Our mission is to assist the people of Belize with educational and medical opportunities, using the abilities, skills, access and wherewithal that we have been so freely been blessed with, to minister to those who have not shared the opportunities that we, as Americans, have been given. We want to serve as the hands and feet of God to achieve the things that we can accomplish, trusting Him to lead, guide and bless our efforts.

 

We know and understand that we are no better than those we serve but simply that we have the means to assist. In the book of Luke, Chapter 12, verse 48, we are told “to whom much is given, much is required,” which means that we are held responsible for what we have. If we have been blessed with talents, wealth, knowledge, time and the like, it is expected that we benefit others. 

 

The work that we do includes, but is not limited to:

 

SPIRITUAL:

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• Pointing the children to a relationship with Jesus as the foundation of all they do

• Providing facilities for Vacation Bible School for community families

• Reaching out to the local communities with Christ-centered evenings full of music, Biblical stories, and sharing Spanish Bibles

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HEALTH:

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• Conducting free medical clinics, open to all who will come

• Collecting and dispensing of eye glasses

• Dispensing non-expired prescription drugs on an as-needed basis

• Examining teeth, removing as necessary and recommending follow-up dental care

• Arranging for follow-up doctor visits when possible

• Setting up critical surgeries on a most-needed basis

• Performing surgeries in cooperation with the Belizean Ministry of Health, using their operating and recovery suites

• Providing almost-new surgical equipment as needed for surgeries, and donating the equipment to the government hospital of Belize

• Equipping teachers with specific knowledge to assist children as to how to handle grief

• Providing a playground for the village children, on the home site of The Iguana Squad, La Paz

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EDUCATIONAL:

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• Constructing classrooms and other needed spaces for schools

• Equipping schools with needed items such as desks, chairs, computers, sewing machines

• Providing financial help for students to stay in school or to graduate

• Teaching job-hunting skills

• Providing financial support for school programs that educate students that provide knowledge/skills that will benefit them as they search for a job 

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ECONOMIC:

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• Providing training to young adults to learn skills to help them earn a living (upcoming)

  • Training in woodworking, using the beautiful Belizean hardwoods, to make items to sell to tourists. There is now a woodshop on the property, filled with the proper tools for woodworking

• Upcoming marketing training on how to market their goods to tourists

  • Working to instill pride in their community and its assets, to take economic advantage of having thousands of tourists who come annually to view the Mayan ruins of Xunantunich, next to their village

• Actively pursuing opportunities to find products “outside the box” of typical tourist items, to find opportunities for new types of sales for the Belizean people