16/08/2025
Costa Rica Mission July 2025
PART 2 - The Jungle 🌴🥥🐒🐍🍌🌴
Shared from Hands with Heart Foundation ✋♥️✋♥️
👉 Between July 6-10 our team covered 300 km² of the Bribri Indigenous Territory, encompassing multiple communities deep within the jungle. A total of 119 sessions were delivered to 119 different patients, including children with autism and other complex disabilities.
The mission also provided home visits, responding to spontaneous requests by family members for treatment. But getting to these communities was not easy: we were in remote jungle settings with no roads and full of river crossings, muddy trails, and dense vegetation. Besides hiking daily for hours and using boats, motorbikes and adapted buses to travel, our volunteers relied on local guides from the DAWÉ ESE WKPA KIMOIE Association and used radio announcements in Bribri language to coordinate with families.
There were also a cultural side to the mission: we engaged in different activities to learn more about the Bribri language and beliefs, their understanding of and , and traditions such as the preparation and ceremonial role of cacao.
🌟 With missions like this one in Costa Rica, we keep our focus on improving the lives of people with disabilities around the world, providing them with free quality healthcare services. In , where disabled children and adults often have little or no access to specialized support, especially in remote and indigenous communities, our team identified a gap where we can make a significant difference, not just in a medical sense but also by empowering families and raising awareness of their situation.
We will return to Costa Rica in late November to keep providing healthcare services to people with disabilities and giving training and educational sessions to local therapists - very soon we will share all the information you need to be able to join as a .
🙌 ➡️ And before that comes our next mission: 8-17 September in . In our profile you will find a link to our GoFundMe page where you can donate to help us support therapy and educational materials and expenses related to medical equipment, among others. Every contribution moves us closer to a world where children with disabilities are not hidden or excluded, but valued, supported, and empowered.
