Costa Rica
Introduction and Recent News
Other News
- Restoring Peace
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It's not your average prison, but that is good. Read about PF Costa Rica's faith-based prison.
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- APAC Costa Rica
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Recently, PF Costa Rica completed an evaluation of the success toward meeting the goals set out in the 2011 operational plan for the APAC in the Centro Semi Institucional San Augustín in the province of Heredia. Their purpose was to identify needed adjustments going into 2012.
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- 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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Mailing Address
10599-1000
San Jose,
1000
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) 2232 7271
- Email: cccostarica@racsa.co.cr
- Email: carlos.brenes@cccostarica.org
- Website: http://www.pfcostarica.org
