Community: San Ignacio, Monteverde, & San Jose

San Ignacio – B3 worked with AFAORCA (Asociacion de Familias Productoras Organicas de los Cerro Caraigres – Association of Organic Farmers in the Caraigres Hills) to build a facility for the area’s organic coffee growers to recruit more local campesinos (farmers) to join AFAORCA, teach farmers how to grow organic coffee crops, hold meetings by and for the farmers, display, sell, and offer coffee tastings to tourists and potential buyers, and to conduct the day-to-day business for the association. Growing organic coffee offered farmers the opportunity to earn a living wage.

Monteverde – B3 partnered with Centro de Educacion Creativa (The Cloud Forest School) to build classrooms and a library for a bilingual school offering experiential instruction with an emphasis on integrating environmental education into their curriculum. In addition to the construction, B3 solicited product donations such as school supplies, educational books, and sports equipment.

San Jose – B3 worked with “Mi Tia” (“Asociacion Centro Materno Infantil”) to renovate an existing daycare center in the San Sebastian barrio in San Jose. Construction work included stuccoing the walls, painting both the inside and outside walls, creating a mural the entire length of the outside front of the building, laying the floors, creating two walkways, installing the ceiling, installing a roof, and constructing a new playground. B3 also secured product donations for the daycare center, including clothing for children, first aid supplies, children’s medicines, books, and games.

Teams: February BAM, February Amy/Bud, February Palmer, March Palmer, March Skinner,

April Riggo, April Skinner