Heritage Education Network Belize visited UNESCO Headquarters on the 7th of March 2024 to watch the premiere of a new documentary titled “Her Education, Our Future”. The film follows the educational paths of four young women - Anee, Fabiana, Mkasi and Tainá - from different corners of the world.
Read MoreHENB was invited to attend the Belizing Tourism Innovation Lab Project's 'From Learning to Impact' Event held at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel on October 24th, 2023.
Read MoreHeritage Education Network held its 3rd annual KULCHA Symposium.
Read MoreOn a sunny morning, Heritage Education Network Belize, in collaboration with World Monuments Fund (WMF), and the support of the Institute of Archaeology, NICH, hosted the "Lamanai Watch Day" at Lamanai Archaeological Reserve.
Read MoreHENB presented at the "Back to School Fest" at Holy Family Primary School!
Read MoreThe HENB team was well-represented at the 2022 Belize Archaeology Symposium (BAS).
Read MoreJoin Heritage Education Network Belize and the Europa Nostra #Women4Heritage Network for an international and intergenerational dialogue with women in the Cultural Heritage field on Monday 23 May from 10:00-11:00 (CST, Belize) / 18:00 - 19:00 (CEST, Brussels). Taking place in the frame of the European Year of Youth 2022, the event is aimed at students and young professionals to discuss education and career opportunities and challenges for the future of women in Cultural Heritage.
Read MoreHENB Director, April Martinez presented at the 1st Research Conference on Belizean Women, organised by the University of West Indies Open Campus, Belize on the 31st of March in 2022.
Read MoreHENB celebrates #Women4Heritage with Europa Nostra with an intergenerational dialogue to mark International Women’s Day. For the second year in a row, Europa Nostra celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March 2022.
Read MoreThank you to the Saint John's College High School History Club for inviting HENB and our Director, April Martinez, to talk about all things KULCHA in honour of Women’s Month in 2022!
Read MoreLamanai Archaeological Reserve and Cultural Landscape Named to 2022 World Monuments Watch.
Read MoreWe are extremely happy to announce that our co-director, Ella Békési has been selected to be part of the European Heritage Youth Ambassadors team for 2022. Follow our director on her Instagram @craboo.creative to learn more about European Culture!
Read MoreHeritage Education Network Belize has received a grant to be part of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Economic Empowerment Project to enhance the economic empowerment of women in Latin America and the Caribbean in the COVID-19 Post-Pandemic era! We will create a 2-week virtual training on culture, marketing, and digital literacy for women’s groups, cooperatives, and MSMEs in the cultural and creative industries.
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Read MoreOur co-director, Ella Békési has been invited to be a visiting researcher at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Switzerland and represent Heritage Education Network Belize. USI is the UNESCO Chair in Information Communication Technologies to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites.
Read MoreHENB co-director, Rebecca Friedel Juan, will be presenting at the 2021 Royal Anthropological Institute's Anthropology and Conservation conference on October 26, 2021. She will join a panel of scholars and experts for a roundtable entitled "Changes in Access to the Environment and Maya Identity: Collaborative Approaches to Conserving Cultural Landscapes on the Belize/Guatemala border".
Read MoreSince prehispanic times, Belize's many rivers have been traffic arteries that structure the territory. Through the use of traditional indigenous boats, rivers connect coastal sites to those inland. I would like to introduce you to these two means of transport, emblematic of river navigation, the dory and the pitpan.
Read MoreFirst, I would like to talk about the birth of the Maya Writing Club and my personal journey in reaching an understanding of how this ancient Maya writing system works. As a Club we set several goals every year with the prime objective of going out to educate and share what we have learnt.
Read MoreMy study argues that an exploration of Indigenous mathematics, ways of knowing, doing, and being through culture-based practices of Maya Elders, can enact and create a more enlivening and empowering mathematics curriculum. I use the term weaving as a metaphor to conceptualize mathematics as a fabric of interlaced concepts.
Read MoreThis piece will seek to discuss how the adaptation of the Cohune Industry in Belize is a positive step towards sustainability and conservation.
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