Throughout our longstanding relationship with the CRHF, our groups have helped with numerous projects. We have helped build a high school for the youth of Picarges and run sports, reading, dance, crafts and face painting programming for the children of La Carpio,  Palenque, and Concepción. Our participants have constructed and delivered beds to reduce overcrowding and provided children with their own beds for the first time. Finally, our groups helped reconstruct a single-family home that was destroyed in a fire.

About the CRHF
In 1978, Gail Nystrom left New Jersey for a Peace Corps assignment in Costa Rica. She moved there and founded the Costa Rican Humanitarian Foundation (CRHF) to improve the quality of life for populations in need. From her vision and drive, the CRHF manages more than fifty projects focusing on education, community development and preventive health care. Gail is a shining example to each of us of the difference a single person can make.

Flamingo is the quintessential beach community. The impact of tourism and development has created economic and environmental challenges for the locals. Our groups have helped in beach preservation, painting and building local homes for underprivileged residents, sprucing up the community center, and renovating a local classroom – which has all contributed to improving this community’s quality of life.

About Siempre Amigos
Founded in 2011, Siempre Amigos is an NGO partner organization that focuses on social responsibility with the mission to assist low-income families in the rural areas of Guanacaste, specifically in the improvement of living conditions. Siempre Amigos facilitates short-term projects with both local and international volunteers.

For 22 years, Urbarium has worked with those living in vulnerable communities coordinating efforts to create positive change. Urbarium provides sustainable social programs and building projects strengthening community bonds, spaces, and infrastructure. Our groups learn and work alongside community members through one of Urbarium’s various programs. Past projects have included constructing new homes for individual families and helping to renovate a multi-purpose field used by local community members.

About Urbarium
Urbarium is a non-profit association that has been promoting communities for more than 20 years. They work to ensure at-risk groups have access to housing and accessibility to adequate social, physical and environmental communities.

Our groups have aided in reforestation and rainforest rejuvenation by planting trees and plants native to Costa Rica. Under the supervision of a local guide, our students learn how to protect growing plants from invasive species at this local co-op. Students also enjoy learning about coffee plants' care and growth.

About the Life Monteverde Co-op
Life Monteverde is a co-operative in Monteverde, Costa Rica, with a strong background in agriculture and nature conservation. Their mission is to produce, protect, and educate to help perpetuate a sustainable life on Earth.

Help with various tasks with LAST including boat trips to conduct in-water studies, lending a helping hand in the sea turtle rescue center, work on mangrove reforestation project and with beach cleaning. 

About LAST
For close to thirty years, their vision has been to realize a future where all inhabitants of the Costa Rican coasts can live together in balance; where healthy populations of sea turtles fulfill their ecological roles and critical natural habitats are sustainably managed.

Volunteer at this animal sanctuary, home to sloths, ocelots, macaws, toucans, crocodiles and much more. Help their team with the important work they cannot accomplish without the contribution of volunteers.

About the Refugio Animal de Costa Rica
The sanctuary is located in the Central Valley of Costa Rica. It provides a safe haven for orphaned and injured wildlife, as well as for those who had to be relocated away from homes in the city.