Current News, Field Reports and Volunteer Voices

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Global Volunteer and student painting table in Costa Rica

Our Last Full Day with the Students

Team Journal Entry for Thursday, March 17  Oh my, a busy day working with the kids to finish our many projects. There was cloud cover all day, which kept the hot sun at bay. Early morning watering of the many, many painted buckets already…
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Volunteers planting in Costa Rica

Planting in Costa Rica

Team Journal Entry for Wednesday, March 16 Our first class was Jorge’s where we did our intros in Spanish and then went on to planting the long awaited plants that had been ordered. They came in black plastic bags, rooted in soil, and…
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Global Volunteer Sharon in conversational English classes with students in Costa Rica

Learning about Education in Costa Rica

Team Journal Entry for Tuesday, March 15  We are now three volunteers - Sharon of California, Barb, and I - having said “goodbye” to Vicki and Roberto last Friday. Today was not a typical day. We did start off with breakfast by Tatiana…
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“Clean Monday”…Kathara Deftera in Greece!

Today in Greece the Greeks celebrate Clean Monday " Kathara Deftera" which marks the end of the carnival and the beginning of Great lent. It is called this because Christians  begin this season with "clean hearts and good intentions". Due…
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What a Wonderful Day!

Thought for the day:  "For one minute, walk outside, stand there in silence, look up at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is." What a wonderful day meeting with Stephen, our wonderful, kind, compassionate leader, along with…
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Global Volunteers at Santa Elena Cloud Forest Preserve in Costa Rica

Planting Hydrangeas and Lantanas

Team Journal Entry for Friday, March 11  On Friday morning we all went off to work at the school, but two of our team left after lunch to return home to Connecticut and Seattle. We will miss them as they were good team members. In the…
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Cloud forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica
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A Visit to the Beautiful Cloud Forest

Team Journal Entry for Thursday, March 10 We assemble for breakfast in the hotel. The mood is relaxed and convivial. Considering we were total strangers four days ago, there isn’t any awkwardness or pretense. Our team is gelling naturally.…
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Costa Rica volunteers and students painting ice cream buckets together in Santa Elena, Monteverde

Fantastic Progress

Team Journal Entry for Wednesday, March 9, 2016 We gathered for Tatiana's wonderful breakfast at the terribly early hour of 7 a.m. The Message of the Day was from Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful…
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Prepare food for children in Peru
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Preparing Food at the Largest Children’s Home in Peru

Volunteers prepare food for children in Peru: A journal entry by a volunteer serving at PPA, the largest children's home in Peru. Today at the PPA (Puericultorio Perez Aranibar children's home), we are going to help prepare food for children…
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Our painted ice cream buckets for planting on campus

Connecting With the Students

Team Journal Entry for Tuesday, March 8 Breakfast was delicious. I read the Message of the Day to remind us of “where we are and why we are here.” Then we heard Bill’s surgically precise journal entry for Monday. After breakfast,…
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Costa Rica volunteer Barb in conversational English class with students

Our First Day of Service at Colegio

Team Journal Entry for Monday, March 7, 2016 Breakfast at 7 a.m. Morning message and then off to Colegio, the local high school that specializes in tourism. We met with Ana Ruth’s ecotourism class. Lots of laughs as we and they introduced…
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