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It Was A Bountiful Harvest
posted (October 12, 2012)
Last night, we showed you the Harvest for Kids, which the farmers and the Belize Camping Experience held in San Carlos. Now, The Belize Camping Experience has gotten international attention.

Today, we spoke to the Director, and he explained the significance:

Alexander Perez, Director, Belize Camping Experience
"It has been a success. We are so glad that the two harvests are finish. It was lot of work working for a few months already and we are finish and we are very excited because a lot of farmers and people are excited with us that we were able to accomplish such a great harvest. It something that Belize has never seen before and because of that it really gives a lot of encouragement to continue. I just want to say to the people especially the farmers - the agriculture department that helps us out - to the business community that are involve in farming in some way partnered with us. We never had any supporters except for Circle R as a farming company that was supporting us. We would love to invite them to partake with us as Harvest for Kids is coming to a development and it can be done next year. We are looking forward to plant more acres of sugarcane or corn or beans or something. We are looking forward to keep this program going."

According to Perez, combining the yield of both harvests, they were able to bag 1,950 sacks of corn which are all ready to be sold. Expenses for the Banana Bank still have to be paid form the proceeds, but in San Carlos, 100% of the costs were covered by sponsors. The proceeds of the sales - after expenses will go towards children's programmes in Belize City.

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