Costa Rica

Costa Rica Farewell: A Final Week of Surfing, Rafting, and Celebration

Written by Anya & Petra Hola por última vez desde Costa Rica! Our trip has come to an end, but the fun certainly hasn’t. Throughout our last week in the community, we finished helping out by cleaning up and completing our center murals. After that, the only thing left to do was have fun and celebrate […]

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Waterfalls, Friendship, and Community: LIA’s Journey in Pueblo Nuevo

Written by Zoe DeMichele and Jesse Sultan  Hola! At the end of the last blog, we had just arrived in Pueblo Nuevo and met our new families. Moments later, we got to work. Our work of painting tires, digging holes for the fences, and mixing concrete has beautified the Pueblo Nuevo futból field. But the real

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Exploring Costa Rica: A Week of Service Projects, New Experiences, and Weekend Fun!

Written by Petra, Anya, and Carlos  Buenos días! We’ve been working very hard on our service project this past week, as well as starting our secondary project: a mural in the community center for everyone to enjoy! After working hard this whole week, we got to enjoy a nice weekend at Hotel Pelicano with fun

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Leaders-in-Action: A Journey of Adventure and Growth in Costa Rica

Written by Jesse Sultan and Zoe DeMichele A Warm Welcome and New Experiences Pura Vida! Here’s what you’ve been missing. After departing the San Jose Airport, we embarked on a two-day adventure at the Hotel Mirador, filled with rice and beans, zip lining, many ice breakers, tons of team-building exercises, and maybe some more rice

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Community Life in Las Mercedes: Milking Cows, River Adventures, and Football Fun!

Written by Lissa We’ve arrived at our host community and have spent our first few days here working, playing football (soccer 😊), eating platanos, and hanging out. The 8 of us are split into 3 houses with varying numbers of siblings and pets. Top Highlights This Week: 🐮 Learning how to milk a cow: It was

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