Y.E.S. donates stationery to needy children

This morning Youth Enhancement Services handed over exercise books and pencils to four primary schools in the Belize District for distribution to children in need. According to Outreach Coordinator at Y.E.S., Greta Jenkins, the contribution is made possible through funding from UNICEF and HIVOS.

Greta Jenkins, Outreach Coordinator, Youth Enhancement Services
“We found by doing outreach that a lot of the schools some of the children do not have exercise books and pencils by talking to the teachers, noh, so we decided to give them a little assistance in providing them with seventy exercise books and pencils.”

Lloydia Johnson, Teacher, Trinity Methodist Primary
“This is a very big help for our school. We will be very grateful, we are very grateful for this donation, for the exercise books and pencils and we’ll ensure that the children who truly need it receive these books and pencils. But we do have a few that will need the assistance now and again so this will be very useful for our school to address those needs.”

Derrick Martinez, Principal, Saint George’s Anglican, Gracie Rock
“Many times children in the rural area come to school without books so I’m very thankful to Y.E.S. for this donation of exercise books and pencil and the children will receive a better education.”

Marion Ali
“When you noh have organizations like Y.E.S. coming thru for you how do you cope with that kind of need.”

Derrick Martinez
“We do fundraising, we beg from the business sector, and with the assistance from the Anglican Management.”

According to Y.E.S. the donation is valued at nineteen hundred dollars. A total of twelve schools will benefit from the stationery drive. Y.E.S. also conducts advocacy training for young girls who are victims of sexual and other forms of abuse.