Welcome
In His Footprints is a Christ-centered ministry serving in Armenia, Belize. It is officially registered as a nonprofit organization in Canada and Belize. In July 2017, IHF celebrated its tenth anniversary.
Facing high levels of unemployment and unaffordable post-elementary education costs, most Belizean youth are hopelessly entrapped in systemic, generational poverty.
Through Christ-like mentorship, IHF restores hope by empowering them through:
- Trade Skills Training: (carpentry, welding, hair-cutting, baking, small engines, etc)
- High School Sponsorship Programs
IHF is also engaged in community outreach programs involving local youth and international volunteers.
They include:
- hospice care for the poor, sick and elderly
- environmental stewardship: community cleanup projects
- teaching/tutoring at village pre/grade school
- orphanage support
- hosting youth retreats
- hosting hygiene and nutrition clinics
To ensure donor accountability, Canadian operational costs are minimized by being a volunteer-driven, online, micro-ministry. Belize is similar with the exception of the modest wages of our ministry leader.
To foster self-sustainability in Belize, IHF:
- is governed by a Belize board comprised of Christian educators, community leaders and businessmen.
- creates entrepreneurial opportunities by producing marketable products through its job skills programs.
- holds local fundraising events in support of additional youth being enrolled in job skills and high school programs
- cultivates its acreage in eco-sensitive ways growing healthy, nutritional food
Care to Help Fulfill Our Mandate?
Besides your prayers, if you wish to support IHF financially, two options are available to you:
- General Donation
-directed towards the ongoing operations of the ministry
- Education Fund
-directed towards the job skills and high school sponsorship programs
Mission: In His Footprints seeks to support and encourage Belizeans to define their dreams and pursue them through skill development programs, mentoring, and community engagement.
Vision: In His Footprints envisions Belizeans working with Belizeans to develop a sustainable future that is accessible to all.
Each year, In His Footprints files a T3010 return with the Canadian Revenue Agency.
In His Footprints’ charitable registration number is 83200 9237 RR0001.
Belize Facts
Population: 360,346 (July 2017 est.)
Area Comparative: slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Life Expectancy: 68.7 years
Population living below poverty line: 41% (2013 est.)
Gross Domestic Product per capita: $8,200 (2016 est.)
Language: English 62.9% (official), Spanish 56.6%, Creole 44.6%, Maya 10.5%