1. Developing a Community

    Grounds are cleared for the new Community Center in El Triangulo de la Solidaridad Precario, Costa Rica

  2. Forming Leaders

    Boy With A Ball hosts the AASCA Leadership Conference of 2009

  3. Educating Youth

    Reaching youth by extending a hand through education

What's Happening

NEXT 2010 02/06/10

The final NEXT conference concluded January 9th, 2010. Audio recordings have been made available through our podcasts page

Mentoring in Southside San Antonio 10/27/09

Boy With a Ball is excited to have a new opportunity to participate in a program that will allow us to help these young people emerge out of a high-risk situation and to grow into leaders capable of reaching their dreams.

Website Redesign 10/27/09

With a great new design, BWAB's site will be undergoing constant updates over the next several weeks. Check back often to keep up with the new stuff

Changing of the Guard in San Jose, CR 10/27/09

Boy With a Ball is about developing and releasing leaders who can turn and make the same impact on others. This is exactly what is happening with Boy With a Ball/El Niņo y La Bola's San Jose, Costa Rica team

 

Community Center Inauguration

Many of you have walked with us over the past several months as we began the process of building a much-needed community center in the Nicaraguan squatter's settlement, the "precario". From conversations with Auburn University's Graduate Design and Build Program that began about a year ago to the final coats of paint going on the walls this week, we are close to being finished!!

This Wednesday, we will celebrate the center inauguration in collaboration with Western Union Foundation. National press from both Costa Rica and Nicaragua will be present as well as Western Union's Foundation Vice-President. Part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony will include a short song by some of the children from our children's group and a few words from Raquel Henriquez, our office administrator, member of the community from within the precario and a key part of our team here in Costa Rica.

You have been part of this building process! Whether small or large, the part that all of you have played walking with us in this process has been huge! Thank you! We are very excited to see the impact that the center will have on the community and the team here.