Our history

How we have helped...

HfP has partnered with the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in implementing the Refugee Protection Programme from 1995 to the present date. Activities included:

• Management of Micro-credit programs for Refugee Impacted Communities
• Conducting productive and infrastructural Quick Impact Projects (QUIPS) in 81 Refugee Impacted Communities affecting over 112,300 beneficiaries
• Providing protection services for Refugees seeking regularization
• Providing logistical assistance for the integration of Central American Refugees including the status regularization
• Assisting asylum seekers, including new arrivals and appeals

Above: traditional house at El Pilar

Help for Progress understands that the problems of rural communities in Belize are multi-faceted and multi-layered. Each community is unique and must be dealt with on an individual basis. Understanding the values and connectivity of communities, surveying the various aspects of life and then sharing those findings, brings new light and inspiration to move them forward on the path they choose. Empowering them with capacitation from outside experts and political support from the government.

See also: highlights of past experience