Project status: Current
Work started in January 2009 at the Costa Foundation’s first Costa Rican project, in Puntarenas. Severe rainstorms have hampered progress here, but as this project will be providing the first ever high school facilities for the community, the local authority have stepped in to improve road access to the site and get the project back on track.
The existing primary school has 70 children between 5 and 12 years of age, taught by two full-time teachers. The planned development will involve building and furnishing two new classrooms, providing electricity and complete renovation of the toilets. Seven new computers and enlarged storage facilities will also be provided. This is a very small community with its infrastructure still recovering from damage from Hurricane Stan. The Costa Foundation’s investment has therefore generated much excitement and hope for the future.
With our help, children in this coffee growing community will be given a better education, and a better start in life.
