May 6, 2021
Remembering Kenya Barona through a BERT Donation
The tragic loss of Kenya Barona has prompted her family to make a financial contribution to the Belize Emergency Response Team in her memory. Kenya died of natural causes several weeks ago. Her loved ones maintained that negligence played a significant role in her untimely demise and blamed BERT for not doing enough to respond promptly. After learning of the challenges that the ambulance service faces, Kenya’s mother and aunt decided to raise funds to donate to the organization.
Josephine Flowers, Aunt of Deceased
“Today would have been my niece’s thirty-fifth birthday. She is no longer with us and we had made an earlier pledge that we would do something to support BERT in whichever way we could. So this afternoon, we presented BERT with a check for two thousand, eight hundred, plus dollars which we want them to put to good use.”
Dec 16, 2020
$2 Million Dollars in Medical Supplies Donated to Emergency First Responders
At the Old Belize compound today, a container filled with two million dollars worth of medical supplies was being offloaded and handed over to emergency first responders in Belize City, San Pedro and Caye Caulker. The donation was made possible through Project CURE and Young Professionals, two organizations out of the United States that have been working with the Rickilee Response and Rescue group out of San Pedro Town. The donation will further assist in the response to COVID-19. News Five’s Duane Moody reports.
Duane Moody, Reporting
Today, a container filled with two million dollars worth of medical supplies, including beds, equipment and consumables were handed over to the Belize Emergency Response Team. The supplies are donated by Project CURE and will be shared between several emergency healthcare organizations, including the K.H.M.H. and Rickilee Response and Rescue in