Volunteer in the Costa Rican Rainforest w/ Globe Aware
- Costa Rica
About Program
The great Carara Rainforest Reserve of Costa Rica borders a small village where villagers are fighting to make ends meet while their homeland is being invaded by a national park. The community strives to create a community based tourism which will help with the economic stress on the village. Globe Aware volunteers work hand in hand with the villagers to develop projects based on the community’s needs that can help them achieve this goal. The projects depend on various factors such as what is most needed at the time and what the group before them was able to achieve.
Some projects that have been accomplished are:
Built pedestrian bridges
Buried and installed new PVC water pipe to bring new clean water source into community
Painted school
Built cabinas
Planted hundreds of trees
Built book shelves for school
Built fence around school
Set up First Aid center
Made oil lamps to line public road
Questions & Answers
Location
A pioneer of ecotourism, Costa Rica draws many tourists to its extensive series of national parks and other protected areas. Costa Rica began reversing deforestation in the 1990s, and they are moving towards using only renewable energy. Head to the cloud forest, relax on the beautiful beaches, or visit a coffee farm.
