A group of passionate sports lovers has banded together to form the Community Council for Youth and Sport of Belize. They've got high hopes and big dreams for the future of athletes and of sports in Belize on a whole. Today, they held a press conference explaining why they feel it was necessary for a group to be formed, and what they already have planned for this year
Frank Martinez, CCYSB Member
"In coming together under one umbrella to have per say a stronger bargaining power when it comes dialoging with government and talking to sponsors. I found it very complicated to progress on my own, when I say 'my' I am talking about karate. There are several programs happening in the country but people are on their side doing their own thing. 'If I get I am happy I forget about the rest' we sort of want to change that concept and encourage that we form an umbrella organization that works together with all disciplines in Belize."
Julio Tarrago, CCYSB Member
"We are trying to first give to the youth of this country something to do better than drugs and crime, that is our principal objective. And help those people that have no opportunity to do sport. With sport we can help a lot of society, we can create jobs, we can create things to do that we lack of."
Member
"Our first project which we have planned for this September is call JS-A (Jump Start Arriba) it is a community sports project and we've partner with UNICEF to deliver it. What we are going to do is we are going to bring in people with experience who know how to run such organizations who have done them who work within them from Cuba - Puerto Rico - Jamaica - Mexico they are going to come here they going to help us develop sport in Belize from the ground up."
The Jump Start-Arriba Program, set to begin in September will unite local coaches, educators, and athletes with Olympic sport experts.. To become a part of this organization or to donate funds you can contact them at 632-0626 or email them at info@ccbelize.org.
