Written on May 10, 2021 | Posted in Economy,Featured | Comments Off
Today marks the eleventh day that the Belize National Teachers Union has been on strike, matching the record set in 2016. The Joint Unions Negotiating Team and government representatives are [.]
May 10, 2021
SHINE Receives Donation of Sewing Machines
A donation of sewing machines was also made to another non-profit organization on the Ambergris Caye. Shaping Healthy Identities through Nurturing and Empowerment, better known as SHINE, was established back in 2014 and focuses on empowering women. The sewing machines add to the equipment available for the more than one hundred women who have are part of its artisan programme, EstHer. The donation was made by the Minister of Youth, Sports and E-Governance Kevin Bernard to Chelsie Munoz of SHINE.
Chelsie Munoz, SHINE
“There’s brokenness all over the world and we saw that there is a huge problem here in Belize with human trafficking, sexual abuse and women suffering and struggling financially. So we decided to expand or programme and include an artisan programme and it is called EstHer Belize, Establishing Her for More. The beautiful women, a part of our programme, to be who God created them to be. And throug