Volunteer Adventures

Despite our name tourist delight, " Tropical Adventures "is actually a nonprofit. Our legal name is Casa Milagro Foundation. Obviously we are not set up for passengers budget. The majority of our volunteers are people who want intense, authentic experiences of Costa Rica. They want to be treated, to be able to customize something special for themselves, and they want the help of a guide throughout their journey.

Among the many things you should expect from a potential project is transparency. If they do what they claim to do, you should have no difficulty in obtaining copies of their annual reports (990 or 990-EZ) to the IRS. Since the beginning of our existence, our objectives were threefold:

1. Change would-be tourists from the exploitation of the country inadvertently volunteers who could make long-term positive impacts and friendly environment in the country and people.

2. Provide volunteers with life-changing, positive experiences, so instead of going home with just your vacation photos, they can return to have learned much more about the world and about themselves.

3. Use the gifts that we are able to generate (from all sources, including volunteers must pay a fee) to keep within the communities we are trying to help.

Here's what we used our gifts to last year. All this is done by volunteers "andiamotony" thinks are "pretending" to volunteer as follows:

a. Education of Costa Ricans - in five rural regions, public schools, the organization has provided 3,750 hours of English, environmental and arts education, while at the same time mentoring a total 265 students. Eight hundred hours of instruction in English were delivered in two community centers, and approximately 80 hours of support have been provided to assist employees in a nursery under-managed by the government and the feeding center Hojancha.

b. Protecting the wildlife and the environment - The organization has provided 4,320 hours of work protecting 10,142 sea turtles, and an unknown number of eggs and neonates at three sites protected. At the wildlife refuge Camaronal, the boundaries have been measured and marked their 578 acres, a hatchery was built new eggs, and the main lodge, office and kitchen were painted. Five new cages have been built, 20 injured animals were treated, and a new nursery education have been constructed at Proyecto Asis rescue wildlife. In addition, the organization planted 800 trees, construction of 2 km and maintained for another 8 kilometers of trails.

c. Community Development - The organization provided 3,096 hours of service to 67 adults and 174 children, members of the tribe indigenous Bri Bri, helping them acquire new skills and build more, sustainable livelihoods. Five events were provided holiday throughout the country where food and gifts of toys and school supplies were distributed to over 600 children. A summer camp was provided to 150 children during school holidays where English, arts and crafts, and sports have been taught. Emergency supplies of clothing and food were delivered to 22 families after the major flood struck the Talamanca Indigenous Reservation. The organization has also painted a church, sea turtles and file an elementary school.

d. Education Volunteers (Self-Discovery) - The organization welcomes 150 international volunteers and presented them to the natural beauty of Costa Rica and people of other cultures in an attempt to help l.