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Costa Rica Expedition!

Costa Rica Expedition!. Oban High and Dunoon Grammar School 2011. Purpose? . Where is Costa Rica?. Turtle Conservation Project BriBri Tribe Trek through the jungle. What are we doing?. BriBri Project .

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Costa Rica Expedition!

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  1. Costa Rica Expedition! Oban High and Dunoon Grammar School 2011

  2. Purpose? 

  3. Where is Costa Rica?

  4. Turtle Conservation Project BriBri Tribe Trek through the jungle What are we doing?

  5. BriBri Project  We will be doing building projects to help the village grow and develop. We will be; Making a difference Improving Basic living conditions Make an achievement Form a close bond with the tribe Have an Impact And make memories!

  6. Crossing the river to get to the tribe 

  7. BriBri village at night

  8. The village children and their school

  9. Sleeping Accommodation

  10. Toilets

  11. Previous Projects…  They have done a variety of building projects in the past including; Install a fresh water supply Constructing the first ever flushing toilet Constructing a clinic

  12. Installing the water systemWater Source

  13. Diggin the trench

  14. Laying the pipe

  15. Taking a break 

  16. Header tank installed

  17. The first sink with running water!

  18. Building the Toilet! This required students to dig a substantial pit and a long, deep trench in very harsh conditions. The trench and base of the pit were then filled with masses of stones collected from a nearby riverbed. A toilet block and shower was then built above the pit. This has help improve the sanitary conditions in the communal area.

  19. Getting Started! 

  20. Digging the pit

  21. Cooling off in the trench

  22. Collecting stones for drainage

  23. Toilet block foundations

  24. Completed toilet and shower block!

  25. Constructing a Clinic  Students built a clinic in the communal area of Namu Wökir. Once the clinic was built the government agreed to provide a nurse and visits from a doctor. Not only did this improve the health care for the community our students learnt many new building skills.

  26. Clinic being built

  27. Draining the site

  28. Digging foundations

  29. Construction Team

  30. A happy worker 

  31. A well deserved rest!

  32. The Trek  The trek is through the jungle of the Corcovado National Park in the Osa Peninsula in south-west Costa Rica, and we trek for 3 days

  33. Trucks depart

  34. Time to start walking!

  35. A river crossing

  36. Another crossing

  37. Los Patos ranger station

  38. The camp

  39. Leaving Los Patos

  40. Through the jungle

  41. Spider monkey

  42. Toucan

  43. Arriving at Sirena

  44. Everyone made it! 

  45. Pitching tents on the field…

  46. Or on the platform

  47. The kitchen block

  48. Trek oaround Sirena

  49. Shark spotting

  50. Fishing lesson

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