http://www.belizetimes.bz/2009/10/09/voices-of-the-village-guinea-grass/ The Truth Shall Make You Free Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:08:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.belizetimes.bz/2009/10/09/voices-of-the-village-guinea-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 David Perera Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:44:52 +0000 http://www.belizetimes.bz/?p=377#comment-1543 I love Guinea Grass, it is my home village and will never leave unless definetely I have to. It is indeed a fast growing village. The culture here is very interesting as there is a mixture of creole, mestizo, garifuna, menonite, chinese, maya, kekchi and others. What I certainly believe is that politics has divided our community since times immemorial. I also believe that the community is changing in an interesting manner as today we have a good percentage of our youths in high schools, sixth forms, university and definetely a number are in foreign universities studying for medics, engineers, architechts and a number of other careers. Very soon Guinea Grass will be a powerhouse in terms of well educated youths and this will change the course of our village. Long live Guinea Grass and not "Guinea and Grass" (this is being thought by negative minded persons) I love Guinea Grass, it is my home village and will never leave unless definetely I have to. It is indeed a fast growing village. The culture here is very interesting as there is a mixture of creole, mestizo, garifuna, menonite, chinese, maya, kekchi and others. What I certainly believe is that politics has divided our community since times immemorial. I also believe that the community is changing in an interesting manner as today we have a good percentage of our youths in high schools, sixth forms, university and definetely a number are in foreign universities studying for medics, engineers, architechts and a number of other careers. Very soon Guinea Grass will be a powerhouse in terms of well educated youths and this will change the course of our village. Long live Guinea Grass and not “Guinea and Grass” (this is being thought by negative minded persons)

]]> http://www.belizetimes.bz/2009/10/09/voices-of-the-village-guinea-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Better Belize Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:13:16 +0000 http://www.belizetimes.bz/?p=377#comment-109 Guinea Grass is indeed a complex multicultural community with the largest village population in the Orange Walk District. Hope can we address issues like drugs and alcoholism? I would recommend that the central government support the expansion of the recently establish public internet cafe! I would call for donation of more equipment and free access to internet for students and teenagers to learn and leave behind the traditional reliance on the sugar industry for employment. Moreover, I call on the already educated or person still studying to help their fellow by perhaps organizing a youth group to coordinate a schedule where the educated persons can offer some time to teach primary and secondary school students on various subjects! But for that, we need more computers and free access to internet and a library. I call on the principal to open the school doors on Saturdays and Sundays for students that want to develop academically. We need some time from the educated and the community to support other initiatives to move teenagers away from drugs and alcohol.  Guinea Grass is indeed a complex multicultural community with the largest village population in the Orange Walk District. Hope can we address issues like drugs and alcoholism? I would recommend that the central government support the expansion of the recently establish public internet cafe! I would call for donation of more equipment and free access to internet for students and teenagers to learn and leave behind the traditional reliance on the sugar industry for employment. Moreover, I call on the already educated or person still studying to help their fellow by perhaps organizing a youth group to coordinate a schedule where the educated persons can offer some time to teach primary and secondary school students on various subjects! But for that, we need more computers and free access to internet and a library. I call on the principal to open the school doors on Saturdays and Sundays for students that want to develop academically. We need some time from the educated and the community to support other initiatives to move teenagers away from drugs and alcohol. 

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