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SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND YOUTH
Public recreation, the arts, public health, civic participation, youth empowerment, and more.
EMPOWERING LOCAL TALENT WITH A STAGE
Far Corners Musical Theatre
Fiscal Agency Partner
A non-profit performing arts education organization providing
​opportunities to youth in under-served communities around the world​​, like Monteverde.
MONTEVERDE'S FIRST SPANISH-LANGUAGE LIBRARY
Biblioteca Pública Interactiva Santa Elena
Fiscal Agency Partner
Awarded Grant, 2015
A public space facilitating the joy and wonder of reading to all in the Monteverde community.
A Community Collaboration and Fundraiser
Established in 2017
Week-long annual event celebrating wellbeing and outdoor activity in Monteverde. Fund raised are designated for youth activities.
PROMOTING HEALTH AND EXERCISE IN COMMUNITY
Monteverde en Movimiento
Awarded Grant, 2014
Exercise classes and instructor training.
Open to the public, making a healthy lifestyle fun and accessible in our community.
SOCIAL & CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
The MCF offers financial resources for projects in the areas of public recreation, participation in the arts, public health and civic participation, among others.
A Bit of Background
Monteverde is a semi-rural region in Costa Rica’s Tilarán mountain range that has a local population of approximately 6,000 inhabitants. It is famous worldwide for its successful preservation of tropical forests, including the scarce and fragile cloud forest. Its private reserve complex, the largest in Central America, has allowed the establishment of a strong tourism industry in addition to traditional economic activities such as coffee and milk production.
SOCIAL AND CULTURALÂ CHALLENGES
Although tourism has brought many positive things to Monteverde, it also brings great challenges, such as:
Unregulated development;
Globalization of traditional culture and the loss of cultural spaces in general;
Decrease in food and nutrition security;
Erosion of safety and public health, especially for young people, the elderly, and people with special needs; Y
Growing inequality among demographic groups.
In fact, the "Atlas of Human Development: 2012" of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the University of Costa Rica indicates that the Canton of Puntarenas, where Monteverde is located, places 31st (out of 81). ) in its level of human development, and is near the bottom (76 of 81) in life expectancy.
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In recent years, several participatory initiatives have been organized to define local human development priorities, including a process facilitated by the Monteverde Municipal Council and the UNDP-Costa Rica. However, local development processes not only require governmental initiatives, but also the leadership and organization of inhabitants and community-based groups.
THIS FUND'S PURPOSE
The goal of this fund is to support local groups with the seed funds that will enable them to meet current challenges with their own ideas and methods. Also, our contribution - which is outmatched by the resources mobilized by the community itself - provides an opportunity to leverage more funding from other sources, be they national or international.
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The goals of this fund are prioritized by the community through the Human Development Plan for the Monteverde Municipal District (2010-2020) and other related initiatives
Would you like to support our efforts?
