Bricks to Bread Receives Grant from Eurofins

Formal Press Release March 22, 2020 Eurofins Helps Promote Improved Health and Social Conditions for All with a Donation to Bricks to Bread International Eurofins Scientific, a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic product testing, and other services, and a proponent of improving the quality of life for everyone, is giving back to the […]

Bricks to Bread Featured in Peace Corps Stories

Brittany is the peace corps volunteer for the Coto Brus community, where our most recent oven was built for the Sandi-Chanto family. She wrote an article for Peace Crops Stories about her (and her communities) experience with Bricks to Bread. Check it out here!

Build #4 is in the books!

After our 4 days of building in Las Mellizas de Coto Brus Bricks to Bread volunteers have had the time to reflect on our last build of 2019. Sharing this time with the Sandi Chanto family was an incredible experience for both new volunteers and returning volunteers. Two young adults and two teenagers had the […]

La Esmeralda de Siquirres visits San Marcos.

We just spent two beautiful days with this amazing group of women from La Esmeralda de Siquirres. Thirteen in total visited San Marcos and had an experience of a lifetime learning more about Bricks to Bread and the power of ambition. We baked bread, shared experiences, answered questions, listened to dreams, walked the rain forest […]

Bricks to Bread and Youth Empowerment

Bricks to Bread not only changes lives with a brick and a loaf, but also shapes the next generation of global leaders. Check out our video of Bricks to Bread and youth empowerment!

Deysi takes a course in business management

Deysi just graduated from a course on business management and access to credit offered by el INA (National Learning Institute) through the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica! She learned about project management, risks and available credit options for female entrepreneurs. This course has helped her build on her business model. Her goal is to open […]

Getting to know the Bribri community

Last week the volunteers for our 2019 Oven building trip had a meeting to begin to prepare for their March excursion to the Talamanca region in Costa Rica where they will be building an oven with the indigenous group Bribri. Bricks to Bread has made the following video for our volunteers to be better prepared […]

Pretzel Fundraiser!

As we prepare for our March build, our youth volunteers are also getting ready. This weekend, they started getting ready for their pretzel fundraiser. These boys first fundraiser is off to a great start! These wonderful young men are so thankful for everyone’s hard work. We had two amazing days of pretzel baking. 10 volunteers […]

Naitami Progress

Two weeks ago the Alvarado family, along with Laura and Christina, trekked down to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica. The plan was to visit the Bribri community to work on logistics for our upcoming March build. Two buses and a boat ride later we arrived in Barrio Escalantes where we were greeted by […]

1st Annual Costa Rican Oktoberfiesta Success

Our first annual Costa Rican Oktoberfiesta was 100% a success and TWICE THE FUN! Thanks to all of our wonderful guests who enjoyed hot pretzels 🥨 out of the oven, brats🌭 on a stick and locally sponsored beers 🍺 from Venn Brewery, Steel Toe, Fulton, Finnegan’s and Utiples. Special Thanks to the hosts: Angie & Mark Eilers, Emme Corbeil & Paul […]
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