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    • Junior Achievement Group

    • Junior Achievement Group

    • Youth Development

    • This photo is the Jr. Achievement Group from the Telesecundaria de Cedral (Cedral High School), who were attending a Jr. Achievement competition in the capitol of Costa Rica- San Jose. The students were in 11th grade and started their own small...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • La Cruz School World Map

    • La Cruz School World Map

    • Schools; Art

    • I painted this world map mural on the outside of the primary school in La Cruz de Abangares, Costa Rica. It has every country in the world in Spanish, as well as inspirational quotes on the sides that I took from Martin Luther King, Jr. Together...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • La Cruz School

    • La Cruz School

    • Schools; Art

    • This photo is a shot of several cultural paintings on the exterior of the primary school in La Cruz de Abangares, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Included in this photo are the Guanacaste Tree, the phrase "Orgullosamente Guanacasteco," or "proudly...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Guanacaste Dance

    • Traditional Guanacaste Dance

    • Schools; Art

    • I painted this mural of a couple dancing, in traditional Guanacaste dress, on the exterior of the primary school in La Cruz de Abangares, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is part of a large mural project I led with the students consisting of cultural...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Guanacaste Tree

    • Guanacaste Tree

    • Schools; Art

    • This mural of the Guanacaste tree, a national Costa Rican cultural symbol, was painted by students of the primary school in La Cruz de Abangares! It is part of a large mural project I led consisting of several cultural paintings on the exterior of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Future Artists!

    • Future Artists!

    • Teachers and students; Art

    • I took this photo on April 4, 2011 at my community's elementary school in Costa Rica. First through sixth graders participated in a drawing competition that I put together. The top 25 drawings were selected by the school teachers and staff to be...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • It's Not Too Late to Learn

    • It's Not Too Late to Learn
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    • Griselda [right side] is a mother of 4 kids, amazing wife and great community leader. She is also the treasurer of a microfinancing enterprise in a small rural community in Costa Rica. On May 16th, 2011, our day started at 9am with coffee and some...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dance Lessons

    • Dance Lessons

    • Dance; Traditional dress

    • I took this picture of my wife while she was learning traditional dances with some local children. We are serving together in Costa Rica.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Mama y Machete

    • Mama y Machete

    • Children

    • My husband and I currently serve in rural Costa Rica. During our community assessment process we conducted interviews around the community. On July 12, 2011, I took this photo as my husband took his turn at conducting the interviews. There were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Think Fast

    • Think Fast

    • children; schools

    • Taken at Liceo San Jose del Rio Sucio in La Colonia, Costa Rica, this photo shows my husband, Chris Hall, working with a group of eighth grade boys. During their free period the boys took Chris up on his offer for an English review session; the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chicas Poderosas

    • Chicas Poderosas

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Building a Health Clinic

    • Building a Health Clinic

    • health; host community friends; construction

    • 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...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hollowed our Jicaro (Hee-ka-ro) for Coffee!

    • Hollowed our Jicaro (Hee-ka-ro) for Coffee!

    • host community friends

    • This is a picture of a very dear friend of mine, Felicia, hollowing out a dried Jicaro Fruit, in order to use it as a mug for coffee drinking! They live in Costa Rica in the small fishing village on the golf of Nicoya, Colorado de Abangares. Her...
    • Volunteer Photos

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