Global Volunteers works in the Monteverde region of Costa Rica. All of the work projects are labor-based and require light to heavy effort, such as constructing community centers or laying tile in a health center.

Each team of volunteers works hand-in-hand with local people on one or more community-based projects. In most cases, numerous teams of volunteers work on one project until its completion, sometimes over months or even years. We work with many different community partners who determine what assistance they need. Consequently, we can not advise you in advance what your specific assignments will be. However, we can provide you a general sense of what the work projects will be on specific service programs.

In the Monteverde area villages, volunteers have worked on:

• Healthcare and community centers;
• A soccer field and dressing room;
• A school lunch room, playground, garden and teacher housing;
• An addition to an elementary school.

At the local high school, volunteers work with the students on school construction projects. All projects are determined by the students and faculty. Past projects included:

• A covered walkway between the two main school buildings to protect the students and teachers from the rain;
• Assisting in the completion of a gymnasium; and
• Landscaping and beautification.