Final MOD Blog

After several weeks of hard work, we finally got to see the campaign in action! Our first presentation was delivered in San Antonio, Cayo District, Belize. At first there were hardly any women in the audience and we were nervous that no one would attend. We soon realized that the women of San Antonio were just on Belizean time. They finally arrived over an hour later, and the room was eventually packed!

Our main responsibility was to take care of the children and run activities while their mothers watched the presentation. We brought various arts and crafts including paper, markers, paint and coloring books. Unfortunately we underestimated the number of children attending and were cleaned out of supplies within the first half hour!

A "full house" at the first presentation in San Antonio!

All of the kids LOVED having their pictures taken!

Artwork from one of the kids in San Antonio painted

Overall the first presentation was a success. Ms.Anna received 4 new clients and will be reviewing their cases at Mary Open Doors. She believes the information delivered in the presentation opened their eyes and made them realize they were in abusive relationships.

Later in the week we traveled to Cristo Rey for the second presentation. Although less women attended, we had to consider the population of the community, which is significantly smaller then San Antonio. Even with the smaller crowd, it was still a great success and Ms.Anna gained 2 more new clients!

-Storm Leland, Jordan Walsh, and Hayley Williams