Who we are?
Santacultura
is a small local organization located in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Was founded by Liza a costarrican teacher. After years working for private schools by
the richest touristic places in Guanacaste, she decided to create Santacultura
with the intention to help with the education of children from low in come families whom lives
in remotes areas near to her community.
Liza has the honor of creating all of the activities at Santacultura, she
provide an exclusive, personalized and unique volunteer experience. An
important part to be a small organization is the chance to work closely with
the school teacher and volunteers. Santacultura is a small
local organization located in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
What we do?
Santacultura
works with one of the most needy schools in the community. It is a small school
directed by only 1 teacher who is in charge of 26 students, all of them from
differents learning levels and grades ( 1st to 6th grade)
sharing the same classroom ( children do not received music class, art,
physical education and english).
With the
help of volunteers we create teaching materials, educational games,
environmental activities and English classes to reinforce the learning of the
children. We are also working for a after school program to offer more activities
and entertaiment to the students because the school schedule its only from 7 am
to 12:30.
Where
we work?
We are
based in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica is a typical rural and local town.
Its inhabitants are a big group of farmers, fishermen, workers and employees.
Santa
Cruz is the main rural town before to get at the most popular beaches and
tourist attractions in Guanacaste. It’s a city declared National folk town and
also as a Blue Zone ( a region of the world where people commonly past the age
of 100 years because theirs healthy life style and diet) https://howlermag.com/Living-longer-Costa-Rica-Blue-Zone+
The school is located in Bernabela a very small
town, where families lives basic and work for farms. The town consists
basically of a soccer field, church, one grocery store and the school.
Children who attend this school do not have the
opportunity to attend schools in the center of town because the parents do not
have transportation to take them and the bad conditions of the roads.
This is a video about Santa Cruz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IjTTWmqBgU
Mission
Our mission is to
support the local communities by offering educational classses to
children from rural schools.
Goal
Provide
didactic materials, english lessons, art projects, educational games and
environmental activities to improve the children’s education.
Objectives:
Ø To help the
community by offering educational opportunities for the children's learning
process.
ØTo provide
teaching resources to support the teacher’s work.
Ø To give
the children the opportunity to discover and learn by different ways.
Who are we looking for?
We are
looking for flexible, enthusiastic, independently and responsible volunteers
that help us to support the daily work on this school.
Why choose us?
ü
Because
there are not support from the local government or any organization on this area,
only Santacultura.
ü üThe
school really needs help and Santacultura is making big efforts to bring
support to those children.
ü
Flexibility with our program and services because our main interest
is to receive any kind of help to make our children happy.