At Starfish Outreach, we believe education and empowerment is the key to a brighter future. Here's how we're making that happen.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
A preschool can offer many positives for a community, but without fostering meaningful relationships, a preschool is just another building. Through creating community partnerships, joining in community events, visiting and connecting with families, and participating in local church programs, Starfish Outreach has made genuine, life-long connections with the people of Belize.
COUNTLESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVED
BUILDING & RENOVATION
Over the last sixteen years we've been able to build and renovate two preschools, complete with new electrical wiring, indoor plumbing, storm-resistant roofing, and kitchen facilities. These new schools now serve more than 50 students a year in villages where early education was previously nonexistent.
over 500 PEOPLE HAVE VOLUNTEERED
MEDICAL TRAINING
Training for hospital staff and first responders is limited in Belize, which lead us to establish an annual series of certification seminars in First Aid and CPR in partnership with the Red Cross. Since 2015, we have certified over 130 people, and provided dozens of local law enforcement officers and civil servants with First Aid training.
130 PEOPLE CERTIFIED
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Teaching skills, making friends, and building up the community are just a few of the benefits of our community education and vocational workshops. Each year, dozens of locals join us for sewing, woodworking and metalworking classes taught by local and visiting volunteer members.
40+ ATTENDEES A YEAR
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Starfish Outreach aims to provide high-quality education for all the children enrolled in our preschools. Studies have shown early childhood education programs prepare children to develop the social and emotional skills they need to succeed and provide the building blocks for educational achievement, a more profound love of learning, economic productivity, responsible citizenship, strong communities, and successful parenting of the next generation.