
Evelyn Anim
The Nomadic Abstract Artist
THE BRIDGE - EL PUENTE
Stay tuned for my story with El-Puente in Puerto Viejo which started in February 2019. In the mean time below is the experience I have gained while volunteering with The Bridge.
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The Bridge is a soup kitchen for the indigenous Bribri people.
Playa Negra, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
February 5th 2019-Saturday 31st August 2019
(My hostel volunteer/house & dog sitting positions compliment the soup kitchen hours)
(Tuesdays 8.30-12.30pm, Thursdays 8.30pm -12.30pm, & Saturdays 11.30pm-2.30pm)
-Set up tables with milk, sugar, chilero, milk and plastic spoons
_Serve soups, coffee fruit juice, bread and crackers to the Bribri people and other guests
-Create crafts and play with the indigenous children
-Make a variety of dark chocolate using raw cacao bars
-Clean up after the soup kitchen closes
-Create pretty bags for children to collect Easter eggs for annual Easter Party which
caters up to 150 guests
-Help to coordinate other volunteers to create, fill pretty baskets with various candy
and gifts to give to Bribri families
-Help to hide painted Easter eggs in the gardens for the children´s Easter egg hunt
