The 2023 school year arrived with new desks, appliances for the school cafeteria, and construction materials for students in Puerto Viejo of Sarapiquí and Limoncito of Coto Brus. The U.S. Embassy Office of Defense Representative Humanitarian Assistance Program donated the equipment that benefits approximately 200 students, who did not have adequate infrastructure or furniture in ...
Read More» By ramirezej | 20 March, 2023 | Topics: Featured Event, News, Press Releases | Tags: Coto Brus., Escuela Santa Rita, HAP, Humanitarian Assistance Program, Liceo Rural Las María, Limoncito, ODR, Office of Defense Representative, Sarapiquí
The donation of five sirens and 300 signals indicating where to go in case of a tsunami will help Quepos, Tivives, Jaco and Esterillos be better prepared to face such natural disasters. This project is the result of the joint work of the U.S. Embassy Office of Defense Representative Humanitarian Assistance Program and the Costa ...
Read More» By ramirezej | 9 December, 2020 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases | Tags: CNE, Costa Rican National Emergencies Committee, Esterillos, Humanitarian Assistance Program, ODR, Office of Defense Representative, Quepos, Tivives
The Office of Defense Representative’s Humanitarian Assistance Program, the Humanitarian Assistance Bureau of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are assisting Costa Rican students and professors so that they have personal hygiene supplies when they return to in-person instruction in classrooms. U.S. SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Craig ...
Read More» By ramirezej | 26 October, 2020 | Topics: Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Sharon Day, Commander Admiral Craig Faller, hand washing stations, learning process, ODR, U.S. SOUTHCOM, U.S. Southern Command Humanitarian Assistance Program, UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund
Students from Pochotal School in Jaco received school supplies that will facilitate and improve their learning process. Thanks to the United States Embassy Office of Defense Representative Humanitarian Assistance Program, students have now iPads, scientific calculators, fans, tables, folding chairs, dry erase boards, backpacks, hand sanitizers, soccer balls, and other supplies valued at USD 15,000. ...
Read More» By ramirezej | 28 September, 2020 | Topics: Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases | Tags: hand washing stations, learning process, ODR, Pochotal School, U.S. Southern Command Humanitarian Assistance Program
The U.S. Embassy donated personal protection equipment to nine schools from indigenous territories of the Brunca Region in the southern zone of Costa Rica. The donation done through the Office of Defense Representative Humanitarian Assistance Program includes hand washing stations, face shields, digital thermometers, paper towels, liquid soap, gel sanitizer, surgical masks, cloth masks, gloves, ...
Read More» By ramirezej | 21 September, 2020 | Topics: Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases | Tags: Brunca Region, COVID-19, fighting the world pandemic, hand washing stations, ODR, Rey Curre, U.S. Southern Command Humanitarian Assistance Program
The United States Southern Command is donating three field hospitals to the Costa Rican Social Security Board (CCSS), as part of the U.S. government ongoing assistance to nations responding to the global pandemic. “In times like these we can only overcome the difficulties we face together as neighbors, communities, and governments. We stand shoulder to ...
Read More» By ramirezej | 24 August, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Sharon Day, COVID-19, Field Hospitals, ODR, Southern Command
The U.S. Embassy’s Office of the Defense Representative donated 145,000 face masks to the Costa Rican Social Security Board (CCSS). This donation includes 38,000 N-95 face masks and 107,000 surgical face masks. The face masks were purchased on the local market, for a total value of USD 60,000. Since the beginning of the sanitary emergency ...
Read More» By ramirezej | 22 July, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Sharon Day, CIET, COVID-19, ODR
The United States Embassy -through the U.S. Southern Command Humanitarian Assistance Program- did the first of two donations of medical protection equipment to the Costa Rican Social Security Institution (CCSS). The equipment was purchased from local Costa Rican providers and it included: 9.700 medical gowns 57.000 pairs of surgical gloves. There will be a second ...
Read More» By ramirezej | 31 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, News, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Sharon Day, Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, COVID-19, Health Alert, Novel Coronavirus, ODR, U.S. Southern Command Humanitarian Assistance Program
