In Minnesota we are fortunate. If you lose your job or barely make enough money to make ends meet, there is help. We have state run social service programs and nonprofits focused on supplying extra food, bus passes and housing vouchers. In rural Costa Rica that type of assistance doesn’t exist. Families in tough situations […]
Please donate to our cause on this spectacular day of fundraising in Minnesota! Last year we made our goal. Help us reach our goal again this year! How You Can Help 1. Donate through our GiveMN page today through November 16th at 11:59pm. 2. Share our GiveMN link on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter 3. Fundraise […]
Bricks to Bread has connected with two wonderful families in need of a sustainable income and we are excited about the possibility that we may be able to help both. A sustainable income from selling bread would not only change their lives, but also the lives of their children, and the lives of other families […]
Here are some of the foods of Costa Rica. Its too bad we can’t bring you the smells too! Here Cristina is making some Gallo Pinto for lunch; beans mixed with rice. She is cooking it in a banana leaf. Breakfast often includes Gallo Pinto, friend plantains, fried or scrambled eggs, tortillas, and cheese.