Costa Rica Service Programs

My expectations for the trip were that I would get to further practice my Spanish, meet and interact with Costa Ricans, experience new culture, scenery, while being pushed out of my comfort zone. I would say this trip definitely met these expectations and certainly exceeded them in interacting What gave me the greatest sense of accomplishment was being able to see the progress that our group made on the construction projects. It was very rewarding to see how much we helped build/improve. For ex...

I went into the program hoping to improve my Spanish (specifically speaking) while also having fun and helping a community, and both of those goals were met and exceeded! I'll admit I was not so keen about the independent projects before I completed mine, but wow, doing those interviews ended up being incredibly rewarding in terms of learning Spanish and learning about the community, and also a whole lot of fun. Highlights included interviewing members of the community, hiking to "La Piedra", sw...

Going into Putney's Costa Rica community service trip, I expected the leaders to be inviting and caring towards everyone in the group. I am happy to say that Maddy and Bryan have both succeeded in doing so and throughout the trip, I was able to talk to them about anything and feel as if I was talking to a very close friend of mine. Going into the village and helping out with several service projects gave me the highest sense of accomplishment. I'm not going to lie, going into the village the fir...