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Our mission as a library is it to help the conservacion by helping the people first. We accomplish this by offering free opportunities for the community of Puerto Jimenez and everyone else interested, to learn, to exchange or to simply spend time to relax.
Completely relying on funds and donations, ASCONA and therefore the library as well, need volunteers to sustain themselves. As a potential volunteer, it is your job to help run this place!
25 hours of help per week
Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
2 days off per week
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.
Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.
Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.
Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.
Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Intermediate Spanish or Intermediate English
Between 18 and 70 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Mandatory volunteer introduction video
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
We are the only library in Costa Rica, run only by a non-profit, ASCONA, located in Puerto Jimenez on the Osa Peninsula. This place offers the most diverse biodiversity on the entire planet and therefore requires an exceptional amount of effort towards conservacion. Our mission as a library is it to help the conservacion by helping the people first.
We accomplish this by offering free opportunities for the community of Puerto Jimenez and everyone else interested, to learn, to exchange or to simply spend time to relax.
Your job as a volunteer will require you to help maintaining order in the library. Apart from the library- building there is a relatively big garden on the property, which always needs some care. In addition , keeping track of checked-out or checked-in books is equally as important, as you essencialy are the librarian of this place.
Occasionaly there are activities and programs, that are being hosted at the library. Helping the other volunteers with setting everything up and ensuring that the programs are able to be held properly, is also one of yor major roles.
In general the following skills are required for the position:
-Interest in working with kids
-Basic spanish knowledge
-Advanced english knowledge
The only thing we require you to do is to commit fully to the library while working! The title "library" my be misleading because there is always work to do here and we want our volunteers to get done as much as they can while enjoying this beautiful place!
This of course does not mean we expect you to work 24/7, but being commited to your work is something we truly value.
