Orosi Valley Paradise Experience

About the program

Globe Aware is building a multi-use center which, in addition to providing refuge for those affected by earthquakes and natural disasters, etc, will be where many locals receive sustainable job skills. The government has agreed to provide ongoing maintenance costs and instructors for training locals in plumbing, farming, construction, sewing, and many other self-sustaining technical job skills when the building is complete.

As side projects to the heavy manual labor of construction, volunteers will work in a variety of community development projects such as:

• English teaching at public schools
• Maintenance to Community Facilities
• Maintenance and upgrades to local families homes’
• Arts and crafts / activities or fitting reading glasses for elderly people group
• Chicken coop construction for local families

Projects will vary depending on the number of volunteers, which projects were finished with the prior group, what priorities have changed, weather conditions, which supplies are available, and often the interest and fitness level of the volunteers. For these reasons, specific projects are often not fixed until the week prior to your arrival and can even change upon arrival.

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Leisure activities

• Excursion to Irazu Volcano or Tapanti Rainforrest, Cachi Dam Lake
• Nature hikes
• Baths in the many nearby natural hot springs
• Cheese making
• Traditional sugar cane processing
• Bird-watching
• Incredible star gazing
• Coffee tasting, coffee plantation tour
• Challote farm
• Relaxing in a hammock
• Visit one of the last remaining colonial towns, Orosi, and its famous church
• Guayabo, the nation’s most famous archeological site