My four weeks volunteering in San Ramon has been memorable; I’ve met some awesome people and personalities, worked with most adorable kids ever, been lost in a translation, eaten Dona Isabel’s lovely Costa Rican food and frescos and explored Costa Rica!
The volunteer dorm was beyond amazing 😀 ( Since I spent months basically living in the jungle before my arrival). I really appreciate uVolunteer for providing us such a nice environment to live in. Hot showers, kitchen, movies, books, and clean house with comfortable beds and pillows were more than I could have expected!
It was nice to live in a dorm, watching movies in the evenings and hanging around with people. Even though I also really appreciate that there were several bedrooms and they were not too crowded.
The weekends were a lot of fun! It was nice to have Friday off too because it made it possible to travel and see more on the weekends. (Since it seems to take forever to get from one place to another in this country :D, though the buses are really good and eventually always get you where you’re going). I had some awesome adventures on the weekends, from camping on the mountains of Paraiso to the hippie town of Montezuma!:D
But now to the most important part my volunteering experience: The actual working. I truly enjoyed working in Hogarcito Palmares. It has been an experience that I’ll remember for a long long time. Since the first day, I felt I was doing something important, which in my other volunteer programs, hasn’t always been the case.
In Palmares, on the other hand, I felt really welcome since the first day. The local staff members ” Tias” were always really nice towards us, and let us plan our week schedule freely with the kids.
Most of all I felt like we were doing something meaningful, which for me was the most important part of the whole volunteering. Without us, the kids were mostly playing on their own outside the house because the Tias( which by the way are super ladies running a place like that on their own!) had their hands full of household chores. So we were basically only ones who played with the kids.
I’ve learned so much from these kids, and they honestly are most adorable kids I’ve met. Coming from hard backgrounds they were still normal kids who loved coloring, skipping rope, football and of course running around. Some of them have totally taken my heart, and it’s hard to say
goodbyes.
They will probably forget me pretty quickly, after all, I’m only one muchacha in their life, but I surely won’t forget them and my time in Hogarcito. 🙂 And you just got to love the word Muchacha, I heard it probably hundred times, and every time it still makes me smile. It was the best moment of my day walking in when a four-year-old comes, grabs your hand and says: Venga Muchacha! 😀
Pura Vida! Muchacha,
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