BELIZE GETS STUPENDOUS GIFT FROM the state of QUINTANA ROO FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF.

ABSOLUTELY STUPENDOUS THE GIFT FROM QUINTANA ROO

The driving force behind the Mexican Hurricane relief supplies, which involved cots, food and mattresses came to a value of a $100,000 in the Mexican truck convoy arranged by the Governor of Quintana Roo.
The driving force were the two border town Mayors. On the Mexican side, Maya Jorge Valencia, of the town of Chetumal, and on the Belize side was our Mayor of our border town, Corozal, Mr. Hilberto Campos. The two Mayors are friends as well. The amazing thing, was the progression from start to finish, from an idea, to the actual Mexican disaster relief delivery in less than 30 hours.
While the relief assistance undoubtedly shocked Government officials in Belmopan, the Belize National Emergency Management Organization and the port town Belize City Council. On the ground, Belizeans were dumbfounded. It isn´t that we don´t appreciate this gift of very prompt disaster relief, it was because they thought of us as neighbors, as brothers in need during a Hurricane disaster. Not only do they declare they are our friends and neighbors and desired to help us, but that sentiment and the size and speed of the disaster relief just overwhelmed people. The generosity of the Mexicans of Quintana Roo is just too much to absorb. There were widespread tears in people´s eyes, when talking about it. It wasn´t the gift that aroused emotion, but the HEART behind the delivery.