Hi, my name is Matt Salazar and I am a senior Humanities for Teaching major at Seattle University, a Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington. Beginning in January, I will be spending three months as an intern at St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic School in Punta Gorda Town, Belize. As part of my duties I will be helping out in Standards 5 and 6 (the U.S. equivalent of 7th and 8th grade) in the Confirmation and English classes. In the next month before I leave, I will be sharing little tidbits about Belize and its fascinating history. First of all, a little bit on Belize itself:
Belize
Belize is a country in Central America south of the State of Quintana Roo in Mexico and east of the Peten region of Guatemala.
Size: Slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Population: 301, 270
Ethnic Groups: Mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7%
Date of Independence: September 21, 1981
Government: Parliamentary Democracy
Former Name as Colony: British Honduras
Religion: Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27%, Other 14%, None 9.4%
Languages: Spanish 46%, Kriol 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9%, Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, Other 1.4%, Unknown 0.2%
Largest sectors of economy: Tourism (including ecotourism), sugar, banana, citrus, garment manufacturing, fishing, lumber
External Debt: $1.2 billion
Unemployment: 9.4%
Literacy: 76.9 % (males: 76.7%, females 77.1%)
Education expenditures: 5.3 % of GDP
Belize Fun Fact: Belize is the only country on the North American continent without a coastline on the Pacific Ocean
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