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Feelgood news of the day.  The Beyond the Horizon team had the inauguration of the new school building at St. Matthew's.  The BTH crew also expanded the Western Regional Hospital. Thanks, BTH, and Godspeed!  

"The new 1700 square foot school building has three separate rooms and is built to withstand Category 5 hurricane winds. The project also includes a new bathroom facility with three bathroom stalls, sinks, and a new septic tank. The teams completed the project ahead of schedule, allowing for additional projects of opportunity, including a new playground area and a wooden deck linking the existing building’s classrooms.

The new school building was built by U.S. Service Men and Women from the reserve component and the National Guard, hailing from Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Montana, Texas, Wisconsin, and Colorado. The project provided the specialists the opportunity to train in their military occupations during six rotations of two-week long deployments. Reservists from the 448th Engineer Battalion out of Fort Buchanan in San Juan, Puerto Rico, provided the core management team, overseeing the duration of the project.

BTH is a collaborative training exercise between U.S. Army South, the Belize Defence Force (BDF), the Ministries of Defence, Health, and Education, as well as partner nations, such as Trinidad and Tobago and Colombia. The project also includes numerous NGOs and private companies from the United States and Belize.

Valued at USD $11.5 million, BTH furthers the U.S. Government’s continued commitment to the Government and people of Belize. BTH enhances health and education infrastructure and provides free medical services across Belize. The exercise consisted of five construction projects and three events offering free general medical and dental services across Belize. BTH started on March 25, 2017 and is scheduled to end on June 15, 2017."

The U.S. Army and the BDF are teaming up again this year in the Beyond the Horizon project, where they'll be doing community service projects in Cayo and Belize.

"Beyond the Horizon 2017 has started!  We officially begin our construction projects on Monday.  We will be building school houses and medical facilities in Belize and Cayo districts. Here are some phots and explanations of our projects. More will be added as we contine our mission."

The Beyond the Horizon medical clinic will be at Macal River Park from Monday, May 8th, to Tuesday, May 16th.  They'll be providing services for vision, dental, pediatrics, and gynecology. 

"Free medical service being provided by the U.S Army from May 8th - 16th 2017 at the Macal Park in San Ignacio.  Date for Benque Viejo and San Jose Succotz is Saturday May 13th 2017. Take advantage and share the information."