Project: Building resilience

through local actions, capacity-building and community engagement / BRACE Project

Overview

The project will build the capacity of 120 people in Southern Belize to adopt and support improved health and sanitation practices through enhanced knowledge, skills, and inputs.

The eight participating villages are located in the Toledo District and are Santa Rosa, San Roman, Georgetown, Red Bank, San Juan, Cowpen, Trio and San Isidro villages.

Key activities and deliverables

Project beneficiaries will increase their knowledge about health and sanitation

via education sessions and the creation of a Community-Support Group in each community.

Project beneficiaries will expand / enhance health and sanitation infrastructure

to enhance their resilience and preparedness to face critical issues that affect them. Based on individual needs, they will learn to build and maintain small-scale infrastructure improvements at their houses. Including but not limited to handwashing facilities, firewood saving stoves, latrines, family garbage collection systems, and water collection systems.