scared I am of dogs. On Saturday I was taking a short cut and in the horizon I saw THREE BIG dogs just hanging about, so I … [Read more...]
Senior Citizens Week
This week Helpage Belize are celebrating 20 years of empowering older persons on Belize. I shall be attending a few of their events week including a trip to a place called Banana Lodge....sounds fun! … [Read more...]