Active Projects

Project Bella Vista Phase 2 (Funded)

Posted by Webster on Feb 15, 2012

The Phase 2 Latrine project of Bella Vista has been sponsored by Cedar Creek Church from Aiken, South Carolina. Work begins this week on this fully funded project!

A Team from Cedar Creek will be joining us the first week of March to complete work on this project, and share the Living Water message with the people of Bella Vista.

Project Updates & New Employees

Posted by Jennifer on Nov 8, 2011

October 30th, 2011 was the 2 month marker for our 2nd year in Belize. With five (5) projects currently in progress simultaneously, we move through each day vigorously planning and scheduling construction teams from one end of the country to another.

Project Bullet Tree:

Bullet Tree Falls, (Pop. 4000) Scheduled Commissioning November 17th, 2011. Bullet Tree Falls will be the first commissioned LWTS in year 2 for WMI-B. This project is funded by private donations through ROWKIDS and with mission team assistance from Lowcountry Community Church of Bluffton, SC. We excitedly await the arrival of this team on November 12 through 19 to assist with the final construction of the housing building for the unit, help install the tanks and solar panels, while others from the team will assist with Health and Hygiene classes and the Community Celebration.

Valley of Peace Project:

Valley of Peace (Pop 4000), Scheduled Commissioning on January 7, 2012. Valley of Peace (VOP) is located 12+ miles off the highway on the outskirts of Belmopan, reached by a very bumpy dirt road ride! Community support has been so positive, with a local crew of volunteers and some paid masons completing the housing building for the LWTS in just over 2 weeks! Within the coming two weeks, we will have the water unit installed and ready from the funding team's arrival. One Desk Foundation members will arrive on November 19-Nov. 26 to assist with the completion of the system installation, iniatiate water distribution to the 3 schools in the village and conduct a Leadership Camp for 30 teacher/administrator selected students to attend for a week!

Hopkins Project:

Hopkins (Pop. 3000), Scheduled Commissioning on December 20, 2011. This Garifuna seaside community is embracing the gift of the safe water project! Having had issues with bad water for as long as most residents can remember, they are grateful for the LWTS system and their enthusiasm fills us with joy each time we visit there!

New Employees

Welcome Douglas Flores as our new Belize Country Director!

Project Georgetown (Funded)

Posted by Webster on May 1, 2011

Georgetown is a newer Garifuna community established in the 1960s by Garinagu from Seine Bight in search of farmland. Today approximately three hundred people live in the tranquil village which is located about half a mile off the southern highway. "No longer forgotten," that's how Education Minister, Patrick Faber put it in December 2010’s official opening of 1 eight classroom building at the Georgetown Technical High school campus, located in the Stann Creek District. It is the first of several buildings being constructed as part of an expansion project funded by the European Union...

Project Punta Gorda (Funded)

Posted by Webster on Apr 15, 2011

Punta Gorda, known locally as P.G., is the southern most town in Belize and the capital of the Toledo District. The population is close to 6000 people. Water quality is extremely poor and the biggest local school, St. Peter Claver has over 1100 children and are in need of a living water treatment system. They already have a building that could house the unit, thus reducing the adoption cost for the project! Other issues related to the school are asbestos removal in several buildings and a principal who is really excited about the safe water solution for the children and the community.