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04/12/08

Category: event

Posted by: Alaine

For more than ten years ATEC's guide, Zenon from Alta Talamanca, has offered the "Trans-Talamanca Trek." Twelve groups have taken this 70 km mountainous challenge. Along with being an experienced guide on the ancient trail though the Talamancas, Zenon is a community organizer in his small town of Coroma. Zenon had started construction on the Casa de Esperanza in 2004. The Casa is a dream to give the kids from his small community a head start. With a small grant from our friend Glenn Scarborough, the frame of the Casa was built. The floods in January 2005 wiped out all the work he had done, along with wiping out any extra time or hope to keep it going.

"Many of our kids don't speak Spanish,” Zenon explained, "many don't have the basic concepts of mathematics or even counting. If we can give them a head-start before they leave home to attend school, they will have more confidence and more success."

Now Glenn and Zenon are revitalized to re-initiate the project. "If we can raise $1,100,” Glenn said, “we can re-build the Casa, get school supplies and books to them, and the kids of Coroma will have a chance to be prepared when they are ready to head off to go to school in Amubri".

As a way to help raise funds to complete the building and buy the supplies for our neighbors and the children of Coroma, ATEC is offering an opportunity to experience an amazing trek across the continental divide in the Talamanca Mountain range, through pristine original growth rainforest and cloudforest, with a Cabecar native and experienced guide from Coroma, Talamanca. Led by Zenon, this 70km journey would take you up the Caribbean slope through wonderful and dense forest landscapes, past a rarely seen rainforest waterfalls, over windswept peaks as high as 2700 meters, and to the indigenous community of Ujarrás on the Pacific slope of the Cordillera de Talamanca.

Proceeds from this trip will be dedicated to helping finish the building and purchase supplies for the Children’s Center, La Casa de Esparanza, in the community of Coroma.

Non-hikers are also welcome to donate. All donations will be completely transparent and posted through ATEC's email list during the fund drive and on Greencoast.com after the deadline.

We're planning the trip for early May, it takes between 5 and 15 days and it ain't easy. Write to atecmail@gmail.com to sign up, with questions, or to donate.

or go to www.puertoviejosatellite.com/donate.php and they will process credit card donations and cover all costs so 100% of your donation can go to the project.

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