Ambassador Lily Li-Wen Hsu was delighted to attend the Opening Ceremony of the “Fruit Jam Training Workshop” in Corozal on July 28, 2023
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Ambassador Lily Li-Wen Hsu was delighted to attend the Opening Ceremony of the “Fruit Jam Training Workshop” in Corozal on July 28. Also present at the ceremony were Hon. Florencio Marin Jr., Minister of National Defence and Border Security, Hon. Elvia Vega Samos, Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous People’s Affair, H.E. Amalia Mai, CEO in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration, His Worship Rigo Vellos, Mayor of Corozal Town, as well as Mr. Robert Pan, Chief of Taiwan Technical Mission in Belize and Mr. Miguel Wang, Project Manager.
The training project was funded by TaiwanICDF under the Belize-Taiwan Women’s Empowerment Project cooperative framework, with an aim to train women in the Corozal Bay area to generate income through jam crating, product packaging and branding. It will also help to add value to the locally grown fruits.
The Embassy is honored to work together with the Government of Belize on issues that are critical to the national development of Belize.
