• Posted February 18, 2020

Bricks to Bread Featured in Peace Corps Stories

Brittany is the peace corps volunteer for the Coto Brus community, where our most recent oven was built for the Sandi-Chanto family. She wrote an article for Peace Crops Stories about her (and her communities) experience with Bricks to Bread. Check it out here!
  • Posted January 20, 2020

Build #4 is in the books!

After our 4 days of building in Las Mellizas de Coto Brus Bricks to Bread volunteers have had the time to reflect on our last build of 2019. Sharing this time with the Sandi Chanto family was an incredible experience for both new volunteers and returning volunteers. Two young adults and two teenagers had the […]
  • Posted November 3, 2019

La Esmeralda de Siquirres visits San Marcos.

We just spent two beautiful days with this amazing group of women from La Esmeralda de Siquirres. Thirteen in total visited San Marcos and had an experience of a lifetime learning more about Bricks to Bread and the power of ambition. We baked bread, shared experiences, answered questions, listened to dreams, walked the rain forest […]
  • Posted May 8, 2019

Bricks to Bread and Youth Empowerment

Bricks to Bread not only changes lives with a brick and a loaf, but also shapes the next generation of global leaders. Check out our video of Bricks to Bread and youth empowerment!
  • Posted April 7, 2019

Bricks to Bread in the Saint Benedict’s Magazine

Bricks to Bread has made news, yet again! An article about Bricks to bread was published in the Saint Benedict’s Magazine (from The College of Saint Benedict in Saint Joseph, MN). Take a look!
  • Posted March 25, 2019

Pre-Build Adventures

Since arriving on Thursday, March 21, the Bricks to Bread volunteers have been able to enjoy Costa Rica! We’ve been in Escazú, Zarcero, Ciudad Quesada, and much more! Yesterday, March 23rd was definitely a highlight. We visited Cristina and Laura’s Panaderia del Bosque in San Marcos de Cutris. They greeted us with fresh agua de […]
  • Posted March 17, 2019

Deysi takes a course in business management

Deysi just graduated from a course on business management and access to credit offered by el INA (National Learning Institute) through the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica! She learned about project management, risks and available credit options for female entrepreneurs. This course has helped her build on her business model. Her goal is to open […]
  • Posted February 8, 2019

Getting to know the Bribri community

Last week the volunteers for our 2019 Oven building trip had a meeting to begin to prepare for their March excursion to the Talamanca region in Costa Rica where they will be building an oven with the indigenous group Bribri. Bricks to Bread has made the following video for our volunteers to be better prepared […]
  • Posted February 5, 2019

Pretzel Fundraiser!

As we prepare for our March build, our youth volunteers are also getting ready. This weekend, they started getting ready for their pretzel fundraiser. These boys first fundraiser is off to a great start! These wonderful young men are so thankful for everyone’s hard work. We had two amazing days of pretzel baking. 10 volunteers […]
  • Posted January 31, 2019

Naitami Progress

Two weeks ago the Alvarado family, along with Laura and Christina, trekked down to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica. The plan was to visit the Bribri community to work on logistics for our upcoming March build. Two buses and a boat ride later we arrived in Barrio Escalantes where we were greeted by […]
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