Centro Civico por la Paz is a place in Heredia, half an hour away from San José, where free courses on sports, theater and music are offered to kids, teenagers and sometimes adults, too. Besides the main building with different rooms, you can find two soccer fields and a skaterparc where almost at any time, mostly boys but also some girls are playing soccer or basketball or practice some tricks with their skateboard, mountain bike or skates. On a regular basis they are also Z

Just like the women in the project, I'm going through a process of transformation as well. The first months were invested in me. I needed time to arrive, learn and take responsibility. But now I can finally give back, take off work and leave my mark a little. Since January I have been the official person in charge of childcare. And it really is a lot of fun. Now that I have to decide for myself how to organise the day and how to deal with certain situations, I am also more pa