Dos Ramas Cabécar Indigenous People

RR is currently working with a group of Cabécar Indigenous people in the community of Mokufitey and Tsirikbata in the Limon province of Costa Rica.

The Cabécar People

The Cabécar community are the largest Indigenous group in Costa Rica with a population of nearly 17,000 people. RR is working with a community within a mountain called Tsirikbata in the Limón province of Costa Rica.

These people have a culture rich in nature, community, arts, wisdom and ancient ways of being. They have open hearts, plant medicines, sustainable ways of being and so much more.

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  • Cabécar School

    LOCAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL

    The Tsirikbata School provides education on traditional subjects and cultural knowledge in their native tongue, Cabécar.

    At this time, RR is supporting the rebuilding of their school, working for donations towards books and school supplies and bringing water to the school.

    In the future, they hope to welcome tourists who wish to volunteer in projects that sustain the school.

  • Artisanal Crafts & Culture

    INDIGENOUS CRAFTS, TOOLS & INSTRUMENTS

    The Cabécar people in the Tsirikbata community make various arts crafts, bowls, woven bags, jewelry, drums and many other things.

    Their culture is a part of all that they do, from how they build their homes to how they grow their food to how they walk 2-4 hours to reach their school, places to buy items and towns.

    In the future, they hope to share their products and sell them to others locally and globally so that they may further sustain their living, while also sharing their culture with others.

  • Fútbol & Culture

    SOCCER

    The Cabécar people in this community love to play fútbol. They play in their boots, barefoot or, for a few, in soccer cleats.

    They have built their own goal posts out of wood that are moveable. They hope to build up their soccer materials and in the future, invite tourists and locals to play soccer games with them in their community.

Make a donation to the Cabécar Indigenous Community at Dos Ramas.

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“The Board of Education of the Tsirikbata School has the pleasure of greeting you and at the same time telling you that we have a new school that opened the code this year and the school is from a ranch, which works like the [school room] and one that serves as a dining room. , and that no service has been provided yet, for this reason we need support to make one or two new and stable, we are working on this to see where we can find funds to build the new school and of zinc, that is why we are looking for support for some entity to lend us a hand, we need tools to work and much more.” - Jairo, President of the Board of Education at Tsirikbata School

TSIRIKBATA SCHOOL

“We’re raising funds for Indigenous-led projects in cultural preservation, tourism and artisanal crafts within the Cabécar community at Dos Ramas. Together, in community, we identify ways to integrate both the ancient ways of being with the knowledge of today.”

— Anna Claybaugh, Founder & Director of RR