Precinct 3 Donates School Bag to Students

Over fifty students from primary and secondary schools, including those who are members of the police youth cadet corps, today made their way over to precinct three of Eastern Division of the Belize Police Department to collect much-needed school bags and supplies. It is part of a back-to-school drive by the precinct’s Community Policing Unit and the Citizen Advisory Committee. For parents and the children, it is the support they needed to transition back into the formal classroom setting. Among the corporate sponsors is the Angelus Press, which provided the backpacks and supplies.

Jermaine Sanchez, Citizen Advisory Committee

“We believe that every partnership with the community, especially looking at our current situation with COVID-19 – a lotta people being unemployed – we know that a lot of parents won’t be able to get the basic school needs. So we saw this very important and vital for the further development of education in Belize. and no other way than to help the community than be a part of this.”

Dethra Avilez, Mother

“It helps a lot because I have six children in school – three in high school and three in primary – so it helps.  I noh rich and ih rough right now so weh I do, I just prepare everybody two at a time and now I finish…I ready.”

Naeim Davis, First Form Student, Nazarene High School

“It feels good so my mom noh have to buy it.”

Duane Moody

“Yo ready fu school? Talk to us about what your anticipations are when you go back to school.”

Naeim Davis

“I really want go back to face to face school cause the online school noh good for me.”

Jayda Bernard, Standard Six Student

“I feel good and thanks to all the donors that make I receive this bag today. I happy fi have school di open up back, and I rather go back to classes because then you could ask the teachers more questions, yo could deh deh and yo di learn more.”