Our Costa Rica Team of 36 Volunteers: Painting and Construction Teams

12/31/07

Painting and Construction Teams

Projects Include Something for Everyone!
Building a house out of prefab concrete and steel roofing, working on building youth room at Methodist Church, working on second floor of parsonage, some odd jobs at the school, painting jobs and renovations at the orphanage.
Also need to make a building accessible for children with disabilities.

Background Information

Our work group of 36 volunteers under VIM leader Beverly Nolte will travel to Costa Rica from Jan. 5th through the 18th to help with designated projects. We will be working under the leadership of Charlie Strong who with his wife have established Strong Missions to assist the children of Costa Rica. Charlie is a registered individual volunteer with UMVIM. One of the main focuses will be working with Hogar Vista de Mar (View of the Sea Home), an orphanage housing eighty children ranging in age from infants to 12 years old. Many work projects will be available which will include painting at the orphanage, building a home for a family, renovating a Methodist Church in San Jose, caring for the medical needs of the people, presenting a 5 day Bible School, providing hair cuts and taking part in a children's feeding program.