Field Note Category: Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica

What a week in community! The volunteers arrived last Saturday in their communities and have each had an eventful week getting to know their host families, exploring the beautiful Costan Rican landscape, and enjoying their daily cafecito. Each day is filled with the volunteers working on community microprojects, spending afternoons with the community youth, and … Read More

Our Session A volunteers are already at work in their communities throughout Pérez Zeledón after a fun and successful briefing! Here’s a glimpse of what we’ve been up to since our volunteers arrived in country: Day 1: Our team of supervisors met our volunteers at the San Jose airport. After weeks of preparation, we were … Read More

Yo soy de Costa Rica, y la zona de Pérez Zeledón es bien conocida por su café y por supuesto no puede faltar nuestro orgullo nacional KEYLOR NAVAS, el famoso portero del equipo de futbol del Real Madrid y que salió de un pueblito de Pérez. Lo que yo realmente nunca me imaginé y debo … Read More

Rebeca nació y creció en un pequeño pueblo, Zarcero en Costa Rica, su pasión por cambiar el mundo la llevo a involucrarse en proyectos de voluntariado, su primer voluntariado fue en un proyecto de tortugas en el cual descubrió su vocación por el trabajo ambiental, seguido de esto se graduó de la Universidad con un … Read More

This blog was written by Jack, a Project Supervisor. This last week, the wonderful and vivacious participants of Session B arrived in their communities! Going on route and seeing how my kids were adjusting to their new surroundings was a joy and even within the first few days I have seen huge strides from everyone. … Read More

Participants from Session B finally arrived to Costa Rica! All participants landed in San José, capital of Costa Rica on July 18th. After their arrival, briefing got started! All AMIGOS staff were in charge of introducing participants to Costa Rican culture and our area of work, Pérez Zeledón. During the week they also met their … Read More

This week on route, participants were asked to carry out a community fundraiser. The fundraiser could go towards the project or the day camp activities or anything else the community felt would be fitting. All the fundraisers were supposed to take place on June 28th which was the day I was visiting Santa Marta. The … Read More

We are happy to report that all participants from Session B of the Pérez Zeledón Project arrived safely at the airport last night, where they were met by project staff. They spent the night at a hostel nearby and will begin briefing activities this morning. Bienvenidos a Costa Rica!

The first week in community is already over! Staff have settled in and our participants are all having a great time in their communities. It has been a month since staff arrived. We had the chance to visit all the amazing communities where we are working now, and meet community members, coordinators, and host families. … Read More