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Young
Americans Perform Social Work In Communities
in Guanacaste
(InfoWebPress) Painting classrooms, donating
educational material and placing garden
tables were some of the actions performed by
a group of 47 teenagers, who came from a
high school I Saint John in Texas, United
States, during their community work in four
localities of Guanacaste.
The Natioanal Park of Santa Rosa was also
benefited with the visit of these
youngsters, since they performed cleaning
work in La Casona, weeding the surroundings,
cleaning the trails of the park and painting
the entrance booth.
Elsa Bonilla, manager of the office of
Peninsula Papagayo Community Relations, the
entity that makes this visit possible every
year, pointed out that the groups of
youngsters of the communities influence by
the program “Growing Together” accompanied
the Americans at all times.
“The community work of these youngsters not
only benefited the schools, but also the
groups of youngsters put into practice the
English language, which gives them security
of what they have learned”, stated Bonilla.
During these four years of social work the
students of Saint John High School, the
schools of Artola, Santa Rita, Obandito and
Nuevo Colon have received tools to give
maintenance to their orchards, sporting
equipment, playgrounds and educational
material like computers, which is something
the children look to strengthen their
contact with the technology and can amplify
their knowledge by means of the Internet.
Marci Bahr, teacher at the Saint John High
School and a spearhead for this initiative,
pointed out that this year they had the
greatest number of participants, 47 kids, as
well as seven teaches that supervised and
helped with the work.
On the other hand, the program “I am the
pump, I take care of my planet” is reaching
18 schools and 3 high schools with an
educational message about amicable practices
with the environment.
Related behaviors with the savings in water
and energy, reduction of emissions of carbon
dioxide (CO2), recycling, wildlife
conservation and avoiding sonic
contamination, the students are given
lectures by representatives of the “Growing
Together” program, during the second
semester of the present year. This content
prevails also in their learning centers,
thanks to the thems on posters that are
placed at the institutions and the coloring
sheets that the children keep.
Additionaly, training has been requested
with specialized organizations like “Water
Guardians” from the National Institute for
Aqueducts and Sewage (AyA), the Costarrican
Institute of Electricity (ICE) and Marviva,
as well as the Guanacaste Conservation Area,
through their Biologic Education program.
The schools Altos del Roble, La Libertad,
Los Lagos, Obandito, El Triunfo, Santa Rita,
El Tablazo, Cacique, Ignacio Gutierrez,
Artola, Nuevo Colon, Paso Tempisque and
Hermosa, received the lectura on the
environment.
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