Costa RicaNicaraguaRaleigh ExpeditionWater, Sanitation and Hygiene World Water Day: The Importance of Raising Awareness in Our WASH Communities/Día Mundial del Agua: La Importancia de Generar Conciencia en Nuestras Comunidades WASH Although a lot of our Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects are focused around the construction or renovation of water…damienMarch 22, 2018
Climate and ConservationCosta RicaNicaraguaRaleigh Expedition International Day of Forests: Understanding Costa Rica’s Dry Forest/Día Internacional de los Bosques: Entendiendo el Bosque Seco de Costa Rica To contribute to saving our threatened forests, a group of our volunteers are currently working in the dry forest of…damienMarch 21, 2018
Costa RicaNicaraguaYouth Economic Empowerment ‘Sunday Funday’ – Building Strong Relationships with Entrepreneurs in El Cipian/’Domingo Divertido’ – Construyendo Fuertes Relaciones con Empresarios en El Cipian At this point our group was embarking on the second cycle of a Livelihoods project – continuing the work of…damienMarch 21, 2018
Costa RicaNicaraguaRaleigh ExpeditionWater, Sanitation and Hygiene Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, It’s Off to Work We Go: Raleigh Volunteers and Community Members Unite to Expand Water System/Los Voluntarios de Raleigh y Los Miembros de la Comunidad de Valle de Casas se Unen Para Construir un Sistema de Agua Alimentado por Gravedad Valle de Casas is a small rural community nestled in the lush hills of Matagalpa in Northern Nicaragua. A community…damienMarch 16, 2018
Costa RicaNicaraguaRaleigh ExpeditionWater, Sanitation and Hygiene Raising Funds and Awareness at the San José de Paiwas Community Fete/Recaudando Fondos y Conciencia en San José de Paiwas Community Fete After a morning slaving over hot stoves preparing pancakes, popcorn and yuca fries, the start of our CAPS fundraising fete…damienMarch 13, 2018
Costa RicaNicaraguaYouth Economic Empowerment ‘Women are Free. We are Not Slaves to Anyone’: Learning About Female History in El Pegador and Nueva Esperanza/‘Las Mujeres estan Libres. No somos Esclavas de Nadie’: Aprendizajes Sobre la Historia de las Mujeres en el Pegador y Nueva Esperanza The crowd laughed endlessly as we performed our play inspired by one of the most famous Nicaraguan women – Rafaela…damienMarch 9, 2018
Climate and ConservationCosta RicaNicaraguaYouth In Civil Society ‘Our Team Doesn’t Have Princesses, Only Vikings’: Celebrating International Women’s Day with Wensy Fuentes Hernández/’Nuestro Equipo no Tiene Princesas, Solo Vikingos’: Celebrando el Día Internacional de la Mujer con Wensy Fuentes Hernández Wensy chose to volunteer with Raleigh International as the organisation was recommended to her by friends. She also felt Raleigh…damienMarch 8, 2018
Climate and ConservationCosta RicaNicaraguaRaleigh Expedition Why Does Raleigh Work in Natural Resource Management?/¿Por qué Raleigh Trabaja en la Gestión de Recursos Naturales? What is Natural Resource Management?/¿Qué es la gestión de recursos naturales? ‘Natural Resource Management is to use a resource in…damienFebruary 24, 2018
Costa RicaNicaraguaWater, Sanitation and Hygiene Toilet Talk – What Are Eco-Toilets and Compost Latrines?/Charla Sobre el Inodoro: ¿Qué son los Baños Ecológicos y las Letrinas Abonera? Eco Toilet/Inodoro Ecológico An Eco Toilet can be built inside or outside the home. It consists of a toilet seat,…damienFebruary 24, 2018
Costa RicaNicaraguaYouth In Civil Society Volunteer Induction and Beyond…/Inducción Voluntaria y Más Allá… After a day of getting to know one another as well as the Project Managers, each volunteer was carefully allocated…damienFebruary 17, 2018