Category Archives: Project Updates
Pura Vida! Costa Rica Blog Series – part five
09/03/10 - *This is the fifth blog in a series documenting a recent trip to visit Kids to Kids projects in Costa Rica by Patrick, Kids to Kids Program Coordinator.
About San Marcos de Cutris
San Marcos de Cutris is a small, rural town in the Northern Zone of Costa Rica with a population of about 400 people. [...]
Art for Peace in Costa Rica Gets National Attention!
“Art for Peace” is a movement in Costa Rica that teaches youth the power of peace and non-violence through different art forms such as painting, photography, theater, dance and poetry. Kids to Kids is proud to have supported many Art for Peace projects in Costa Rica throughout the years. Recently, one amazing group of kids [...]
Video from Groton School/World Leadership School trip to the DR
World Connect was luck to tag along on the Groton School/World Leadership School spring break service trip to the Dominican Republic. We even got to visit several Kids to Kids projects while on the trip!
This short video includes footage from two service days. The first day was spent volunteering at a shelter in Santo Domingo [...]
Sarah: Recap of the December 2009 Grant Review
This past December, Kids to Kids had our final grant review of 2009. Around 15 kids participated in reviewing grants, putting final touches on our new website, giving out and receiving awards, and looking at success stories from previous projects we have sponsored. We started out the meeting reviewing 68 grant proposals from El Salvador, [...]
Sarah’s Journal, 2007
Today we visited Espiritu Santo again. We took shifts going to three stations. One was beading, another was painting their new basketball court, and the last one was where they taught us the marrange (a traditional dance.) It was really fun! I am excited to see the finished court.
Emily’s Journal, 2007
This afternoon we went to the nutrition center. This is where Sister Katherine has started an organization where she feeds small malnourished todlers. Today, we brought bubbles, balls, markers, and paint to play with the kids. There was one girl who followed me around everywhere. I did all the activities with her and it was [...]
Julia’s Journal, 2007
I think that the most memorable part of our trip to the Dominican Republic was playing with the children at the sand dunes. When we went to the DR I thought we would only interact with the kids at the schools that we were giving to, but it turned out to be so much more [...]
Gen’s journal, 2007
One of my favorite trip memories was when we were at the dorms. It was after dinner and we had been invited to play a game of soccer with some of the kids from the town. Amelia and I hadn’t wanted to play so instead we had sat on the sidewalk adn watched. Soon a [...]
Let's Dance
