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More Tomorrow is a small village located along the
Belize River The Belize River runs through the center of Belize. It drains more than one-quarter of the country as it winds along the northern edge of the Maya Mountains to the sea just north of Belize City (). The Belize river valley is largely tropical rain ...
in
Cayo District Cayo District is a district located in the west part of Belize. It is the most extensive, second-most populous and third-most densely populated of the six districts of Belize. The district's capital is the town of San Ignacio. Geography Being ...
,
Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...
. It was originally used as a trading post along the Belize River for travelers transporting goods from Guatemala to Belize City and then out to the Caribbean. It is approximately 5 miles from the
George Price Highway The George Price Highway is one of four main highways in Belize. It originates in Belize City, runs west through Hattieville, the Belize Zoo, the capital city of Belmopan (northern outskirts), San Ignacio, San José Succotz (across the river fro ...
, and about 20 minutes from Belmopan, the capital of Belize. According to the 2010 census, More Tomorrow has a population of 154 people in 28 households. The village is home to a water tower, valued at $30,000, constructed in 2014 as the culmination of a project coordinated betwee
Gaither Evangelistic Ministries
in More Tomorrow, an
Arkansas Engineers Abroad
a Registered Student Organization at the
University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest university in the state. Founded as Arkansas ...
. The water tower has piping connected to a nearby church and elementary school and serves as the community's first source of drinking water uncontaminated with ''E. coli'', ''Staph'', or
fecal coliform A fecal coliform (British: faecal coliform) is a facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, gram-negative, non-sporulating bacterium. Coliform bacteria generally originate in the intestines of warm-blooded animals. Fecal coliforms are capable of growth ...
. The sanitation of the tower's water is maintained by the community through the use of chlorine tablets and taught sanitation practices. More Tomorrow is also the new home (as of 2018) of a Family Theme Park called "Belmopan Beach Adventure Park". The park is a privately owned park which has a natural river sandy beach area called "Secret Beach", as well as activities such as horseback and horse drawn wagon riding, river kayaking and tubing, shooting range, water slides, jungle maze, and a horse racing track.


History

More Tomorrow's first village council was established in 1966.


References

Populated places in Cayo District Cayo South {{Belize-stub