Hojancha Experience & Daycare Nutritional Center

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Last week me and Jakub had a chance to visit Hojancha and had a great opportunity to visit Daycare and Nutritional Center. Hojancha is a small town located in the Province of Guanacaste. The origin of the name Hojancha comes from a tree located in the region, which the Indians called broad-leaved, because of the very special characteristics and the size of their leaves.

Because Hojancha is a small town, it's easy get to know local people and to make new friends. Volunteers are welcome in town and are taken care of very well by our host families and community members.

Hojancha can be proud of its cleanness, how well the town is organized and maintained. Even more, it is one of the safest towns in the country and it is reflected that residents feel in safety and many of them still leave their doors unlocked day and night. Hojancha is still considered a small town in Guanacaste but it is one of the most respected.

Projects in Hojancha that are currently possible to join are Art & Music Project and Daycare and Nutritional Center. And also in Hojancha our Holiday Project will take place. For more information please see here.

As I mentioned at the beginnig this time we had the chance to visit Daycare and Nutritional Center. It was created to function as an educator for parents and kids to teach them better hygiene and eating habits. Additionally it serves for distributing food packages to poor children who live far away from the center and are in need of a more nutritional diet.

Nowadays the Daycare and Nutritional Center serves as a model for others throughout the country. Its staff takes great care of it and is committed to maintain the quality of the services they provide. Unfortunately it is not easy for them, since they are understaffed and the government keeps pressuring them to maintain its services and also to improve them every day. Due to this fact volunteers are more than welcome in this amazing Center. Not just that volunteers can play and do various activities with the children, but by this they give some extra time for teachers to catch up with the paper work.

Center is very beautiful and you can see that teachers there really take care of it. There are pictures on the walls and some posters that were made by children and previous volunteers. You can feel lots of positive energy and compassion here.

Volunteers can participate by assisting teachers with taking care of children and keeping them busy and under control, playing games with children, assisting the children in taking their naps, preparing food donations and also by teaching them some basic English and in whatever more that is needed.

Volunteers that are naturally enthusiastic, active, creative and proactive and of course they love children have the best prerequisites to spend an amazing time here!

Except the great time spending in the Center there is also an option for some afternoon adventures such as zip-line canopy tour, Diria Coffee tour, Wildlife Tempisque River tour and many more.

Also, make sure you visit some of the beaches since Guanacaste is famous for its spectacular beaches in the Pacific coast with more than 125 miles of extension and are definitely worthy to see!




What is your experience, have you ever participated in volunteer projects connected to children?


(By Marketa Sobotkova – Marketing Intern

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