Jump to project: Daycare Center in Tortuguero / Aqueduct and Reservoirs in Arbofilia, El Sur

Daycare Center in Tortuguero: B3 worked with the residents of the Afro-Caribbean town of Tortuguero (population 1,000) to build a much-needed daycare center. The community exists on tourism (Tortuguero is one of the “must see” destinations of Costa Rica located on the edge of Parque Nacional Tortuguero); residents are employed by the exclusive lodges just across the canal from the village…so close and yet so far. The parents who must cross the water to work needed a safe haven for their children. B3 also formed “trash brigades” to pick up and catalog the trash that washes ashore, painted the school, and repaired and re-painted the playground equipment. B3 partnered with Costa Rica Expeditions, the largest adventure tour company in Costa Rica, for this project.

Aqueduct and Reservoirs in Arbofilia, El Sur: One of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, the Carara region, suffered an accelerated process of environmental deterioration. ARBOFILIA (“Asociacion Protectora de Arboles”) has created an epicenter of restoration and hope. The B3 team performed tasks designed to give to the ecological and cultural restoration a higher degree of sustainability. Working with ARBOFILIA in a protected zone near Tarcoles, Costa Rica we: laid a pipeline from a source high in the mountains to a tiny village in the foothills to bring water during the dry season; repaired and improved three rural aqueducts; and constructed two small reservoirs. ARBOFILIA’s mission is to restore the environment and to improve agricultural productivity in areas of Costa Rica that suffer ecological deterioration and economic depression.