The Rotary Club of Belize teamed up with their counterparts from Alberta Canada to build a children's playground in Lord's Bank Village. The Rotarians from Canada are called "Interacters" and they have built 14 playgrounds all over Belize. And since Sunday, they have been steadily working on this one in Belize. They finished today, and their youth services coordinator told us more:...
Brian Match, Youth Services Coordinator - Canada
"We came down with a group of interact students and they fundraise on Canada to be able to come down and help with the playground together. It's a partnership with Emmanuel Foundation. They fins or get used playgrounds in Canada and then they rebuild them in a warehouse and fix them up and then they ship them down here by container, so that we can then set them up here."
Lexi Fedoruk, Youth Volunteer
"We've been running for less than a year and we already had a chance to do this and it was pretty cool and I got to be a part of it and seeing the kids and how happy they are that now they have a playground, that's amazing."
Tessa Usher, President of the Rotary Club - Belize
"We dialogue with Rotary Club in Canada and the containers were sent down with the playgrounds. The impact is significant because the children will now have a chance to come to the area to play and the area is very large, so it can be also use as a family outing or a family day."
The Lord's Bank Park costs 30 to 40 thousand dollars. Next on the list - number 16 - is St John's Vianney coming later this year.
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