Field Note Category: Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica

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

¡Bienvenidos a Pérez Zeledón, Amigos!   Met with much excitement, preparation, and the smell of typical Costa Rican food wafting out of the kitchen, the 44 participants began to file into Casa de La Juventud, our partner agency on the 2018 Pérez Zeledón project. We began the afternoon with a group activity to get the energy … Read More

I’ve been blessed with incredible opportunities in my life to explore, get to know people, get to know new places. I was unbelievably lucky to be in Ecuador as a participant in Amigos de las Américas in 2013– the mountains were amazing, and I remember vividly how it felt to walk in the clouds as … Read More

Participants in Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica during training!