GLA Costa Rica: Beachside Service Adventure

My 16 year old son had an incredible experience and came home planning for where he wants to go with GLA next summer. (Peru!). The kids worked hard digging nests on the beach to help the nesting sea turtles, learned an incredible amount about the environment and ecotourism, and fell in love with the Costa Rican culture. The visited a local school, took a dance class, and were also given a cooking class by some of the Costa Rican natives who were all so incredibly warm, welcoming, end excited to share their culture. Thank you, GLA, for the experience of a lifetime.

I learned the value of teamwork especially working in verdi where we all had to work together to make sure no one was doing all the work and getting tired and everyone could equally play a part in the work. Some of my favorites were the goal setting in our mentor groups because my group really tried to lift each other up and i felt confident in my ability to achieve my goal because of my peers and mentor.

I love GLA this was an awesome experience! Experiencing a different culture than I am used to and understanding how others live outside of my bubble was the biggest impact. I also loved the salsa dance class.