Costa rica:
Children's Centre en San José
- Solidarity donation: 650 USD => 558.82 EUR
- 18 years and older
- English , Spanish; castilian
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- San José Province, San José, Costa Rica
- Local currency : Costa rica colon (CRC / ₡)
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Currency exchange rate
(2026-01-20 07:20:02)
- 1 ₡ = < 0.01 EUR
- 1 EUR = 567.48 ₡
- Timezone : Central standard time
- Local time : 20-01-2026 06:29:40
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Juan Santamaria International Airport
(14.86 km) - Costa rica -
Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport
(175.41 km) - Costa rica -
Bocas Del Toro International Airport
(212.01 km) - Panama -
Enrique Malek International Airport
(249.49 km) - Panama
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Cementerio
(0.17 km) - Costa rica -
Estación del Pacífico
(1.14 km) - Costa rica -
Contraloría
(1.31 km) - Costa rica -
Plaza González Víquez
(1.84 km) - Costa rica
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Itinéraire
depuis Ashburn vers San Rafael
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About the local hosting organization
Presentation of the program
Possible tasks for the volunteer
- Assisting the Staff members with the needs of integral management of the children
- Development of didactic and educational materials (handcrafts) for the children together with the teachers in charge
- Supporting activities related to special dates and celebrations in the center
Cleaning and disinfection of materials, equipment and furnitures after the regular activities of the center
- Assisting the children when eating, helping them to eat and cleaning them once they finish eating
- Assisting in the kitchen, mainly in cleaning and maintenance, but not cooking as the center has a hired service in charge of the daily food
- If the volunteer has specific skills that can be used for the center, volunteers can talk (good communication) to the staff and ask for permission in order to see if they can create activities for the placement such as: Games, songs, etc.
- Foreign language classes (e.g. English lessons)
- Workshops (music, art, etc.)
- When volunteers have a high level of Spanish, they can be requested to support administrative works.
About the accommodation
Requirements
- Patience, sensitive and tolerance
- Creativity and interest in social work and enjoy working for children
- The volunteer should enjoy working with people and foster good human relations
- Proactivity is a must
- Volunteer must be ready to work independently even when the coordinator is not present.
- Honest, responsible, punctual, positive person.
- Leadership Skills.
- Good attitude.
- Open to flexibility of schedules
- Ready and available to play games with the children.
- Use of cell phone is prohibited in working hours, except in breaks and for emergency situation
- If there is a medical condition, volunteers need to inform and send the needed certification from doctors or similar.
Extra information
The Extra Fee indicated covers a period of 4 WEEKS, and includes
- Transfer from the airport to the host family
- Orientation day, a day in which we give a cultural introduction to Costa Rica, safty and transportation recommendations, directions to the project and a tour of San Jose with lunch included
- Accomodation and meals in the host family
The program has flexible dates depending on the availability of the project, with flexibility from 4 weeks to 5 month, but this includes an additional fee to the indicated fee.
Manos Amigas is a permanent projects, so they receive volunteers all year long. They have a capacity of around 1-2 volunteers per week and there are no limitations in the number of female or male volunteers, but yes, we recommend volunteers to be adults (+18).