In the west, we understand that regular individuals in the community played a major role in coming to the aid of Cayo residents living near the burning forests of the Vaca Reserve.
We have since been provided with a cell phone interview with 3 women: 3 civilians who noticed the distress that the residents of Benque Viejo Town faced, due to a shortage in food caused by the COVID-19 threat. They decided that they wanted to help, and coincidentally, their intervention took place when the wildfires were raging in the Vaca reserve. Here's what they had to say about how trying to donate food evolved into a collaboration with a large group of community members who wanted to put out the fires nearest to Benque:
These women say that persistent reports have reached them about a possible source of the agricultural fire that has put the Vaca Forest Reserve at risk. According to them, reports are that it was started by a milpa farmer who may not even be a Belizean national.
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