I took this photo during a weekend trip in March 2010 to a "Feria" in Copey de Dota, Costa Rica. "Ferias" usually include soccer games, a rodeo, music, dances, and food and bake sales in order to raise money for local community groups. The photo...
This photo is of the Akee Fruit eaten on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica. Careful, its poisonous until it opens! It is usually prepared with fish and vegetables, and tastes delicious!
I helped my town, Nueva Esperanza, secure a grant from Pfizer Pharmeceutical. Pfizer donated all the building materials for a health clinic and sent doctors and medicine for the opening. We had to build it. The response from my town was...
celebrations; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); youth development
I took this photo at a sleep over with the graduating Chicas Poderosas (Powerful Girls) group that I started in my town, Nueva Esperanza de Cano Negro, Los Chiles, Alajuela, Costa Rica. After two months the girls had completed a workbook, service...