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Belize Librarians at Bainbridge

Glenford Barrera, a librarian with the National Heritage Library in the Belizean capital, Belmopan, and Lusiola Castillo, public services librarian with Belize’s National Library Service received training in library procedures at BC, and a detailed tour at Southwest Georgia Regional Library System and its Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.

Elena Carballo

Ms. Elena Carballo is one of the few people who have managed to provide educational support for Belizean youth without being a school teacher.  Ms Elena is an educator, but not in the orthodox sense: she has spent almost two decades based at the Sandy Hunter library in Orange Walk, encouraging children to read, tutoring children with various classroom subjects, and assisting students with homework and school projects. 

Rotarians from Port Moody help with Library Project

Rotary’s Literacy and Library projects got a boost when three members of the Rotary Club of Port Moody in Vancouver visited Belize.


Rotarians and the Mexican Embassy host a Cinco de Mayo celebration for the Library

Con motivo de la conmemoración de la Batalla de Puebla, el Club de Rotarios "Sunrise" en colaboración con la Embajada de México en Belice, organiza una Fiesta Mexicana y una subasta silente. Los recursos recaudados se destinarán a la reparación, expansión y mejoramiento de la Biblioteca pública de Port Loyola, como parte de un esfuerzo por brindar mayor seguridad y un ambiente de estudio adecuado para los niños de esta área de la ciudad de Belice.