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Help out in the public library in Puerto Jimenez in Costa rica

The experience

Our mission as a library is it to help the conservacion by helping the people first. We accomplish this by offering free opportunities for the community of Puerto Jimenez and everyone else interested, to learn, to exchange or to simply spend time to relax.

Completely relying on funds and donations, ASCONA and therefore the library as well, need volunteers to sustain themselves. As a potential volunteer, it is your job to help run this place!

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate Spanish and Intermediate English

Between 18 and 50 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Mandatory volunteer introduction video

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We are the only library in Costa Rica, run only by a non-profit, ASCONA, located in Puerto Jimenez on the Osa Peninsula. This place offers the most diverse biodiversity on the entire planet and therefore requires an exceptional amount of effort towards conservacion. Our mission as a library is it to help the conservacion by helping the people first.

We accomplish this by offering free opportunities for the community of Puerto Jimenez and everyone else interested, to learn, to exchange or to simply spend time to relax.

Activities & Shift

Your job as a volunteer will require you to help maintaining order in the library. Apart from the library- building there is a relatively big garden on the property, which always needs some care. In addition , keeping track of checked-out or checked-in books is equally as important, as you essencialy are the librarian of this place.

Occasionaly there are activities and programs, that are being hosted at the library. Helping the other volunteers with setting everything up and ensuring that the programs are able to be held properly, is also one of yor major roles.

In general the following skills are required for the position:

-Interest in working with kids
-Basic spanish knowledge
-Advanced english knowledge

Rules

The only thing we require you to do is to commit fully to the library while working! The title "library" my be misleading because there is always work to do here and we want our volunteers to get done as much as they can while enjoying this beautiful place!

This of course does not mean we expect you to work 24/7, but being commited to your work is something we truly value.