Punta Gorda, known locally as P.G., is the southern most town in Belize and the capital of the Toledo District. The population is close to 6000 people, with a mixture of Mopan and Kekchi Maya, Garifuna, Creoles, Lebanese, East Indian and Chinese peoples.

PG was founded by Garifuna settlers from Honduras in 1832 and nearly half its population is still Garifuna today. The town once served as an R&R center for the British Army. After this phase ended in 1992, tourism in PG went into somewhat of a lull, though in recent years things have picked up significantly, thanks both to increasing interest in the region by casual travelers and a significant number of NGOs basing themselves in and around the town.

Digging deeper one finds water quality as being really poor and the biggest local school, St. Peter Claver has over 1100 children and are in need of a living water treatment system. They already have a building that could house the unit, thus reducing the adoption cost for the project! Local support from the Catholic Church gives us additional team members that will make sure that our installation in the most southern town in Belize is going to be a success!

Location: Punta Gorda, also known as P.G. is the most Southern City in the Toledo District in Belize

Population: 6000 People

Every 15 seconds a child under the age of five dies from a water-related illness in this world

Community Information

Village HistoryCurrently Searching for a donor to fund this project!

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Project Expenses

Community Assessment – The assessment has been completed, and the safe water solution proposed is to install a Living Water™ Treatment System in Punta Gorda. A submersible pump and solar panels will be used to bring water through the LWTS™. Water Missions Belize will be responsible for the installation, Health and Hygiene training, and assist with local safe water committee selection..

Equipment & Transportation – Includes safe water system(s), associated hardware, overseas shipment, and local transportation to the receiving community.

Community Development -

Equipment & Transportation (61%)

Community Development (33%)

$1,080

$10,920

$6,000

• Initial installation and start-up of the safe water system• Sustainability training (operation, maintenance, and

financing)• Health and hygiene training• 12-month monitoring and evaluation • Ministry plan for sharing the “Living Water” message will be

implemented by Water Missions Belize.Changing lives through sustainable water systems

“..but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life”

John 4:14

Project Cost Estimate$18,000

* This Project will bring access to safe water to 3500 people

Young girls carrying water have to walk over this makeshift bridge

School Library !

Community Assessment (6%)

Actual water test result from the Punta Gorda Water tower