Rozelijn volunteered with us on the GLV Internship and the Teaching Kids & Community Center Project at the same time, in February of 2024. This is her review.
I did a one-month-long internship for GLV in January and February of 2024. I combined this with the Teaching Kids and Community Center project in Puerto Jimenez. I feel really grateful to have worked for someone with such a beautiful organization. I helped strengthen Green Life’s presence on social media and different volunteer websites and even though I was there for just a month, I feel like I have been able to make a difference for Janina’s organization and that makes me very happy!
Especially the combination with the project at the library was absolutely perfect for me. I was able to fully immerse myself in the Costa Rican culture, by staying with a host family. They were truly my family away from home and I got close with them throughout my stay. I was able to set up an English summer camp for the local kids and apart from that, I got to help out at the library and improve the place.
I had a wonderful time and would recommend both projects to anyone who wants to experience the “normal” work life in Costa Rica. It is super special to feel a part of the strong community the people have built in Puerto Jimenez, I will cherish that feeling for the rest of my life.
Janina helped me out so much during the application process. She helped my prepare my international and national flights, gave me all the information I needed for traveling to Costa Rica and prepared everything for when I got there. We met up a couple of times for work and she took me out twice to have lunch outside of work. I got to experience up close that for Janina, every volunteer is special and different. She puts so much effort in every single person, I cannot imagine any other program will give you the same treatment. I don’t have anything bad to say, it was absolutely the best experience of my life and i will recommend Green Life Volunteers to anyone that asks!!
