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Costa Rica

Location: Limón, Costa Rica
Project Focus: Environmental Health and Gardening
Length: 6 Weeks
Dates: June 29, 2010 - August 10, 2010

Project Specific Activities:

  • Promote leadership skills, team building and youth empowerment through environmental activities and gardening.

  • Partner with local youth to run camps for 5-12 year old children focusing on environmental health and gardening

  • Collaborate with community members on the planning and implementation of a community based initiative (CBI).

Take a Photo Tour of Limón:

Project Area:

The region of Limón runs spans between the borders of Panama and Nicaragua along the country’s Caribbean coastline. This area of the country receives the highest amount of rainfall, with peak of the rainy seasons falling between the months of May and August and between December and January. This region is also one of the most geographically diverse in the country; some highlights include lagoons, a beautiful coastline and mountains. The area is also home to the last remaining indigenous tribes in the country. 

Project History:

2010 will mark AMIGOS’ twenty-ninth year working in Costa Rica. Over this time period, the projects have changed dramatically in response to Costa Rica’s relative successes in its economic, political, environmental, and health conditions.

In 2004 AMIGOS began a strong partnership with Casa de la Juventud (CASA), a non-profit organization that develops and implements youth leadership and community development programs throughout Costa Rica.  In 2010 AMIGOS will be partnering with Earth University in the region of Limón.

Partner Agencies:

Earth University

Further Actions:
AMIGOS Voices

“This is an organization that gives people, at a very young age, exposure and opportunity to understanding and serving people that brings about greater understanding and compassion on all sides of national borders. I believe that if all young people were to do AMIGOS, or something like it, they’d be off to a more educated and enlightened start as they pursue their callings in life.”

–Catherine Araiza, Organization Development Consultant, The Methodist Hospital