Kerstin and Lisa Embelish the BAIK Children's Home
Kerstin from Switzerland and Lisa from Sweden were the first volun
teers who used ACI to launch a project themselves. They worked at BAIK, a children's home in Guadalupe de Cartago. Twenty one children live there ranging in ages from 7 months to 12 years. These children cannot live with their families for several reasons. They are in high social risk situations where the household receives housing, food, education and spiritual support. Additionally, volunteers assist in the Costa Rican home singing with children or teaching dance.
With funding from ACI, Kerstin and Lisa bought tools to paint murals on the walls in the courtyard of the home. Each child had a space on the wall where they could paint and draw and also a heart made with handprints of the children.
All of the children enjoyed Lisa and Kerstin and enjoyed the project very much.
