
The Magical CREAR Mascarada
(Español Abajo) Many people are only familiar with October 31 as being the day on which Halloween is celebrated, but here in Costa Rica...

Collaborating with Books Build Bridges to promote reading in Playa Samara
An unexpected blessing came our way during this past community volunteer season. One of the volunteers who came to work with us here at...

Creating a New Home with CREAR
(Español abajo) Last January, I arrived in Costa Rica past dark at Liberia International Airport in search of a new place to be at home....

Putting the finishing touches on a great summer of community volunteer projects
As summer in the US begins to wrap up, so does the “high season” of community volunteers here at CREAR. Our final three volunteer groups...

Magnifique! Sharing the gift of art with our families
(Español abajo) “Art has the role in education of helping children become more like themselves instead of more like everyone else” -...

Something from nothing: the Matapalo park build
Here at CREAR our busy summer of receiving volunteer groups keeps rolling on. Two more Travel for Teens groups touched down in Samara the...

Mi Experiencia en el Campamento de Fotografia / My Photography Camp Experience -Juliana Angulo
Thanks to the kind gifts of our generous donors and a collaboration with our dear friend David Rosenthal of New Voices, 10 local teens...

Kicking off volunteer season with a bang
The lack of travelers in 2020 meant a significant decrease in the amount of community volunteer groups that we were able to receive here...

Art and Social Transformation / Arte y transformación social
Rethinking Arts Education with “Ser Feliz Creciendo Feliz” This past pandemic year has proven to be a challenge for everyone, a globally...

Photo Project with Young Samareños, a Collaboration Between New Voices and Asociacion CREAR
Español abajo In April and March of 2021, nine teens in Asociación CREAR’s ongoing youth program had the opportunity to participate in a...