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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

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