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Here is a picture of his daughter Ziyah
​and of his son Shane

SHANE BAIZAR AND
​THE WORK HE IS DOING.

​THE BELIZE HOWLER MONKEY PAVILION WAS A VISION STARTED IN DECEMBER OF 2007 BY SHANE BAIZAR FROM THE BERMUDIAN LANDING VILLAGE IN THE RURAL AREA OF BELIZE CENTRAL AMERICA.GROWING UP IN THAT COMMUNITY SHANE WAS RAISED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER MISS EDNA BAPTIST, WHO TO SHANE IS THE INSPIRATION AND BACKBONE OF HIS PROJECT. SHANE IS THE GRANDSON OF EDNA AND CLIFFORD BAPTIST WHO ARE TWO OF THE PRIMARY LAND OWNERS OF BERMUDIAN LANDING.

HIS GRANDPARENTS HELPED TO OPEN THE DOORS FOR RESEARCH ON THEIR PRIVATE LAND IN THE AREA BACK IN THE 1980'S.THIS LAND COMPRISES 100 ACRES OF RIVER RAIN FOREST.

THE ACRES ALSO MAKE UP PART OF THE VILLAGE THERE AS WELL AS PART OF THE BELIZE RIVER VALLEY.   LIVING IN BELIZE FEELS LIKE HOME TO SHANE. HE HAS ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP AND LOVE FOR NATURE AND ITS WILDLIFE.DURING SHANE'S CHILDHOOD YEARS HE RESIDED BOTH IN THE JUNGLES OF BELIZE AND ALSO VISITED HIS MOTHER WHO LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES AS A NURSE.SHANE WAS ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE SERENITY OF THE BELIZEAN RAIN FOREST WHERE HE WAS BORN BUT HE ALSO CAME TO APPRECIATE BEING IN QUEENS NEW YORK VISITING HIS MOTHER.

​SHANE'S MOTHER LEFT BELIZE FOR BETTER EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES (AS MANY YOUNG CARIBBEAN MOTHERS AND FATHERS DID IN THE 1980'S). RETURNING FROM NEW YORK TO REUNITE WITH HIS FAMILY IN BELIZE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO SHANE. UPON RETURNING TO BELIZE WHERE HE GREW UP AFTER SPENDING A LONG STAY WITH HIS MOM IN NYC, SHANE SAW THE NEED FOR HIS COMMUNITY TO CHANGE. THE POVERTY AND LACK OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVERWHELMED HIM. AT 21 YEARS OLD HE BEGAN (IN-DEPTH) STUDYING TO BECOME KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE BENEFITS OF NATUROPATHIC HEALING AND HOLISTIC MEDICINES. WITH HIS GRANDMA BEING OLDER AND NEEDING HIM MORE THAN HE EXPECTED, SHANE DECIDED TO STAY IN BELIZE AND TEAM UP WITH HER TO FORM A SMALL GRASS ROOTS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CALLED BLACK HOWLA.

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ECOLUTION IS SHANE'S WAY OF "COMBINING ELOQUENCE WITH THE PERSPECTIVE OF BEING AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE RAIN FOREST."

HIS GRANDMA, WAS A LEGENDARY COOK.  MISS EDNA WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR OF THE VILLAGE.  SHE HAD ESTABLISHED A CATERING BUSINESS AND WAS MORE THAN ECSTATIC TO SEE HER FIRST BORN GRANDSON RETURN TO HIS ROOTS.

MISS EDNA MADE SHANE THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF MANAGING THE PROPERTY AND HE BEGAN TAKING COURSES IN TOURISM.   SHANE LATER BECOME A TOUR GUIDE AND
TOUR OPERATOR.    SHANE ALSO STUDIES IN AGRICULTURE,
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, WHILE WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER OVERALL KNOWLEDGE OF THE RAIN FOREST.

SHANE DEDICATED 5 YEARS TO DEVELOPING A
SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOWLER MONKEYS THAT
RESIDED ON HIS OWN PROPERTY.

THE MONKEYS BECAME RECEPTIVE TO HIS SOCIAL INTERACTION AND TO HIS ENERGY.

THEY RESPONDED IN A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO HIS FREQUENCY OF LOVE AND COMPASSION.

The only true teacher is the zeal to know.""

One of Shane's favorite quotes. 
He believes if we desire to grow, we can change ourselves and our environment for the better.
​One does not need to come from an ivy league school to succeed.  Success comes from a desire to learn and work hard, to make the world a better place.