Belize, Banana Bank Youth With A Mission Website

The focus has been discipleship and training. The first training school began in 1983 and the students spent much of their time outside of the classroom chopping a space in the jungle so they could begin to build. The construction and development continued over the years to the point where the training facility has been well established.

• Jail visitation
• Schools are open to drama teams, puppets, musical groups
• Open air outreach
• VBS with local churches
• Villages that are remote and don’t speak English are open to evangelism
• Preschool in Roaring Creek, just now taken over by a USA church to staff and operate can always use visiting help

There are many local ministry opportunities in Jails, schools, churches and out lying villages

• Rainy season-June thru November
• Best work time-December thru March
• Hot time- April thru June

• You need a passport
• You can come into country on visitor’s visa
  

**NOTE: There is a $35.00 US airport exit tax (if not included in your airline ticket), which is charged by the government when you fly out of Belize. Please be sure to set this money aside.

Through the Short Term Outreach Program we host Belizean camps and retreats as well as international teams who participate with us in evangelism, Bible distribution and practical projects such as campus maintenance and construction.

Besides these we are involved in a variety of other things including hosting seminar/conferences for pastors and making our campus available for use by the Christian community as a whole.

The Country
Belize is a small country located below Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and east of Guatemala. It occupies 8,866 square miles, which is slightly larger than nearby El Salvador, Central America's smallest country. Belize is culturally unique. Although it is predominantly Caribbean in culture and race, there is a large Spanish-speaking population, which makes Belize the cross over zone between the Caribbean and Central America.

The population of Belize is roughly 245,000 and the official language is English.

Contact MBI for more information on how you can help at this location!

The Projects
The projects we need help with are:

1. Sand Blasting and changing middle beams of the YWAM bridge and building water tank
2. Renovations; 4 or 5-staff houses need to be wired, plumbed, sheet rocked and painted
3. Large Team house with 5-bdrms, 4-baths, large kitchen and dining area needs painting and maintenance on the outside. It is a great place for teams to live.

Other Serving Opportunities
There us a lot of service work opportunities for women and youth

• Child care for staff kids
• Base Kitchen helper or cook
• Sewing of curtains, etc
• Grounds keeping
• Taking care of the pigs, horses and sheep
• Helping coordinate and working with teams coming and going

Care Of MBI Volunteers
We will be able to provide food and lodging for up to 50 people on our base, families and children are welcome.

Costs for Mission Builders-   approx. $200/month room & board (US funds).  A Team will be charged $30/day. For day trips "horse back trips into the jungle" or "a boat trip to the off shore islands and eating out" the cost runs about $40/person.

Travel Information for Mission Builders -$70 round trip airport pickup, $35 US departure tax at airport (departure tax have recently been added into the cost of your ticket upon purchase) Arrive at BELIZE CITY INTERNATIONAL  Airport (BZE). You receive a 1 month visitor’s visa upon arrival. After the first month visitors visa we will go to the immigration department and buy a 1 month extension for $25usd.

US dollars are readily accepted in Belize and cashing US checks is fairly easy.

Week-end transportation for individuals they can rent the base vehicles for a per mile fee.