Our work in Belize
At a glance
Belize is an English speaking country situated in Central America, bordered by Mexico and Guatemala, and on the east by the Caribbean Sea.
Sightsavers in Belize
The Belize Council for the Visually Impaired (BCVI) is Sightsavers' partner here. BCVI works to prevent blindness and restore sight throughout Belize, with a special focus on those most disadvantaged such as the communities in District Toledo, which is considered the poorest district in the country.
Together with our partners we have also helped write a national disability policy, introduced a literacy programme for people who are blind and conducted pioneering research project into glaucoma - one of the five VISION 2020 priority diseases in the region.
Rehabilitation in Belize
Thanks to people like Disraeli Socorro Bol, living without sight doesn’t mean living without independence.
Experiencing Belize
In July 2009 Luke Arkapaw, an optometrist from Australia, volunteered with the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired (BCVI), our partners in Belize. Luke sent us a personal account of his time there…
Happy camping!
A summer camp for visually impaired children in Belize celebrates another successful year!
Spinning the wheels of steel
Twenty one-year-old Richard from Punta Gorda in Belize is a popular DJ and radio personality, who lost his sight through congenital glaucoma.
Belize High Commissioner podcast
Kamela Palma, the High Commissioner of Belize, talks about her involvement with Sightsavers' partner the Belize Council for Visually Impaired (BCVI).
Seeing with your fingertips
Meet Rowan Garel from Belize. He is 10-years-old, has completed pre-school and is now in Standard Three (UK year 6, American 5th grade), and uses Braille to study.
Snapshot from Belize
Belize is a small beautiful country on the Carribean coast of Central America. But, as is so often the case, there is another side to Belize which the tourists don't see, where people are getting by - just.
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