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Introduction and Recent News
Other News
- Promoting Restorative Justice in Costa Rica
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For the year of 2009 PF Costa Rica entered a partnership with the Comisión Nacional para el Mejoramiento de la Administración de Justicia (National Commission for the Improvement for the Administration of Justice) to promote restorative justice at various levels of Costa Rican society. As a part of this effort, the national ministry organized a series of public events related to the topic in Mid-June.
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- Pencils and Paper Reduce School Dropout Rate
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PF Costa Rica's donations of school supplies can mean the difference between education and eventual unemployment for many prisoners' children.
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- Proyecto Semillitas de Amor -"Seeds of Love Project"
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Proyecto Semillitas de Amor- “Seeds of Love project” is a project to prevent bad or delinquent behavior among children of prisoners who have suffered the impact of having one or both of their parents in prison. The children receive psychological therapies, spiritual guidance, educational support and they also participate in different activities such as camping, angel tree program and different celebrations. At the present, 72 children are the beneficiaries of this project. PF Costa Rica is working in expanding this project to support more children in social risk.
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- A Sycamore Tree Project® Story From Costa Rica
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The Sycamore Tree Project® is an in prison restorative justice programme bringing together groups of unrelated victims and offenders to explore issues related to crime. Over a course of 5-8 meetings, the groups discuss crime, its impact, and ways to make things right. Miguel Tello, restorative justice programme manager for the Centre, facilitated the first Sycamore Tree Project® in Costa Rica. In this article, he shares his reflections on the experience.
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Mailing Address
Barrio Los Angeles
150 m Sur de la Iglesia
Catolica, Calle 12 Av. 14-16
Edificio Obra de la
Misericordia,
San Jose,
Costa Rica
Affiliate Details
- Executive Director: Carlos Brenes Quesada
- Board Chairperson: Jeannette Incera Aguilar
Contact Information
- Phone: +(506) 2 257 9458
- Phone: +(506) 8 816 0921
- Fax: +(506) 222 14662
- Email: cccostarica@racsa.co.cr
- Email: jeannetteincera@gmail.com
- Website: http://www.pfcostarica.org
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