Partners for Belize is a partnership bringing the Good News and improving the medical and economic self sufficiency of Belizeans.

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Belize, formerly British Honduras, is a country with 380,000 residents in Central America. A two hour plane ride from the U.S. border, this land is rich in beauty and attractive to tourists the world over. The people of Belize are proud of their rich history and culture and are extremely pleasant partners. Belizeans desire and welcome the support and partnership of others who can help them build better systems through their own government, churches, and civic organizations. Some of the most dire partnership needs currently being requested include medical specialists not affordable in a country of such small population base and per capita income. The ultimate goal of all these partnerships is to help Belizeans to grow to the place of self sufficiency. The government of Belize has requested that this partnership would continue. See upcoming trips tab above.

Recent Posts

Partners February Team Two Day Four

Posting here at day four, the week has gone by so quickly. We are in San Filipe Today, twenty miles below Orange Walk Towne performing a clinic. Yesterday we were in east Corozal Region in Progresso Village and of course the day before we were in Trial Farm. We saw...

Partners February Team Two Day Three

An Extraordinary Day- Feb 9th We were greeted by another wonderful sunrise. Some of us get up in the dark and run or bike for an hour or more, returning to shower and gather for 6:30 AM breakfast. On the way to breakfast with Belize coffee in handBreakfast is followed...

Partners February Team Two Day Two

Yesterday, Friday, the teams saw nearly two hundred patients in two hospitals. Orange Walk Hospital called Northern Regional and Corozal Hospital. Patients were registered by the hospital staff, then seen by our nurses from the Village Team, then seen by general...

Partners February Team Two Day One

As one group leaves, completing four villages and over forty general surgery cases, another group arrives. Here is the "Welcome to Belize" sign as the one group exits their vans in preparation for departure at the airport and another group flies in on the same planes...

Partners February Team One Day Five

Happy Chinese New Year from Belize! The local shop keepers all like to have dragons and fireworks and drums visit their shops on this special day. We are always in Belize to witness this event. Quite noisy and interesting to watch. Many gas stations, hardware stores...

Partners February Team Day Four

  Our Surgery Team has had a busy "wall to wall" days of surgery after surgery in each of two rooms doing five surgeries a day in each room, so ten per day. As the third of four days closes, they only asked for a few more "Fanta." The local coke with real sugar...

History

Started by volunteers in 2004, teams have grown from 36 per year to over 200 participants serving for one week each in 2019.

 

 

Focus

The northern end of Belize is specifically an area under-serviced by other such partnerships or visiting teams. It is a land of sugar cane fields, cattle flatlands and papaya groves.

Commitment & Strategy

Partner teams are encouraged to make a long term commitment to annual visits for their villages and medical facilities. Ideally, they would partner to help and equip their Belize partners, helping them where possible for own year round programs. The current strategy is for short trips to bring training as well as medical and material aide, housing, and children’s ministry to 50 northern Belize villages on an annual basis. Currently 16-20 villages are being serviced annually.