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SARC Literacy Program Launched in 2022 at the principal’s request, this program involved bringing in experts and purchasing the A to Z learning platform to support teacher education and improve literacy at SARC. Despite initial efforts, the program stalled due to a lack of resources and support. SARC Community Literacy Initiative To revive the stalled SARC […]

SARC LITERACY INTERVENTION In conjunction with SARC LITERACY INTERVENTION, GARIU Director, Dr Enita Barrett along with Vice Principal Moneek Magdaleno, participated in a meeting held by the Battle of the Drums Secretariat in Peini Punta Gorda, Belize on 23 October 2024.  The all-day event was to discuss the roll out of the Garifuna in schools’ […]

IYPN Workshop 2024 Highlights https://gariu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Garifuna-Institute-Motivates-Youth-with-Progress-Nest-Program-PT-1.mp4 Fragments Of Hope Marine Specialists The Garifuna is a sea faring people. All except one, Garifuna community in Belize are coastal villages. As such the maintenance and preservation of our coastline, surrounding waters and marine life is an integral part of the preservation and maintenance of apects of our Garifuna […]

GarIU Indigenous Youth Development Workshops In his well received presentation, Mr Nunez engaged the students in a high level discussion  on resilience in the face if adversities. When asked wht resonated with them  Georgetown Technical High school student Latisha Ramirez said that she was moved by Mr Nunez saying that he is blind but he […]

GARIU Indigenous Youth Progress Nest Self Development Workshop 2022 The GariU Indigenous Youth Progress Nest Self Development workshop held at Barretts Peraansah each as a resounding success thanks to the intertwined arms , heart, and passion of collaborating adults who have committed to building and keeping a secure nest to support and protect our youths. […]

THE GARIFUNA PEOPLE, or Garinagu, are descendants of the Arawaks and Caribs from the Caribbean and West Africans from the island of St. Vincent, and today live mainly along the Caribbean coast in Central American countries like Belize. The drum is the dominant instrument in Garifuna music, and the da-da…boom! sound is used not only to establish the […]

The Garifuna culture in Belize displays many influences of its African heritage, and this is extremely evident when comparing their music with the indigenous music of the African societies from which their ancestors originated. According to one source, most of the slaves brought to the Caribbean were taken from the Niger and cross Delta regions […]

The methods and understandings introduced in previous chapters are used to discuss indigenous sustainable development as it is emerging amongst Afro-indigenous Garifuna in Honduras. Although Garifuna activists, thinkers, leaders, and practitioners share a close geographical relation to Maya groups, their challenges, cultures, and histories are substantially different. As a result, Garifuna sustainable development has its […]