Sixteen classes of Kiva Fellows have been working in the field for Kiva for years now. We upload borrower profiles. We make field visits. We battle typhoid, malaria, and poisonous spiders the size of our heads. Now, we’re no experts in living or working abroad (though we sure do like it), but[...]
Archive for the ‘Costa Rica’ Category
July 15th, 2011 - 9:48 am § in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Looking for Opportunity, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
La Vida Idealist.org is Seeking New Writers!
If you are reading this now, chances are you’re interested in nonprofit or development work in Latin America. You may actually already be teaching English in Colombia, or working in a national park in Costa Rica, or completing your first year of the Peace Corps in Chile. And if that’s th[...]
Pura Vida
Unlike a lot of volunteers in Latin America, I didn’t come down here specifically to find a volunteer position. Sure, I was planning on getting involved in the community and volunteering my time wherever I ended up, but the plan was to end up with a paid job, and then figure out the rest from [...]
Rural Poverty in Costa Rica: A Local Farmer’s Perspective
As the world spins into the year 2011, groups are battling for control. Countries, companies, NGOs and their various public relations departments are focusing their energies on how to look good in an increasingly ugly global economy. Everywhere you look, every product you pick up, whether it be an a[...]
November 17th, 2010 - 6:30 pm § in Costa Rica, Tips & Resources
Inevitable Roommate Drama
Living in a foreign country can be tricky. Most travelers I’ve met have grown accustomed to living in various situations. By lowering general standards of cleanliness and order, one becomes flexible and adaptable to a range of personality types and overall living conditions. But everyone has a[...]
Do I Even Speak Spanish?
Ever since my first trip to Costa Rica a year ago, I have been bragging to my Canadian friends about my new trilingual status. I have a minimal formal Spanish education (beginners Spanish at university, which I barely passed) and I have never lived in a Spanish speaking country other than Costa Rica[...]
If You Travel to Costa Rica, Make Sure to See More Than San Jose
It’s probably a cliché by now to complain about San Jose, and other major Central American cities, but I’m gonna do it anyways. After all, if everyone else gets to take a shot, am I not entitled to one? I had been working in an office setting in San Jose for a month and had forgotten [.[...]
