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CASA DE PAN 2017

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Costa Rica Social work Social work Permanent

About the project

CASA DE PAN 2017

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

ACI-Costa Rica is a non-profit-organization, whose main activity is the promotion of exchange between young people from different countries, as a means to create links, encounters and solidarity among the different people and cultures of the world. ACI-CR also organizes Eco-Camps, Work-Camps, short exchanges, international activities and has developed an environmental education project named Yàblö Yàmipa. 

Principles : 

  • To promote fraternity among human beings
  • To work for sustainable human development
  • To encourage substantial changes in the relationships between human beings and the environment, assuring harmony among them

💼 What the programme involves

Description: The family offers up to 40 orphaned children and teenagers (aged 3 to 25 but most of them are of school age) the possibility of having a home. In Casa de Pan they provide the kids with food, a place to live, love and everything they need. Possible tasks for the volunteer:

  • To assist Doña Melva and her daughters who in charge of the house
  • To take the children to school
  • To play games with the kids
  • To help them with homework
  • To assist with house chores

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation will be with host families located near to the project. Meals are provided.

📍 About the location

100 mts north, 100 east and 300 north from the Palí­ in La Florida de Tibás, San José

ℹ️ Additional information

Participation costs :

  • On the project : $300 for 4 weeks + $100 onetime charged by the project.  $75 per extra week.
  • ACI fees : $250 for the first 4 weeks + $100 charged by ACI per extra month.

Open all year, arrival date is free.

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📅 Available sessions

ACI/CDP2017

01/01/2017 → 31/12/2017

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 5
♂ 0/3 ♀ 0/2

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

650.00 USD ≈ 582 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Costa Rica Colon (CRC / ₡)

Exchange rate

1 CRC = 0.001986 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish