The Belize City Council also wanted to do its part to fight crime. It was planned weeks ago and publicized for days but today the council's grand anti-crime march was a bust. The march was supposed to start at the City Center at 2 pm but it didn't move off because the schools which had promised to participate did not. In fact out of all the high schools in the city, only students from Gwen Lizarraga High School and the Anglican Cathedral College showed up to participate. The march was planned by the council's Anti-Crime Association to raise funds to assist those children who have been affected by domestic violence. Acting Chairman of the Association Troy Banner says they are disappointed but not deterred.
Troy Banner, Acting Chairman
"What we will do in the near future is that we will be sending the cans to the different business houses and we are asking them to set these cans in their establishments so that we can seek funds through that initiative to assist those children who are affected by domestic violence."
Keith Swift,
Do you believe that the lack of support, the lack of schools that came out, is indicative of a lack of commitment or concern?
Troy Banner,
"Well I don't really want to say a lack of concern but people do have sudden mishaps and other things that come up so we cannot really be mad at them. But I must thank Anglican Cathedral College and Gwen Liz for showing their support by just coming out and using time out of their busy schedules to be here this evening."
You can find the bottles to drop your donations in at locations across the city. Again only students from ACC and Gwen Liz showed up. It's important to note that while all the other schools agreed to participate, only E.P. Yorke respectfully declined.
