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Well all the kids who participated in the Belize camping experience summer camp have come to terms with it as the camp ends tomorrow. The Director for Belize Camping Experience along with two volunteers came by our studio today to tell us how this year's summer camp went.

Alexander Perez, Director, Belize Camping Experience
"Well another year has come and gone. We are finishing up summer camps this week and we are wrapping up and we had the opportunity to work in the city, in Burrell Boom, in Hattieville and Ladyville. We were able to impact a lot of children in that neighborhood. 15 camps were done and over 74 young people who came from across the country to volunteer."

"One of the things that we really focused on this year and we are finding out that we need to do more effectively is that we need to equip our young people much better in leadership and so this year really focused, if we can have better leadership with our young people then that is going to trigger the children and it is going to be like having good positive role models and so this year we were really able to train, a lot of team work because we get young people from all across Belize."

Nadeesha Robinson, Team Leader, Belize Camping Experience
"In the morning they had chapel time which consist of skits, crafts, lessons and singing and dancing then there was game time when they go out in the field or basketball court, sword fights and having fun and enjoying because some kids don't have the opportunity to be a kid because they have responsibilities that are not to be their responsibility."

Jeremy Zantingh, Intern, Belize Camping Experience
"The Harvest for Kids initiative, that is what sponsors or keeps us going without those farmers who are giving up of their time, their land, the money we would not be able to have summer camps and o thankfully we have many generous farmers in our country who are willing to put that time and effort in and because of that we were able to reach 1,050 kids this summer."

As you heard, 1,050 kids participated in the summer camp. The Belize camping experience provides leadership training to youth between age 15 to 21. To find out more you can go to Belize camping experience facebook page.