Machakil Ha Students Walk through Mud to Get to School

4,415 views · Published 30 August 2018 · 2:58 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: Greater Belize Media | GBM · 2018 · News & Politics

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Machakil Ha is one of the most southernmost villages in the Toledo district and has a small population. The children from the village have to attend school at Corazon Creek Village which is about fifteen miles away. It might not seem difficult if they commute by public transportation, but for the students of Machakil Ha, the task of getting to school involves trekking five miles on foot through bushes, walking through mud and then taking a ten-mile bus ride. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo reports.

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