The Yurumein Project and Melisizwe Brothers Continue Their Collaborative Mission with Gold Mind Belize 2025

Empowering Youth Through Music, Education, Sports and Culture

@ TMB Gold Mind Collective

Posted Apr 14, 2025 • 2 min read

The Melisizwe Brothers & The Yurumein Project. Dangriga, Belize.

The Yurumein Project, a not-for-profit organization focused on preserving Garifuna language, culture, and community advancement, recently concluded another impactful edition of Gold Mind Belize—an annual youth development initiative, now in its third year of collaboration with international music group the Melisizwe Brothers: Marc, Seth, and Zacary, founders of the TMB Gold Mind Collective, from Leduc, Alberta, Canada, and with parental heritage from Yurumein, St. Vincent and The Grenadines.

Gold Mind Symposium. Ecumenical College, Dangriga, Belize.

Gold Mind Belize 2025 centered around the theme of investing in relationships and building strong networks, a message delivered through a weeklong series of educational, cultural, and athletic engagements across the Stann Creek District and local communities. With support from schools and project collaborators, the initiative continues to inspire and empower youth while promoting heritage and leadership.

The week featured a youth symposium at Stann Creek Ecumenical Junior College, an appreciation dinner for Yurumein Project members and supporters in Belize City, and the Gold Mind Symposium Concert at Stann Creek Ecumenical High School—where the Yurumein Project Youth Arm, and the Melisizwe Brothers performed. The concert also raised funds in support of local athletes traveling to the 2025 Penn Relays, where students from Ecumenical High have competed since 2018.

Run for St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Dangriga, Belize.

Additional outreach included school visits to Gulisi Community Primary and St. Matthew’s Anglican Primary School, as well as the Annual 5K Walk/Run for SVG, hosted across Dangriga, Belize City, Orange Walk, and Punta Gorda. The event brought together supporters in a shared effort to raise funds for the Athletic Track Project—a long-term initiative led by the Yurumein Project to construct a synthetic running track in Southern Belize. Proceeds from the run also supported Stann Creek Ecumenical High School’s athletic team as they prepare to compete in the 2025 Penn Relays.

Cultural preservation remained central to the tour, marked by the Honouring of Our Elders Ceremony, which paid tribute to the legacy and contributions of Garifuna elders. The week concluded with a Community Day in Seine Bight Village, where the community participated in activities of music, dance, and sports.

To further support youth development, the Yurumein Project and Melisizwe Brothers facilitated donations to schools and community programs—providing educational resources, musical instruments, and sports equipment.

This year’s Gold Mind Belize Tour, made possible through the leadership and support of the Yurumein Project, continues to strengthen opportunities for youth through culture, community, athletics and connection.