PROGRAMME ON INNOVATION: LARGE GRANTS PROJECTS

The objectives and activities of SEAM will provide the communities with consistent and reliable potable water, avenues for restoring and conserving the ecosystem in relation to improvement of their livelihoods, community and national adaptive capacity and awareness on climate risk and its relationship to water, and most importantly, training in inclusive and participatory governance at the communi. [...] Of the four rural communities, three are in the Toledo District of Belize, a traditional Maya enclave in the southern part the country; the other community, is in the Corozal District in the north of Belize, nearly 11 km (6.8 miles) from the Mexican border. [...] Further, Senate membership, of which its 12 members are also appointed by the Governor General; six are appointed under the advice of the Prime Minister, three are appointed on the advice of the opposition, and the remaining three, by non-government organizations. [...] The Rio Hondo forms the northern boundary of the country, with Mexico, and, in the south, the Sarstoon River is the boundary with Guatemala5. [...] As of 2020, 85% of the villagers reported being in favor of a communal land system, and the community is in the process of acquiring and demarcating communal land for the Village through the Alcalde system.