Free Mangoes, Anyone?

It’s mango season in Belize and, unless you have your own tree to enjoy the succulent fruit at your heart’s content, you would have to purchase them from vendors. But there is one family on the George Price Highway that shares mangoes for free to anyone who wants. Crystal Bautista tells News Five that, in a world of violence, they just want to spread kindness and love. So, if you like mangoes and are passing near mile thirty-eight on the George Price highway and see the hand-written sign marked “Free Mangoes”, it is not a trick. Bautista says you’re welcome to take as many as you want.

 

Crystal Bautista, Resident, St. Matthew’s Village

“We have a lot of trees and All the mangoes are just falling off, so instead of letting it waste, we just give people it, just mek them have some.”

 

Marion Ali

“Okay, that’s very kind of you; people who have mango trees usually sell the mangoes.

 

Crystal Bautista

“Yes, ma’am, but we prefer give it away. We don’t want to sell it, just to put out the kindness out there. People stop and still ask if it’s free. If da true ih free. We tell them yes, it’s free. They could get how much they want.”

 

Marion Ali

“If yoh want two, you could get it. If you want wa bag full, you could get it?”

 

Crystal Bautista

“Yes, ma’am.”

 

Marion Ali

“And if people want to buy it, do you sell them?”

 

Crystal Bautista

“No, we don’t sell it. If they want to leave something, they leave it. If not, dehn could just ker it. Yes, ma’am.”

 

Marion Ali

“Very good. And this is every day?”

 

Crystal Bautista

“Yes, ma’am. Every day.”