'Affordable Food for Belmopan’ Needy'

'Affordable Food for Belmopan’ Needy'
01:18 Mar 5
'Visit youtube.com/gbtvfeed for the live stream of the entire newscast, or visit www.channel5belize.com for a text transcript.  Amidst all the bloodshed that has dominated the news over the past few days, there is a bit of good news to share tonight. In Belmopan, the city council has started a new initiative to help feed its most disadvantaged families healthy food at a nominal cost. The food bank, as Mayor Sheran Palacio calls it, involves donations from businesspeople.  The Belmopan City Council which will act as the distribution point will receive and package the perishable items in five pound bags. Mayor Palacio told News Five that for the Christmas holidays, they decided to distribute the food items free of cost to more than eighty families in that municipality.' 

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