Educational support in Mal Pais, Costa Rica

  The pre-school program in Mal Pais is in full swing and this years new recruits are already showing so much progress, which is very pleasing. We have also started a school organic garden, with volunteers helping us teach the children the importance of growing healthy food and caring for the planet.  Two of our...

2013 is going to be an exciting year! This year we are focusing on raising funds to help a non-profit bilingual school in Cobano, where by we will be donating a water tank and helping them raise funds to build three much needed classrooms. The Mal Pais pre-school program has been very successful with many donations helping...

The last few months have seen some great developments in Mal Pais, so we thank you once again for all of your generous donations, you can clearly see the difference that they make. Back in August, the Art students of Mal Pais Public School had the opportunity to show their work in a real Art Gallery which really was...

We are pleased to be able to share with you a recent donation report that we have received from the field, showing the extent of the difference that your donations are making - we can't thank you enough! The ESL and Art teacher have had a huge impact on the school and the community and we will continue this program in 2013....

We've now reached mid-term, the start of the rainy season. The past few months have welcomed a new Art teacher called Berenice to the Mal Pais School, who has lots of exciting ideas for the rest of the year including involving the students in an exterior mural on the main school building. Sara has started a dance class at...

In mid-February of this year the Public Schools re-opened their doors and both Mal Pais and St Teresa School welcomed many new excited students. St Teresa's has been busy in the holidays with lots of changes to the school grounds, a new classroom has been built and the project will support the school to have it painted....

We would like to share the most recent trustee report from the GVI Charitable Trust. This report covers the six month period from July to December 2011. We are delighted to share that this has been by far our most successful period, raising in six months nearly as much as we did the whole of the previous year. This increase...

Our August Carnival fundraiser had a real community feel, with locals and foreigners all volunteering to support the public school of Mal Pais. Waterslides were rented from the city and the reaction from the local children and students was fantastic! Local bands volunteered to rock the crowd and parents kept...

This year two students were chosen to represent Mal Pais School in the national Art Festival. Klarissa steidenstiker Garica, grade 6, and Tydus Danchik, grade 3. They both produced two pieces of fine Art, the open title that they were first judged on and then the set title of: My School. I'm very proud of all the Art...

The Public School of Mal Pais is on the road to a beautiful transformation, this year has brought many positive changes for the school and community!!! In February we welcomed ESL teacher Sara, from the USA, her students are all smiles and their progress with the English language is incredible. April...

We are so excited to welcome Sara Appino to the project team. Sara has been teaching at the Mal Pais School since the beginning of the School year. Her students are already showing some amazing results and happy faces! We have also now introduced Art Classes to Mal Pais school, which have been well received by...

The playground is now in place at Mal Pais Public School, this marks the first playground in the area. So as you can imagine it's been full of happy faces since it's placement at the beginning of November. The community and Mal Pais Public School, gives a big Thanks to Barbara and Jon for all their efforts and for...

Recently the community held a fundraiser at local restaurant Brisas del Mar aimed specifically to build a playground located within the grounds of the Mal Pais Public School. Well, needless to say, the event was a smashing success. Thanks to the generosity of our local community, not to mention the hard work of our...

On August 22nd we had our first Community clean up at the School of Mal Pais. The day was a hot one, and the surf was cranking!!! But the Community showed their support, and kept coming throughout the day with shovels, rakes, plants and wheel barrows. All Materials were donated to the school, and the volunteers quickly set...