Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

GLOW Camp has finished.  A huge thanks to the Peace Corps volunteers and everyone else that made this happen again this year!

"Peace Corps Belize extends our heartfelt thank you to all who contributed to our Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Camp 2018! 80 girls (ages 10 – 13), 14 Belizean Counterparts and 12 Peace Corps Volunteers, from all over Belize, gathered for a week of learning and fun. The girls made friends from all over the country! They learned about cultures different from their own and developed their leadership skills by building their self-esteem, self-expression, and self-reliance. They also made crafts, danced, laughed and learned about self-defense! We are so proud of these girls for their full engagement in such a new experience. These girls worked so hard throughout the school year to prepare for the camp. Some engaged in fundraising activities for the trip while some even wrote application essays to attend. 

Thank you to all the Peace Corps Volunteers who worked so hard writing grants, fundraising, preparing the girls for the camp and attending. Thank you to those Volunteers who were unable to make it but worked hard towards the camp. Thank you to the amazing counterparts for accompanying the girls and for taking the time out of their summer break to attend. A special thank you to those counterparts who brought girls to the camp even without a Peace Corps Volunteer. Thank you to the parents for allowing the girls to attend. We couldn’t forget to thank all the invited guests and trainers who took time out of their schedules to educate the girls on such important topics at their young age. Thank you to the cooks, the drivers, Peace Corps staff and everybody else who made GLOW Camp 2018 a huge success! 

We can't wait to bring back all the information we learned to the rest of our GLOW clubs back home!"

Hurricane Earl came to Cayo.  Nobody was hurt, luckily, but some trees were knocked down, and it flooded some on Thursday.  Daniel Velazquez captured some amazing photos of the flooding, and the people of Cayo out enjoying the amazing post-hurricane weather.  Be safe.

Damon Russell got some good pictures too, as did Miriam, and Sera.

The Cayo Welcome Center got some good pictures.

"after a crazy night, went into town did some photography of Hurricane earl flood and had some beers, ran into a old Peace Corps friend, from 20 years back."

The Peace Corps is having a series of wellness workshops tomorrow at the SISE HoC.  They'll have everything from wellness seminars to nutritional cooking sessions to yoga classes.  Registration starts at 8:00am, and the fun begins at 9:00.  Thanks, Peace Corps!

"Happening on Saturday April 7th, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, Free Professional Development & Wellness Workshop at the San Ignacio & Santa Elena House of Culture (NICH)!

The House of Culture will host presentations centered on improving your life through healthy choices and healthier living. These workshops are done in collaboration with Joshua Fuller of the Peace Corps. Topics to be discussed will be centered on the benefits of exercise for pregnant women, ways to increase health and fitness, and having healthier bodies by eating healthier foods."