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Asociacion CREAR
Playa Samara, Costa Rica
CREAR was founded in 2005 by an American teacher and members of Intercultura Language School staff. They shared a vision of enriching local children's lives, so they launched the non-profit educational arts organization, CREAR. In just seven years, CREAR has developed a strong reputation for creating new opportunities for the community and offering a safe and stimulating environment for over 200 children.
CREAR’s main programs include an after-school program, offering art and technology classes, and many more with wide-ranging topics to two local communities four days per week, a day camp during Costa Rica’s summer and winter seasons, and in-school assemblies and community presentations based on critical environmental issues.
CREAR shares information about our programs, updates, and events through our website, www.asociacioncrear.org ,and through our Facebook page. Andrea Keith, the Program Director, can be reached at andrea@asociacioncrear.org, and Johannah Waite, the Fundraising and Environmental Director, at johannah@asociacioncrear.org
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Current Projects
Our main program offers a one hour before and after school program in Playa Samara and El Torito community, 4 days a week. We also offer two week long day camps a year. A two week day camp in January and a one week day camp in July for Samara and El Torito. We also offer free in school assemblies to the Samara, El Torito, Santo Domingo and San Fernando communities. Coming soon, Free English classes! Stay tuned!
Partner Needs
We are continually looking for resources to make high quality projects and experiences available to our students. Because of the high number of children in our program, we go through materials very quickly. Art materials, books in English and Spanish, sports equipment, and school supplies are always needed. Monetary resources help buy materials as well as maintain our permanent in-country staff and infrastructure.
We would love to collaborate with other organizations that serve similar populations. Especially utilizing a positive youth development frame work. We look forward to collaborating and sharing idea about fundraisering, community development project, growth for grassroot organizations, strengthing and expanding our program and much more.
Financial Needs
$25 - Sponsor one student's class materials for the entire year
$100 - Purchase ink for 1000 student worksheets
$150 - Maintain our rental bike fleet for 6 months
$200 - Provide transport for a whole year for our environmental assemblies in the surrounding communities
$250 - Sponsor an experiential learning field trip for 50 children
$400 - Pay a teacher's salary for one month
$500 - Fund a projector and screen to allow classes to expand
$1000 - Create a CREAR Taxi Rickshaw to provide sustainable transport and employment in Sámara
In Kind Needs
As a non-profit, we accept in-kind donations of any kind. Whether it is paint or other supplies for a community improvement/development projects or a surf board to begin a surf team with the local child. Whatever the donation, we are open to receive and begin to implement it into our program.
Mission Statement
The mission of La Asociación CREAR is to provide supplemental educational, recreational, and career opportunities for community members, primarily youth with limited resources, in the rural beach communities surrounding Playa Sámara in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, by offering a wide variety of innovative programs focusing on academic and artistic education, environmental consciousness, health, and socio-cultural development.