Phase 1: Project Needs Overview

Energy
Indian Creek Village is comprised of approximately 750 Kekchi Maya people, and like many of the villages throughout the Toledo district of southern Belize, they have no electricity. The Village council has been petitioning the government for 15 years with no response. Solar and wind are the obvious solutions for Belize as both are plentiful and as well, inherent in the Mayan culture. The villagers wish to develop a renewable energy program toward sustainability.

Immediate Needs:

Basic books and other sources of information on Solar and Wind energy. (If you have any books on the subject that you no longer need, please consider donating to this project. Email:  mail@listnlook.com).

Expertise

Solar Panels

We will be sponsoring a villager to attend workshops on solar energy in the coming months

Education
Schools - Primary through Secondary
Not unlike parents everywhere, the people of Indian Creek Village want their children to be educated. The average yearly income of a village family is $800 a year. School text books must be purchased and most families cannot afford them. We are working to collect school text books and teaching manuals as well as basic itemss we take for granted, such as pencils.

• Pencils
• Notebooks
• Primary and Secondary Text Books
• Teacher's Manuals
• Children's books on renewable energy
• Backpacks
• Computers (after achieving energy needs of school)

Environment
Cave Project
There is incredible ecological and cultural diversity in Belize. Most of Belize is still undeveloped and is as close to Eden as one might find anywhere on Earth. The Ecology is one of the main attractions to visitors and opportunities abound for exploring Mayan ruins, jungles, and caves as well as snorkeling the lush coastal reefs. Ecotourism not only offers the opportunity for exploration, but for conservation, and providing employment for the local population. There is a unique system of caves and underground rivers in the Toledo district, and the Mayan villagers not only know them best, but wish to preserve them for future generations, as they are currently being threatened by deforestation. We will be helping Indian Creek Village secure funding to develop their ecotourism cave ecology project.
See Update

View Photos of the caves.

Indian Creek Village Web Site
 

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Additional reading at:
Mayans of Belize
http://www.bleaseswebworld.com/mayans.html