ERICA RETZLAFF

Cost Rica: Community Based

Organizations

Evolution

Community Based Tourism Service programs Support networks

Community Based Ecotourism Grassroots

Regular Ecotourism Not owned by the community

Geography

Rainforest preservationOrganic farmingWild life protectionRetirementLiving standards/ situations

Service to People

Grassroots organizations help the whole community and are locally owned

Non-profit are organizations that are not locally owned and do not provide as much to the community as a whole

Observation & Participation

Habitat for Humanity Costa RicaAFS International ProgramsCosta Rican Rural Tourism AssociationHuckleberry Youth Programs

Same Different

Non-profits are in place to make the community a stronger more united area

Types of non-profitsWho owns the

organizationsHow the

organizations distribute funding

Similarities & Differences

Connection

This connects to my field of study by showing the differences of community based organizations in the US and Cost Rica

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