Anglican Diocese total flood relief efforts over $60,000

Assistance to flood victims continues to trickle in and last Friday, the Anglican Diocese made a presentation of over four thousand dollars to the farmers of Lemonal Village to assist with recovery efforts from the devastating floods which occurred in October 2008 in the Belize River Valley. Diocesan Secretary, Cecile Reyes, presented several thousand hybrid seeds for planting crops including cabbage, tomatoes, sweet pepper, corn, as well as one thousand pounds of cattle feed and twenty six thousand four hundred feet of barbed wire fencing to Village Council Chairperson Olive Banner. The total value of the diocese’s flood relief efforts has exceeded sixty thousand dollars.