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Plenty Belize
Plenty Belize
has been active for over 15 years, engaged in programs relating to food security, public health education, ecotourism and more. |
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The Belize office is managed by a local board of directors who oversee projects and determine direction.
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Gulf Coast Recovery
Plenty has been a long-term partner in local hurricane recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast.. |
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| Our work is focused on repairing homes for the elderly and other forgotten residents as well as documenting local conditions and grassroots recovery efforts. Volunteers are making a critical difference and are still needed! Several volunteers have established residency in the area to continue their service. More about Gulf Coast Recovery Efforts>> |
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Food Security
Plenty has a long history of projects relating to food security and nutrition, beginning in the late 70's with its first soy program in Guatemala. |
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Current active projects include a school garden and lunch program in Belize, gardens for Native Americans in South Dakota, plus ongoing support for soy programs and cottage industries in Mexico, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.
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| Kids To The Country |
Kids to the Country
at the Swimmin' Hole |
Kids To The Country gives inner-city kids aged 6-12 the opportunity to experience the beauty and inspiration of the natural world and more. |
During weekly summer sessions, KTC combines practical conflict resolution skills and environmental education with activities such as horseback riding and swimming.
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| Plenty News Updates |
Imani Expands Clinic in Liberia
Plenty, working with The Thomas Wartinger Memorial Fund and The $10 Club are contributing to expand the clinic and install a reliable generator for electricity to run lights and refrigeration. |
 The Imani Clinic serves 14,000 mothers and children
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Gulf Coast Update
Recovery efforts continue, with home renovations in the native Choctaw-Biloxi-Chitimacha communities of Isle de Jean Charles and Pointe aux Chene southwest of New Orleans. All these homes were damaged by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in the fall of 2008. |
Volunteers doing reconstruction on a home in the gulf. |
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State of the Art Technology in the Belize Rainforest
The first ever Solar-powered Internet Café in the entire country of Belize located in the remote village of San Benito Poite in the Toledo District was inaugurated on Friday August 7th 2009.
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A 1400 watt solar system operates computers, and a satellite internet system. |
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Bakahno Pawanka Women's Cooperative
The Bakahno Pawanka Women's Cooperative of Nicaragua was formed in 2008 to support projects benefiting indigenous Miskito cooperative members living in the towns of Puerto Cabezas, Sandy Bay and Waspam in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region. |
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Karen Lynn Goeppert Heikkala, 62, passed away on July 28, 2009 surrounded by her loving family after fighting a long and valiant battle with cancer. Karen was a founding member of the Farm Community and Plenty and had been a Plenty Board member for the past ten years, and Board Co-Chair for the past three years. |
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Solar Power in Belize
Plenty Belize and Maya Mountain Research Farm held a 4-day workshop about installing and maintaining photovoltaic electric-generating systems. Participants will assist in setting up a system in the "off-the-grid" village of San Benito Poite which will power a village computer lab. |
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Pine Ridge Gardens
Plenty has been involved with home gardens on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota since 1985. Plenty volunteers recently helped to renovate the project greenhouse and help get seedlings started for the spring planting.
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A greenhouse goes up at
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Gulf Coast Update
Plenty's work along Louisiana's Gulf Coast remains active thanks to the continuing support of Plenty's Gulf
Recovery Program by numerous Foundations, individual donors and volunteers and our partnership with United Peace Relief. In mid-March a group of volunteers from California made repairs to homes on Isle de Jean Charles. |
Volunteers installing siding on a home in the gulf. |
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