Solutions Journalism
Caregiving as a shared public-private responsibility in Costa Rica
In Costa Rica, 80% of households with children under four assume 100% of the caregiving. This usually means that women take on this task.
An...
The economy of care and its professionalization
Paola Mejías Molina was in the last months of her nursing degree at Santa Lucía University when she decided to start a business: highly...
The hardworking teens leading Costa Rica’s bilingual push
“What is the topic of the day? Let's see”, says teacher Marcela Aguilar Alpizar to the students of section 11-2-A of the Liceo San...
Starting small: Costa Rica creates language immersion for public preschools
“Teacher! Here are 22,” says the cook at the Guachipelín School in San José when she hands Alexandra Wong Carbonell a bowl of 22...
How Costa Rica transformed the way it assesses its English students
In 2018, the Costa Rican government set a goal: to graduate completely bilingual high school students.
When? No later than 2040.
How? Achieving this goal is...
Supporting youth mental health: the JovenSalud tool
“We thought it was a fantasy at the beginning, but now we’ve had results,” says Juan José Hernández, counselor at the San Rafael de...
How Costa Rica spays and neuters to reduce animal mistreatment
Every day we cross paths with one of them on the street. Sometimes, we ignore them completely; on other occasions, we might give them...
Dogs, cats, and municipalities
How would the lives of people—and cats and dogs—change in Costa Rican communities if municipalities made pet welfare one of their responsibilities? And could...
The dog-assisted intervention that challenges stigmas
When Ingrid Calderón takes Tara for a walk to the mall, it is normal for them to be stopped by a security officer to...
The Law Against Animal Mistreatment, part 2: lessons learned
The final installment in a two-part series on the impact of the Law Against Animal Mistreatmen, which included reforms to Costa Rica’s Animal Welfare...
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Atenas: from burning trash to environmental awareness
The canton of Atenas is known as the home of “the best climate in the world”—thanks to a 1968 article in National Geographic—and as...
