On Sunday, March 13, 2011, we began a series of rural community development workshops in Duck Run 1, a Spanish-speaking village. Shown here is the Village Council and Mr. Orlando Jimenez who is the Rural Community Development Officer with whom I work. As an aside, Belize has very interesting village names: Duck Run 2, Duck Run 3, Teakettle, Blackman Eddy, Valley of Peace (which is a Salvadoran refugee community). We will be running sessions in Billy White and the other 17 rural villages in this area--all of which are Spanish-speaking. Duck Run 1 has successfully built a clinic and an internet cafe shown here with volunteer teachers. The Village Council is seeking to submit proposals for potable water, a sports program, and pre-school funding. These photos show the workshop and a visit to the voluntary pre-school presently using the internet cafe building. I am learning that it is easy to get funds for stuff, buildings, and supplies but not so easy for ongoing programs and services. For example, the clinic is a beautiful building but with minimal health services at this point.