This week Rain Tees visited some amazing schools in the Central American country of Belize.

Belize has faced many struggles in the past, having only recently gained its independence in 1981 and, even today, deals with high unemployment, and growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, which has led to high crime rates.

Belize also has one of the highest HIV/AIDS rates in Central America and many children there can’t afford to attend school.

Environmentally, Belize is unique as it has the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, second in size only to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and this remarkable area, which was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996, provides an ideal habitat for endangered species, including turtles, tropical fish, dolphins, and sharks.

What’s even more amazing is that an estimated 50-80% of all life on earth is found under our ocean’s surface which cover at least 72% of our earth yet less than 10% of that space has been explored by humans.

At St. Joseph’s school right in Belize City, Rain Tees founder Beth Doane worked with a group of children who are part of an amazing art program. These children have even won awards for their artistic talent!

They took time this week to draw pictures of things that are threatening their homeland and Rain Tees is thrilled to be work more closely with this school in the future!

Maybe some of their incredible pieces will be part of an upcoming Rain Tees collection so stay tuned.

By
Beth Doane
Rain Tees Founder