Record

LevelSub-sub-series
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)SCF/OP/4/BEL
TitleBelize, formerly British Honduras
Extent2 files
Date1961-1974
DescriptionCorrespondence regarding aid for Belize after hurricanes.
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryAllocations: 1962, 1970, 1975-1976, 1980; see later annual reports for subsequent allocations

British Honduras, Belize became an independent colony in 1884. Self-government was attained in 1964, and independence in 1981.

In 1962, £5,000 was allocated to relief following the hurricane in Belize. There was a small donation in 1970. In 1975, following the devastation caused by Hurrican Fifi, SCF mad a donation of £5,000 followed by £8 the next year. A further donation, mostly of gifts in kind, followed in 1980.
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