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A stretch of rainforest in Belize that allows wildlife to pass freely between protected areas is under threat of ...
Photographer Jake Michaels documented life in Belize’s Mennonite colonies, where members of the conservative protestant sect shun modern technology and contact with wider society.
Inside the lost-in-time Mennonite community in Belize In the 1950s, a group of Mennonites made their home deep in the Belizean jungle. For his new book, photographer Jake Michaels documents their ...
The Mennonites have benefited from the tolerant society and laissez-faire policies in Belize, while Belize has benefited from their industriousness and agricultural expertise.
When Mennonites began moving to Belize in the late 1950s, they did so for the same reason their ancestors have migrated for centuries: to live in line with their religious beliefs, including the ...
Mennonites of the Caribbean: Photos capture secluded communities who fled to Belize in the 1950s from Canada and Mexico and still live traditional life with horse-drawn carriages LA-based ...
We were dealing with Walter Friesen, the spiritual leader of a strict Mennonite community in Belize. It was possible that he was unaware of football (or soccer as it is called in the States).