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                 FARM OF THE WOMEN OF SENDEROS ESPERANZA

                                                                Service Tour

Day 1:  5 p.m. 		Meet in Alajuela at 5 p.m.
	6 p.m.		Dinner
	7 p.m. 		Introductions and description of tour

Day 2:  9 a.m.		Leave for Rivas
	 Noon		Lunch
        1 p.m.		Swim 
        2 p.m.		Visit bamboo factory
        4 p.m.		Arrive at Montana Verde
        5 p.m.		Tour of coffee processing facility and ecological school
        6 p.m.		Dinner 
        7 p.m.		Presentation of Montana Verde's activities 

Day 3:  7 a.m.		Breakfast 
        8.a.m.	 	Make interpretive trail at Montana Verde
       10 a.m.		Plant native trees
        Noon		Lunch with SE women and children
        1 p.m.		Visit market in San Isidro
        3 p.m.		Meet women of the Senderos Esperanza program	
	6 p.m.		Dinner 
        7 p.m.		Talk about domestic violence in Costa Rica
	
Day 4:  7.a.m.		Breakfast
        8 a.m.		Visit Senderos Esperanza farm and start project: installing water 
                           system and/or methane biodigester
         Noon 		Lunch
        1 p.m.		Visit trapiche (sugar cane processing)
        5 p.m.		Visit home of Senderos Esperanza executive director
        7 p.m.		Talk on history and goals of the Senderos Esperanza program

Day 5:  7 a.m.		Breakfast
	8 a.m.		Continue working on projects
	 Noon		Lunch 
	1 p.m.		Visit hot springs
	4 p.m. 	        Visit women's cooperative native tree nursery
	6 p.m.		Dinner
	7 p.m.		Presentation on the El Semillero Living Seed Bank project	

Day 6:  7 a.m.		Breakfast
	 8.am.		Plant trees in women's farm
	 Noon		Lunch
	3 p.m.	        Visit organic coffee plantation
	6 p.m.	        Dinner
	7 p.m.	        Talk on the implications of CAFTA

Day 7:  7 a.m.		Breakfast
	8 a.m.		Work on projects
	 Noon		Lunch
	1 p.m.	        Swim at Longo Mai
	3 p.m.	        Visit primary forest
        4 p.m.	        Process (and eat!) chocolate
        6 p.m.	        Dinner
        7 p.m.	        Discussion about Longo Mai as a refugee center

Day 8:  7 a.m.		Breakfast
	8 a.m.		Work on projects
         Noon		Lunch at trout farm
	1 p.m.	        Visit waterfall next to highest mountain in Costa Rica 
	5 p.m.	        Return to Montana Verde
	6 p.m.	        Dinner
	7 p.m. 	        Future directions for the Senderos Esperanza farm	

Day 9:  7 a.m.		Breakfast
	8 a.m. 	        Finish up projects on farm
       11 a.m.		Dedication of project(s)
        Noon		Lunch 
        1 p.m.	        Leave for San Jose
        5 p.m.	        Arrive in San Jose
	6 p.m.	        Dinner
        7 p.m.	        Wrap up session 

Day 10: 7 a.m.	        Breakfast
        8 a.m.	        Transportation to airport