Residents of Punta Gorda Town are being given an opportunity to attend a training on capacity building training for sustainable national development. The training falls under the program, ‘Organizational Strengthening’ and was funded by the Government of Belize at a cost of one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. The project was launched today and is being implemented by Belize Social Investment Fund (BSIF), as part of its mandate to work in line with the Government’s poverty alleviation strategy. BSIF in collaboration with the University of the West Indies Open Campus Belize will train five staff members of PLENTY Belize as trainers; who will then train members of Non-Government and Community Based Organizations based in the Toledo District. Topics will include Group Facilitation Techniques/Adult Learning Theory, Conflict Resolution, Records Management, Management Skills, Training Evaluations and Customer Services. After UWI trains the members of Plenty Belize, UWI will provide a Training Manual for the trainees to facilitate their subsequent trainings as trainers. Plenty Belize will conduct three cycles of workshops offering a total of 12 workshops to members of local community organizations. Plenty Belize is a registered Non-Government Organization located in Punta Gorda whose mission is “Working Together for the People, Communities, and Environment of Toledo.”
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