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).
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.
“I saw through my work with AMIGOS that there were so many ways to influence the world. I realized that if I studied what interested me, there would be opportunities to use whatever skills I learned to better my environment, from the neighborhood where I grew up to a little town on the other side of the world.”
