The students at Unity Presbyterian School had an extra special day today as they spent most of the morning trying out their new playground. The Rotary Club of Belize along with their partners from Edmonton Canada, donated a playground to the school. It took 3 days to install and it was officially handed over today. The Rotarians and the school principal discussed the significance of this donation.
Rod Karius, Chair, International Service Committee - Edmonton Rotary Club
"So the playground is just part of this larger program and we brought the playground up from Canada, this playground was in a community in Canada that suffered a flood and the playground was destroyed , the playground themselves were destroyed but the structure was fine , so the structure was salvaged and we worked with another organization called the Emmanuel foundation and they salvaged the playgrounds and we bring them to Belize and install them in schools here and we work with the local rotary club , so the Belize City Rotary Club and the sunrise Rotary Club."
Barry Nowlin, President Rotary Club, Belize
"We are very proud of these projects and again as Rotarians we work with Rotarians from other countries and the playground building is one of the things we are very passionate about, it has an immediate impact on the children and the community and we think it also facilitates education."
Carolyn Betson, Principal, Unity
"It has been a dream and an ambitious one because we started with a little one over there, financially restrained but this is a big beautiful one , the importance of the playground it is more than a place of playing , yes safety and playing is part of learning but the playground if you notice , it has various activities and so what is does it builds fine motor skills , grows muscle skills and helps in the development so it is cognitive , every aspect of learning is involved here, endurance and strength."
Under this program, the Rotary Club has donated 4 playgrounds to 4 schools in the city: those are St. Martins De Porres, Queen Square Anglican, St. John's Vianney and now Unity Presbyterian. 200 students are enrolled at Unity.
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