As you may or may not know the land under the Ara Project in Rio Segundo de Alajuela has been sold and the birds and volunteers are being evicted. It is a disgrace, there is no other way of saying it politely.

Thanks to the efforts of Hotel Punta Islita – the Ara Project has a location to move to but CANNOT make the move without funding. There are a few things we can do to help in the short term, if you care for the Macaw birds of Costa Rica please read below.

1) The volunteers need funds to live and to support their noisy hungry and sometimes sick children. If you are a hotel or business in the area, would you consider posting the image above in your front desk, lobby or putting one in every hotel room? Need it in Spanish? Email contact below for details.

2) The volunteers need some publicity to build the “moving fund” here at IndieGogo

This crowd fund has only raised $6,000 from 84 kind people. This is not enough to build volunteer infrastructure and Macaw breeding cages to support 200 breeding Macaws and juveniles and, from time to time, the ugliest babies you ever saw.

The British Embassy has committed $14,000 to education and building a house for the volunteer biologist at the new location. Are you a French, US, German national or from Spain? Can you approach your sources, your embassy for some help? A flocking aviary complex costs $37,000 to build here – this will get the new site started.

Have YOU visited the Ara Project? If you have they are the #1 attraction in Alajuela – post your review on Trip Advisor. 1000’s of tourists will see your opinion.

Your ideas?

Call Chris at 8730-0890 for an appointment- 9am any day.

Berni
Pura Vida Hotel
Minutes from the International Airport
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Phone/Fax: 011-506-2430-2630 Cell: 8878-3899

Web: puravidahotel.com
Blog: puravidahotel.blogspot.com
Join us in supporting: The Ara Project – “hatched to fly free”