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Local Rural School Support: basic repairs and renovations

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The experience

a unique opportunity to support a rural school in San Salvador, Costa Rica, through hands-on building projects such as tiling, painting, roofing, carpentry, and general repairs and helping create a safer, more inspiring space for local children.

This path is a grounded way to contribute your skills while deepening connection with land, community, and conscious living. Moderate physical exertion is required within an often hot, rainy, and humid c

What you offer

20 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.

What you get

2 days off per week

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

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

Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner Spanish

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Service Guests (aka: volunteers) are invited to envelope themselves into our small human community and LARGE natural community of the Diamante Valley, Costa Rica. Service Guests are provided a large tent with amenities, fruits and vegetables from the land, shared bathroom and kitchen space and welcomed to join in community activities such as yoga, breath work, exercise classes, and local cultural events, as well as enjoying in 6 different waterfalls on the land. This particular project asks for support in repairing a local Costa Rican public school (20 hours/week).

Activities & Shift

Typically a shift is from 6am-10am, Monday- Friday, however this may vary depending upon the service project. This particular project is looking for folks with experience in painting buildings and general construction work. Once the agreed upon daily tasks are complete, the remainder of the day is open to however the Service Guests chooses to spend it!

Rules

Follow through, punctuality, respect for the land and the community; maintain clean living spaces and authentic acts of service.