Doing service work at the P.A.N.A.R.E. Rehabilitation Center is not for the faint hearted. It is a center for people with special needs and not all patients are responsive. The name P.A.N.A.R.E is made up of the first two letters of each of the words: PAtronato NAcional de REhabilitacion: the full name of the center. It was founded by Dr Humberto Rojas Araya who fought to improve the quality of life for children affected by the polio epidemic in the 1950s. Continue reading
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Semillitas de Amor: Seedlings of Love
This week I had the privilege of accompanying five UWCCR students and a teacher to a service activity in San Jose. The activity was at a house called Semillitas de Amor: Seedlings of Love. It is part of the organization: Confraternidad Carcelaria de Costa Rica, an international organization that was founded in the USA in 1976 by Charles Colson after his release from prison. Continue reading
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UWCCR students dazzle with scientific magic!
Today there was plenty of action to be seen and heard at the Escuela República de Francia in Pozos, Santa Ana. Popping of corks shooting across the yard to loud exuberant cheers, a volcanos of hot foam, eggs magically dropping into narrow necked beakers and more. Was this a magic show? Well yes and no. This was no ordinary magic show! Continue reading
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